Tennis- Quite an Emotional Sport
Apr 2nd, 2008 by admin
Rosemary Made a great post today on www.sddialedin.com
The first few lines are here:
Most people who read this blog probably don’t know that in my past life I was a tennis player. I played competitively from the time I was 9, played in high school, finished in the top 10 in the state in junior college, and had a scholarship at my university. I was no pro certainly, but I was decent. I also used to teach in Coronado for a few years. I haven’t picked up a racquet more than a dozen times since graduating college; my coach made sure that upon graduation I absolutely hated the sport and I never wanted to get back in it. Now I occasionally have the desire because it’s a fun sport, but it’s unfortunate that it tends to be the sport of mostly elite, rich snobs, probably second only to golf in its snob factor.
There’s a huge mental aspect to tennis, and […]