Grand Slam

It is the third set and the score is 5-4 of my match versus Delta High School at the IHSAA Boys Semi-State Tennis Tournament. The feeling of fatigue is kicking in and the world seems as if time itself has stopped. It’s just me and the tennis court. I know this is my one chance to finally become a champion. Knowing deep down that the work that I’ve put in all my life, is finally going to pay off. It started in the fall of 2007, the first of many USTA tennis tournaments. I am 9 years old.…

Who is India Westbrooks? India Love Westbrooks, 19, is a female who got fame before she even realized she was famous. India gained so much fame at the age of, just 14. People started to love her when her pictures started going viral on Tumblr, she was so beautiful. Although, India has four other sisters and two brothers, she has remained the most popular. Her fame continues to skyrocket through Instagram, Twitter, modeling for clothing lines, her romances, and her TV show, “#TheWestbrooks,”…

People of all ages, all around the world are participating and experiencing tennis, a sport of a lifetime. From young children to senior citizens, there is no age barrier for this popular sport. Playing tennis is a very healthy hobby for some, but for others, tennis is a lifestyle. Tennis professionals spend years developing their own tennis games so they can improve their skills and enhance the strengths of their students. Although numerous abilities and talents are needed to be a tennis…

I have been playing tennis for about three years now and I have also coached few candidates to become a better tennis player. Tennis is a very complicated sport as it is not only about having the right skills but also the proper knowledge and passion! Some of the skills include knowing fundamental tennis, having general athletic abilities, and mentally being involved in tennis. Based on my experiences from past two years, it is very important that a player should be mentally tough and physically…

History making is in the air and the game is getting closer to the end, you only have one chance to make one shot, to cash your check in the bank and the buzzer sounds. Your team wins because of you! You did it! But how? Basketball is amazing. Everyone says, “ball is life” but I personally believe I bring life to basketball. My natural athleticism and electrifying excitement I bring to the court is primarily why I believe what I do. I get fans riled up, I get the crowd jumping out their seats, I…

Basketball Nerd “If only I could beat Tommy in basketball,” I though. Everyone would laugh at him and I could prove that I am good at sports. I have recently moved in because of getting bullied in other schools. I have gotten pushed into lockers, punched in the face and even locked in the teacher’s lounge. My parents are sick of me getting bullied. They are hoping for no bullies to be in this school and if so they will just homeschool me. I get bullied because of my ways of dressing to…

Lazy, chubby, lonely, and useless was I. I was going to school and then I realized something, my friends were all playing basketball. I asked if I can join in . I was on the winning team but not for long because the losing team was catching up. I said to myself I need to get the team back on track. When I said that I actually didn’t make that happen because now the losing team was winning. All my friends all kept staring at me they said do you even know what you are doing you just keep going…

The East Ridge IBL Tournament. As with any major sporting event, there will be many self-proclaimed “experts” making predictions as to how the tournament will play out. Readers can rest assured that this writer’s predictions and analysis will be a slam dunk. The opening day of the tournament has five action packed games lined up. The first of which is a showdown between the Highways and the Flint Tropics, look for the Highways to drive all over the Tropics behind the sheer force of big man…

I remember watching the 2004 Powerade Slam Dunk Contest in my basement like it was yesterday. But before I get too far into this story, let me give you some background on my life up to this point. Now I was only in the first grade when the 2004 Power Slam Dunk Contest occurred, but I do indeed remember watching the contest. At this time in my life, I had already faced some obstacles. I was a shy and unsocial kid and I found out I was color blind. The farm was the only place I wanted to be…

Manoj Bhargava, founder of Five Hour Energy, leads his company in ways that corresponds with the two perspectives of transformational leadership Bennis and Nanus and the Kouzes and Posner. Bennis and Nanus theory of transformational leadership has four points: clear vision, social architects, created trust, and creative deployment of self. Bhargava had a clear vision for his company-- “We will produce any product that helps the population.” He created social archtects through the department…