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He was also a freshman when we met. He was a star tennis player whose grades were on the fence. His coach pushed him to get a tutor before the season and that’s where I came in. As the top student of the freshman class, I was automatically enrolled as his tutor. After winter break, he started coming…

stage of learning would be whole, part and massed. Firstly, whole practice would be beneficial because there are many components of the tennis serve that need to be perfected. To have an effective serve you would need to learn the skill in its entirety. For example, practicing the tennis serve with all the correct subroutines in its completeness will improve my tennis serve. Then, part practice as there are many components to the serve. It would be very valuable to break each…

The article I decided to read for this analysis focused on the examination of how athletes engaged in self-presentation using Instagram, and the gender differences that emerged from their self-presentation behaviors. Previous research on this subject had been centered on more text-based mediums, such as blogs and Twitter. With visual mediums becoming more popular the researchers wanted to determine how athletes engaged in self-presentation through a visual platform, and how self-presentation…

Volleyball Assignment Piper McFarlane 1) A diagram of the court and label/find a picture which shows where the centre line, attack line, baseline and free-zone is. 2) What are the main shots permitted in volleyball? The game of volleyball requires adequate skill and ability, which relies on a range of different shots. The serve, dig, set and spike. Being able to direct the ball utilising these shots are essential in gaining expertise in the sport. 3) How…

Anthropology Paper Introduction When I started playing tennis 7 years ago, I met David Sandoval who was one of the coaches that worked the junior development at Tennis West. He later became my personal coach and made me the player I am today. He has an extensive Tennis background and has been playing since the age of 8. I interviewed him where he explained his rituals that he does before and during matches. Some of those rituals he passed on to me but I also made some of my own. During the…

across the court, Venus and Serena Williams are both brilliant tennis players. Both sisters are equally successful in their lives outside of tennis, but their careers in the game are very different from each other. Venus Williams was born on June seventeenth, 1980 making her the older sister in the dynamic tennis duo. Her younger sister, Serena, was born on September twenty-sixth, 1981. Both girls were enrolled at Rick Macci’s Tennis Academy at a young age, therefore, they became…

Tennis is sports that associate with a lot of muscle groups since it involves many movements during a tennis completion. It takes a lot of dedication and determination to become a successful tennis player. The movement of muscle groups can get intense and if done incorrectly, it could destroy their chances of making a career out of the sport. Tennis also requires a high amount of agility, quick reflexes, flexibility and aerobic and anaerobic conditioning. Since there are so many techniques and…

Open, which made her the second black woman to win a Grand Slam title. The first being Althea Gibson. As an african american tennis player Serena has overcome and dealt with many difficulties. She has been told that she and her sister Venus (also a tennis player) are arrogant and unfriendly to others on the court and off the court. Serena is well known for her tennis skill and all the events that she has won at a young age. She also has more Grand Slams than everyone else in the field that…

I was filled with anger and frustration, covered in sweat, standing at the serving line in my backyard preparing to serve. I held the ball in my hand, hoping and praying my serve would go over the net. I tossed the ball in the air and hit it with all of my might. I watched the ball come off my hand, my heart beating a thousand times a minute. When the ball hit the net, my heart sank and all I wanted to do was scream and cry at the same time. For weeks I had been outside everyday working on…

Being a part of my high school women’s tennis team for 4 years has taught me how to thrive in a team environment while still growing as an individual. Tennis is an interesting sport in that even though you each play individually and accumulate a personal win-loss record, you are ultimately judged at the team level – if you don’t have a competitive team your win-loss record won’t matter because your team will be eliminated and your season will be cut short. I think this creates a unique…