Something interesting happened this friday, i first touched a tennis racket and first walked onto a tennis court...and of course...first played tennis...
Rather fun...and much more difficult than it looks like on tv...the court is a whole lot bigger than you think and it takes much more strength and control to play it...
JJ and me borrowed the rackets and balls from the pe dept. (so convinient), and had some fun for about half an hour...
Ok tennis is cool..and i'm picking up some basics...not that i'm going full into that but it is just an alternative sport and form of exercise other than the conventionals, sometimes too much bball is too much...lols...and soccer can be quite wearing sometimes...so why not try something not conventional at all? something which quite some ppl had never thought of trying?
Of course...we all know tennis is ..erm... more suitably played by the more suitably wealthy..eh...but its free to borrow rackets and balls from the pe room...so whats the big deal? heh...all we need is some time and hopefully a court to ourselves...and of course...time is important and jj and me are rather tight in the schedules...so with everything ...there is a price to pay eh?
Learning the basics is quite simple, there's a good range of tutorial videos on the basic yet important fundamentals on youtube...look for MrKronte in the search area and he has a whole range of instructive and comprehensive training vids on the basic serve, forehand, backhand, shot selection, court positioning, tactics and strategy and various types of shots like topspin and slice very clearly explained in detail but yet simple enough to practice with any similar racket at home in the small space of even my room!... so its useful and highly informative for basics...(like i said, having a bit of skill makes every game much more fun, especially if you do not spend more than half the time going to pick the balls which are rather badly played by your opponent and hopefully but not surely you..lols...) more challenge makes every game more fun...remember that now..
So play it or not its your choice, i'm just opening up another choice of sport for leisure and if you live in a condo or such its simple to book a court, but for me i have to rely on the school...(sometimes i really feel school is more leisurely and more fun than home((prison)))...
Of course, there are many other sports available for choice at the school and for free, basketball, soccer, badminton, volleyball, netball, tennis are just as much as those sports we play and can be offered to us...(with the exception of running) lols!
Tennis is fun, go try it, and from my sources it is likely we would be learning some basic tennis in the upper secondary levels...so it would not hurt to have some basics now and opening up another world of possibilities of an alternative leisure sport...haha...jj and me would be trying to find time to stay back and play if possible...so if you want a simple alternative other than your conventional sport, try tennis, whole new and fun! (look for MrKronte on youtube to find those good vids)
Service Ace
He looked at his opponent with murder in his eyes,
He checked his legs positioned just right,
With a smirk he tossed the ball high up against the sun,
He drove himself at the ball with all his might.
With a snap of his wrist from 7 to 1,
The explosion was just precise,
The ball was doing what it should have done,
Spinning towards the opponent with speed and concise.
The other had expected a flat one, but he was wrong,
The sudden drop of the topspin but him in a daze,
He tried to get it but it was too late,
He had given him a service ace.
"Let's not stick to conventions and you may just find another world."
"Only with basics and fundamentals, then you can proceed with complications."
"With challenge comes fun."
"Pros don't just become pros, they have to start from a noob."
"Don't challenge those who are weaker than you, but those who are stronger."
"If you know you are weak, you will improve, but if you know you are strong, you will improve more."
"The world of sports is open to anyone, any age, any race, any wealth, just as well as anything."
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