Tennis Time

Natty has decided that she wants to get involved in some tennis.  That sounds great.  I think it was one of those thoughts I had in the back of my head way back when after seeing a commercial of a dad working with his daughter on the tennis court and a reference to how do you plan on building your retirement?  I laughed and thought it would be a great idea.  Well, that never really materialized at a younger age but she is excited to get involved in it.  I think that is a great thing.  She talked to the tennis coach today and is going to go to practice next week.  We went over to the courts tonight to play around a bit.  There was some marked improvement over the course of the hour that we were there.  It started out pretty rough but she started to do better.  We'll probably go practice a bit more tomorrow and then again on Monday evening.  She has practice on Tuesday.  I told her not to get discouraged if the other kids are really good and work her over a bit.  She is completely green and is just wanted to learn now.  Hopefully she can get involved up in Alaska over the summer and we'll just keep practicing here.  I like tennis so this will be a fun thing.  The challenge is that I am not a technique guy.  I play the game, I know how it works but I am not proficient at the big serve.  I can get it in play and that is what I focus on.  We'll give it some time and I am sure Natty will have me running all over the place trying to keep up.