How Does Tennis Change My Life
All children at one time or another wanted to try something new. When I was about six years old, I was that child. My mother had just started introducing me to sports a year before that, and that summer I was supposed to go to a tennis summer camp. I was scared, like most kids are when they start something new, but at that time sports were already so familiarized in my brain that I knew I would figure it out and have a fun time doing it. Little did I know that this sport would change my life forever. Coming to the summer camp I had little expectations of what tennis was like, I knew a ball had to go over a net to another person, but that was about it. I quickly noticed that I liked the surface of the court, it was warm, hard, and very easy
for an energetic six year old to run on. As that summer came to an end I realized how much I enjoyed playing tennis, I loved the freedom of being able to hit a ball wherever I wanted and not being a part of a team, and I also loved the fun colors on the racquets they gave me at camp. As I got better over the next year, my mom decided to get me a racquet of my own. I was so ecstatic, it was so cool to have my own racquet like the big kids at camp. This also allowed me to hit tennis balls on my garage all day, everyday. The racquet pictured in my powerpoint is my current racquet that I have grown to adore. Even today as an experienced tennis player, I am always so excited to have a new racquet. After going to summer camp for many years, I had decided that I would want to become a professional tennis player. Being the age that I was all I could think about was being as good as Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova, and I completely believed that was in reach. I also then realized I would need to start playing tennis in the winter. I did not know that people could play tennis indoors, so when my mom told me I would be taking lessons inside in the middle of January I was awestruck. The ceiling in my photograph in the facility I currently practice at, I actually lied down flat on the tennis court and took this picture. To me that picture is gorgeous, just because of my love of tennis, and being able to play it 365 days a year.
for an energetic six year old to run on. As that summer came to an end I realized how much I enjoyed playing tennis, I loved the freedom of being able to hit a ball wherever I wanted and not being a part of a team, and I also loved the fun colors on the racquets they gave me at camp. As I got better over the next year, my mom decided to get me a racquet of my own. I was so ecstatic, it was so cool to have my own racquet like the big kids at camp. This also allowed me to hit tennis balls on my garage all day, everyday. The racquet pictured in my powerpoint is my current racquet that I have grown to adore. Even today as an experienced tennis player, I am always so excited to have a new racquet. After going to summer camp for many years, I had decided that I would want to become a professional tennis player. Being the age that I was all I could think about was being as good as Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova, and I completely believed that was in reach. I also then realized I would need to start playing tennis in the winter. I did not know that people could play tennis indoors, so when my mom told me I would be taking lessons inside in the middle of January I was awestruck. The ceiling in my photograph in the facility I currently practice at, I actually lied down flat on the tennis court and took this picture. To me that picture is gorgeous, just because of my love of tennis, and being able to play it 365 days a year.