gotta start somewhere

Carly has been playing a little tennis the last couple of years. Mostly mini-camps learning fundamentals such as actually hitting the ball over the net.

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A couple of years ago, when she started I would toss her the ball and she would attempt to hit it over the net - forehand only. Slowly she (and I) have improved so we can actually hit a ball back and forth.

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This fall she started a (very) beginner Team Tennis league. Once a week, they have tennis practice and then on Sunday afternoons they will have match play. Today was the day for the first match play.

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I'm excited that she has this opportunity to learn the fundamentals, rules, scoring, etc of the game. She is one of two 8 year olds that were invited to play Team Tennis. The other kids are 10-14 year olds. But everyone is on the beginner level.

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The last couple of weeks have been spent learning how to serve. Which in my beginner tennis opinion, is not an easy skill. Carly has improved to about 60% accuracy. She probably has one of the best averages. Saying this lets you know that the match play is slightly amusing at times.

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But, everyone is having a good time and learning together.

Carly played 2 matches (3 games to 5 & 6 games to 2).

I hope I remember these first matches because I know like other sports she will continue to improve and I will forget the beginning.