Today after school was the pre-season meeting for tennis. There was nothing really CAS-worthy about the meeting, but it made me realize that this activity is fast-approaching and that not only should I get in shape, but I should set some goals for myself as well.
I recognize that tennis will be a challenge for me because I have not practiced it for a very long time. I took tennis lessons a while ago and I play occasionally, but I have never played competitively or on a team. This makes me a bit nervous because I know that my skills won't be up to par. However, I hope that I can be accepting of my inadequacy. Usually it is difficult for me to do something when I don't know if I'll be successful in doing it, so this will certainly challenge my ego. I hope that doing tennis will teach me that it doesn't matter who is the best at something, as long as all your efforts are put into the task at hand.
Besides that main goal, I simply hope to be able to revive old skills in tennis and develop new ones as well. I know the very basics of the sport, but beyond that lies a new territory for me to explore. I hope to gain knowledge in the tricks and strategies of tennis, and at least become a decent player. It's disappointing knowing that I'll probably spent the season as a bench-warmer, but I won't let that damper my efforts. If I can succeed at something almost entirely foreign to me, then I feel prepared for many obstacles that I will encounter in life.
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