High School Tennis Short Story

High School Tennis Team The sun has just risen into the atmosphere where it creeps into the littlest openings of my worthless blinds. In my mind I feel a nuisance, a bothersome, due to the current deficiency of my restfulness. But I suppose that “everything in this life has a purpose” (Kübler-Ross). It was early on a Saturday morning; the weather was quite pleasant with the temperature ranging from the high sixties to the low seventies. I can feel the breeze coming from east carrying the scent of the green earth. It was as if someone were to take nature and put it in a pungent fragrance. The smell of mowed grass and the smell of the damp earth mixed with the fallen leaves of the White Oak, embodied the start of fall. As I arrived at the tennis courts, I can sense a presence or seriousness, the determination of a small high school tennis team in the southeast region of Missouri. With the footsteps made by the head coach you can tell, by the look of his face, that he is very welcoming and pleased to have an observer come watch his hard work that took him years to build. “Hi, how are you today? You must be Anthony?” the coach voiced. “I’m Russ Dial the head coach for the boys and girl’s tennis team but you can call me Coach Dial” …show more content…
The top six members where the varsity which is composed of mostly seniors and some juniors. The rest was all on junior varsity with the ranks ranging from seven to fourteen. To explain the drill to the new comers, the coach used the first four on the varsity team to demonstrate. “Today we are going to practice on our overhead drill,” coach explained. The overhead drill main focus is to teach you how hit the ball when it’s over your heads giving you a better chance at scoring a point using more power than tan a regular volley. Power is what our team needs. It shows the other team that we are capable of beating them as an improving