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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Tennis
I recently started taking tennis lessons. I am in my 2nd week and I have come to realize that I suck and I hate it!!
I grew up around a family of 8. 1 mom, 1 dad, 1 aunt, 1 uncle, 2 boy cousins, 1 brother. That's a lot of boys around me. When I was younger I was basically a tomboy. I was the only girl on my t-ball team, I used to play in the woods, went dirt bike riding, and collected frogs. Yup pretty different from how I am today. Having so many boys in my family also leads to another trait: competitiveness. I am actually pretty mild compared to the others in my family. But, deciding that I am going to get back into sports, I have taken up tennis. Almost everyone in my family can play and my goal is to kick some a$$ by the end of the summer.
So, I signed up for tennis lessons. My first lesson was great. Dennis (my instructor) was really cool and was encouraging and I thought I was actually learning and improving. My second lesson however blew big time.
Dennis for some reason couldn't come to our lesson so I got Yaya as my replacement. Yaya apparently called my name for our lesson, and although I was sitting in the same room as him, I didn't hear him. We got off to a bad start. Throughout the whole lesson this was my situation
I grew up around a family of 8. 1 mom, 1 dad, 1 aunt, 1 uncle, 2 boy cousins, 1 brother. That's a lot of boys around me. When I was younger I was basically a tomboy. I was the only girl on my t-ball team, I used to play in the woods, went dirt bike riding, and collected frogs. Yup pretty different from how I am today. Having so many boys in my family also leads to another trait: competitiveness. I am actually pretty mild compared to the others in my family. But, deciding that I am going to get back into sports, I have taken up tennis. Almost everyone in my family can play and my goal is to kick some a$$ by the end of the summer.
So, I signed up for tennis lessons. My first lesson was great. Dennis (my instructor) was really cool and was encouraging and I thought I was actually learning and improving. My second lesson however blew big time.
Dennis for some reason couldn't come to our lesson so I got Yaya as my replacement. Yaya apparently called my name for our lesson, and although I was sitting in the same room as him, I didn't hear him. We got off to a bad start. Throughout the whole lesson this was my situation
yayy: you are doing it wrongAlong with the yelling Yaya also decided to return his shots to me at FULL SPEED. I was praying I could hit him in the balls to make him shut up! After being confident and excited about learning and getting better at tennis, this man single handedly ruined this experience for me. Way to go.
kripsie: ok
yaya: if you don't stop doing it wrong you won't get better
kripsie: ok
yaya: you are still doing it wrong
kripsie: ok
yaya: why do you keep doing it wrong
kripsie: i don't know
posted by Kripsie, 2:21 PM
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