Tennis

Tennis-“The Omaha Special” Former grand slam champion Billie Jean King was once quoted that, “Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it has taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit the ball.” Similar to a competitive tennis match, life is full of calculated yet complicated choices. Every decision that one makes has a consequence. Whether this consequence is examined within…

The Skill of Anticipation I have been playing tennis since I was five years old, and having a good anticipation skill helped me to succeed. Since childhood, I have been playing defensive style tennis while staying mostly on the baseline. In order to succeed and win matches, I had to run a lot during the competition and play many long rally points. Due to my playing style, I needed to conserve energy during the tennis tournaments to perform at the best possible level. Because of my playing style…

bigger, faster and stronger than 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,…

in the world: tennis and soccer. Everyone is familiar with the rules and main point of these games, but not everyone knows what it takes to be a professional player. So that’s why I would like to compare physical and mental parts of these sports, qualities the players must to have to be competitive, the level of pressure that that they feel before starting the game, and the importance of having a team or people that support you. First, I would like to describe the skills of the tennis players…

worthwhile field that allows spectators to either watch or actively participate in their favorite sport. For tennis fans, one of the ultimate experiences is spectating the 2017 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. In order to fulfill the wishes of many tennis fans, a sports tourism organization named Destination Tennis has agreed to take 10 tennis spectators to this tournament. To do so, Destination Tennis must have a clear purpose statement for why they are doing this event, an explanation of expenses…

are a tennis player like myself. Tennis is a quick action game. Unlike photography there is no time where you can analyze all your shots. Once you get that wrong shot the next point is a spilt second away. In tennis the shot that you want to be the best is winner shot. A winner shot simply is a shot where your opponent cannot reach or get to. Tennis is action packed with every shot meaning something and isn’t a game where you can go back and mess with it like you can in photography. Tennis and…

Jack Sock is a professional tennis player, one of the top ranked U.S. players in both singles and doubles, and participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics. He started his junior career in October of 2008 at the age of 16, and continued into his professional career in November of 2009. He began his Olympic 2016 season with the Hopman Cup into the Auckland Open all the way to Rio. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Sock started his career in tennis early. In the fall of 2003, Sock made national headlines for…

On September 20th, 1973 Women’s tennis champion Billie Jean King took on Men’s tennis champion Bobby Riggs in Houston, Texas in a winner take all $100,000 tennis match. The match was nationally televised and was named the “Battle of the Sexes”. King would defeat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, and become the first women to defeat a man in any sport. After the match, it is reported that Riggs “was devastated and isolated himself in his hotel room for four hours.” The match had an estimated 90 million…

here in part two, including not just the struggles she had to overcome to get to where she is today, but also the myriad accomplishments she has pulled off in the realm of tennis. Read on for more Maria Sharapova facts! Number Eight: Her Father Taught Her to Play on Public Courts He worked many jobs to support her dream of tennis, but he still couldn't make enough money to pay for lessons. His solution? Train her himself on free courts. Seems like that paid off as well as anything else would…

“Dang, this asian can really play.” “Even if this guy had slanted eyes he can still see though.” “Man, I shouldn’t have underestimated this kid.” It all started in Middle School, the 8th grade. Co-ed Tennis was available to try-out, so I decided to sign-up because I looked up to my older brother in which he plays Junior Varsity at the EKHS. Suddenly, first day of practice was something greatly unexpected. Eventually I sucked, it wasn’t practically easy for me to play really well because I never…