Junior Year Tennis Short Story

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I stood confident, energetic, and calm before my second opponent of junior year tennis; but my attitude changed in a matter seconds. His serve flashed before me like lightning during a storm, there was no time to react. His forehands constanly battered at my backhand side as well as my will. Everything I tried, cross court forhands, down the line shots, and short backhands just would not break his rhythm of play. Eventually I lost the match, along with my motivation to play. Just from the look of my face my team knew I felt demoralized. They offered words of encouragement and support, but it wasn't enough to cleanse me of the feeling of defeat. My feelings finally vanished when another member of the team offered to train me. This brought on feelings of motivation and elation, because this …show more content…

Then suddenly he made started to make a comeback. His shots were more penetrating and consistent and I started to make mistakes, mistakes that costed me points on board. I stayed calm and told myself I have to change something or there will be a tie breaker set. Therefore I started to play more aggresive, going for more risky and powerful shots. This helped for a couple of games till he adjusted to the depth and timing. The score was now 5-4 with me in the lead. One more game and I would be victorious. It was my serve now and we battled it out in that last game, going back and forth for a single point. We ran forwards, backwards, and accross the court just for that tiny green ball. The game ended with my serve, sending the ball flying straight down the middle earning me an ace and a victory. Congratulations came my way along with a happiness. All those extra practice seesions did pay off, and was only going to get better because I was gonna continue to drill at my weakness till I was close to perfection. I learned from this experience that life is like a train. Trains can get derailed sending them off course

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