Tennis

Yesterday (as Dad said) we went to our first tennis lesson. The tennis club is very cool, it has an outdoor pool, several indoor courts, several outdoor courts, and a big upstairs room for viewing the indoor courts. That is where Mom stays to study her calculus. We were a little bit shy at first, but our instructor was very nice. He introduced us to the rest of our class: Ronnie, who turned thirteen in December and is home schooled. She was very nice and always giving us tips or compliments! Sterling was in sixth grade I think and the teacher labeled him as kind of crazy. He was always bouncing a tennis ball on his racket. 🙂 David used to go to my school and he knows some of my friends, he is in the eighth grade, the teacher labeled him as always late and even more crazy. I think there are going to be some more kids coming on Tuesday.

After introductions we started practicing a little bit. The teacher let us borrow some tennis rackets and all he had us do at first was hit the ball when he threw it at us. We did that for a while, then practiced bouncing the ball on the racket with our palm up, then our knuckles up. After that we practiced serving the balls and the instructor showed us how to hold the racket, how to stand, and how to swing. Then we played a few games. I liked playing Jail. You lined up and the teacher threw you a ball. Then, if you hit it over the other side, you were safe. If you didn’t, you were in ‘jail’ on the other side. The only way you could get out of jail was catching the ball before it bounced. It was all very fun and I can’t wait until Tuesday! Mom was up above watching us the whole time, talking to Ronnie’s mom, who was very nice. Ronnie comes all the way from Salem because of the instructor. Pretty cool!