Real tennis

You open the can and the first thing you can smell is the aroma from the new tennis balls. You pick up one of the balls and feel the fuzz before you toss it. All you hear is your own thoughts, there is only the sound of silence and then one whack, just one whack is all you need to hear to know that you are doing something that’ll last. You look up and see the determination in the eye of the other player. Watching little beads of sweat drip from your forehead in front you. Sometimes being forced to do something, is for the better. “Natalie, let’s go!” my mom yelled from the kitchen. We were leaving to go play tennis at the Fox Cities Racquet Club. In my family, we all play tennis. We were going to my tennis lesson, I was not excited. What is so great about hitting a ball back and forth over a net. Nothing, that’s what. Watching tennis is even worse, talk about getting whiplash.…

In the sports of women’s professional tennis and U.S. college football, athletes can often times be constructed as a body with a talent in athleticism, and at the same time be neglected in the acknowledgment of their citizenship through discourses, language, and institutional networks. In the sport of U.S. college football the athlete that is constituted by the network of institutions discourses, and languages as an overworked and underpaid laborer who is denied their ability to exercise their…

Broady in real life amid the ladies' pairs last against the Orange County Breakers. The San Diego Aviators' Naomi Broady in real life amid the ladies' pairs last against the Orange County Breakers. (Fred Mullane/Camerawork USA) Wear Norcross Three hours and 14 minutes after the primary yellow ball was hurled skyward Saturday night at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, the San Diego Aviators' rule as World TeamTennis champions arrived at an end. Rajeev Ram pulled a strike wide, his men's…

There is no actual evidence of the origin of tennis as people believe that the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans played different versions of tennis. One piece of evidence of ancient tennis was noted as a few Arabic words from the ancient Egyptian times. This theory presents the origin of the name of the sport: “tennis”. The theory lends the name’s origin to the derivative of the Egyptian town of “Tinnis” and the name “racquet”, the main tennis equipment used, evolved from the Arabic word…

those that played before them. Nonetheless, not all sports require the same abilities from their athlete's. High speed sports such as soccer and basketball depend upon different athletic abilities than sports such as tennis and bowling. Due to these differences, every sport should develop its own pre game “warm-ups”in order to properly loosen up and make ready their athletes. Basketball is a sport dependent on many different attributes. Players need to be agile, strong, balanced,…

tampered with it. Near the bottom of the page I saw the edge of a picture. Pictures, those were something that I didn 't need to read. I could understand those easily. Upon clicking on a picture of what appeared to be a tennis court in the mountains I found that it was actually a series of pictures. The second picture was of a girl in an athletic tank top. She had her blond hair up in a messy bun and she had dark circles under her eyes. She looked grumpy like when you didn 't get enough sleep…

What is tennis? Well i'm going to tell you about tennis. Tennis is a sport. tennis can be played individually with a single opponent (called singles) or you can do (doubles) where there's two people on each side. Each court will have three tennis balls you get two serves. the games there's a few kinds of games there called a set that's six games in total, also a pro set to eight games in total, and there are tiebreakers for example if yall was playing a set and both teams is at five all then you…

months old. They did not know that the new arrival will be one of the greatest athletes in History. At the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Bottmingen Switzerland, they named him Roger. In his childhood, Roger showed interest in football. At four years, he began watching and playing tennis when his idol Boris Becker won his first Wimbledon title. After that, he became junior player and finished this stage as number 1 in 1998. After that, Roger Federer become a professional tennis player and played…

My heart starts pumping a little more than usual, and my hands start dripping with sweat. Anxiety rushes over my body as I hear my name being called out. A million thoughts start sweeping through my brain. This is it. I finally got picked to play second doubles with my tennis partner, Kylie, in our last match of the season. We have won some and lost plenty throughout the two months of being partners. Practicing for two hours every single day, and skipping time with my friends for tennis lessons.…

was in a sauna. I fumbled through my bag looking for a hat, only looking up for a second when I heard a familiar voice. It was David, whom I’ve practically known my whole life and was a huge part of my tennis career. I saw him everyday up until a few months ago when he decided to take a year off from coaching at the club to help out at Norwalk Grassroots. He came back now and then to visit or have indoor lessons with inner city kids whenever it was cold. One of these times, he asked me to help…