1-18-2014
Saturday mornings I take
my children to soccer (football) practice.
They play at Skinner Park in San Fernando. They learn technique, speed, and ball skills. I was introduced to this particular venue by
my brother and his wife, who also take their children there.
As I entered the park, my
sister-in-law is greeting me with a smile.
She explains to me that she found out that there was a tennis instructor
in Skinner Park and she wanted to start at the same time that the kids
practiced. She said that she needed four
to begin, so I would make number four. I thought she was referring to having
the kids play tennis, so I asked if the practice would begin immediately after
soccer, to which she said, “No, it has to be at the same time, to work for her
schedule”. I then asked, “How can the
children do both, was she taking them out of soccer?” This made her laugh, and she then said “No,
it’s for me”. “OH!” She was soliciting
me to play tennis, but wait I play table tennis. This is a different stroke and
technique. I am somewhat
ambidextrous. I say somewhat because, I
do not write with both hands, although I can a little, but I do several things
on my left side, like sweep and bat (cricket).
I decided that if I were going to play, in order to not mess up my table
tennis technique, I best learn this game using my left hand.
It then occurred to me
that although I have been in Skinner Park many times, I have never noticed a
lawn tennis court. So I asked, “Where is
the court?” She responded, “I thought
the same thing when I was told, and your brother, when I mentioned it, looked
at me with a strange expression as though he was wondering as well.” The other lady that did all of the
inquiring got there at this point, and we got her to walk us over to where the
tennis courts were. The instructor to be
was there, along with a class in session.
This guy was just about to hit the ball.
Tennis
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