Tennis

seeing on screen, it’s Ana Ivanovic. I have always dreamed of meeting this tennis player currently ranked number seven in the world. I start to slow down as she approaches me and I do what another fan would do and ask for a picture. She asks me if a play and I respond with how much I love the sport. We talk for a couple minutes and end up running back to the beach house together. The house conveniently has a tennis court in the back so we decide to…

invisible. I was staying with a host family for three weeks in coordination with College Park tennis academy. The family’s name was the Ingratis, and they had a boy my age named Alex. Alex had similar interests to me and was always friendly enough when I engaged with him. During the first two weeks of my stay, the other boy Alec was relatively friendly and nice toward me. We had lots of conversations about tennis and had a lot of fun during our nightly game of H.O.R.S.E (basketball) with Alec’s…

of women participating in any sport like they do now. It was not until the 1900 Paris games when women started competing in any sort of sport. Coming from topendspoprt.com the first sport played where women could actually participate in was lawn tennis and golf. Then twenty eight years later women’s gymnastics was debuted. During the 1972 Olympics there were only 1,059 women to compete in the games and were outnumbered by the men with…

I am very involved both inside and outside of school. I am in Advanced Orchestra, Women’s Choir, Varsity show choir, Advanced Drama, Musical Theatre, Key Club, as well as partake in the schools’ Varsity Tennis and Cheer team. I have been in Orchestra sense sixth grade, I first started out playing the violin but two years ago I switched over to cello. This is the first year that my school has had an “Advanced Orchestra”. I have been first Chair and section leader for the cello’s for most of this…

learning can be connected to the relationship which Stephanie was experiencing at the moment. When Stephanie learned and researched the paradoxes of culture. Moreover, he was figuring out how to best correspond with the international players on his tennis group. Furthermore, Stephanie also learned about conflict management while he was having issues with his flat mate. Throughout the semester, Stephanie considered the class as his relationship survival manual. It was incredible to have the…

Plaintiff A did not have sufficient personal knowledge to testify about submitted numerical evidences (advertising expenditures and sales figures) for adidas’ Stan Smith Trade Dress, that the publications presented as evidence (relating to Stan Smith-tennis player) were hearsay, and that through the supplemental declaration and expert testimony, Plaintiff A has improperly raised subsidiary issues pertaining to its main claims. However, Defendant S’ motion to strike is denied for non-merit…

When your emotions are at play it is really hard to make the decision that you know is correct. My greatest obstacle in life has been to let go of someone I thought I loved and it took a lot for me too. Since I was little I always did everything that my parents wanted me to, I was top in my class, didn’t go out, succeeded in school and never got in trouble. However, there is a point when you finally grow tired of doing what others think is right. I use to hate their overprotectiveness and wished…

Since attending UNLV I have heard a lot of professionals, alumnus, and professors “keys to success” but one that seems to come up time and time again is just how important it is to be a leader. There are several kinds of leadership including servant, autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. Brett Shannon talked to us about what it means to be a coach centric leader. A coach centric leader is someone in whom leadership seems effortless, a positive attitude is contagious, and sees that every…

Back home in Ecuador I used to work for a small company that manufactures table tennis tables, even though there were not many employees, this company has been leading the table tennis market in Ecuador for more than 20 years. Myself as a table tennis player, with a good knowledge in this area have learned a lot about the 4 functions of management, how important they are and how to approach them. My job at this company…

I attended “The Power of a Team” presented by the Kansas Teachers of the Year on January 27th. The teacher’s spoke of how being part of a team and working with the students truly helps the learning experiences of the students become a positive one. Each teacher spoke on the reasons why they became a teacher and from there they spoke of how once they were in the classroom, the faculty members at their schools teamed up with them to help them create a positive learning experience. Whether it was…