And there is a rain delay. Dangit. LINK: The Wimbledon Site.
Watching some tennis on TV is really getting me thinking about tennis, and how fun it is. But then I think about why I don’t play much anymore. I think there was one thing that was really good for me and the same thing that was probably really bad for me. I hope this doesn’t offend anyone, since it is actually a person. Billy. haha. He has always looked at me and tennis positively, and at first it was really fun to play with him. Insanely fun. But then he got reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaallllllllllllllyyy good. lol. For a while that helped challenge me and I improved, but the losses built up. So now, I just see tennis as losing…since I’ve never beat my great friend Billy.
I also need to figure out if I’m going to join the team next year. Most people know my school tennis story. In two years I think I played in 7 of over 30 events…when I probably had the chance to play most of those. These two years we’ve also had very large teams, allowing me to do other things (music, etc) while someone else on the team would just play for me or something.
Next year (becuase of us having 50 people on the team this past season), there will be tryouts/cuts. I’m probably good enough to be on varsity, and may fair quite well. But I’m also probably not commited enough with my other focuses (music, academics) to be a member of a smaller team, where reliability and commitment is key.
So what do I do? I like tennis a lot (when I don’t lose every match), but I have things that I love more. I would like to have just one year where I could really do tennis. Would my junior year be the best for that? And would it make me want to do it again my senior year? And even if I wasn’t “successful” would I still have fun?
Throw me comments on your tennis philosophy. Thanks for reading my thoughts!