“Deuces! Match Point! Advantage!” These terms became a constant in my life when I decided to join tennis as a distraction. Who knew that it’d become more than that.
It all started in my junior year of high school. I’ve always wanted to learn how to play tennis. Luckily, my tiny school offered it as a varsity team. Tennis didn’t seem that hard at first, however, that was a huge misconception. It is probably one of the hardest sports to learn. There are so many techniques to it and it require you to be entirely focused and dialed in, which is especailly hard for me since I have the attention span of a fish. I get so easily distracted sometimes.
Regardless of all the dificulties it is liberating. I ended up falling in love with the sport. Granted I didn’t make the line up at first, mainly cause it was my first time playing. But the year after that I did. After the strenuouse journey of trying to get on the line up I finally made it. I would practice everyday before tennis season started and it all paid off. I loved the feeling I’d get before a match, a mixture of excitement and anxiety.