Lets play tennis.......
I love sports. However, growing up in Malaysia, I played lot of soccer and badminton which is far more popular than tennis., especially when badminton is considered the national sports, the only realistic Olympic event where Malaysia has a chance to win medal. So I started tennis very late, i believed the first time I approached this game was during my first year in Montana Tech. at Butte, Montana when I was 20! Some friends keen on this sport invited me for a game. Till today, I remember vividly on my first serve, the tennis ball went straight to the fence! Luckily it didn't fly out and hit a window or car or someone! From there on i realized this sport is really not as easy as it look.
My son Kenneth started several sports like swimming, soccer, volleyball, and track and field when he was only 5 but ended up never liking any of them. My wife has always wanted him to pick a sport and stay with it but it has been difficult until he found the love for this sport in a summer tennis course when he was a 6th grader. It clicks and now at 7th grade he is on the school tennis team.
Our community has tennis courts for the residents but the facilities were rarely used. Since we are paying the maintenance every year I have decided to make full use of it. Kenneth invited his friend Ryan who is also in the school team and we headed straight to the courts yesterday afternoon. After warming up, we started the game rusty but eventually sweat it out and have some great games. Ryan’s neighbor joined us too and has couple more games. Kenneth is doing much better now compared to when he first started and I am looking forward to play a more competitive games with him in near future, I am sure it wouldn’t take too long for him to beat me 6:0.
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