HELP.I signed up for tennis lessons and I was really good at first, but now I really ****! I’m 14?

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ASHLEYY♥ asked:

i’m 14. my mom forced me to sign up for private tennis lessons like a few weeks ago. i have gone to about 4 or 5 lessons. they’re once a week.

first lesson i was actually pretty good and the guy said i was good. second lesson i wasn’t as good but i was pretty good. then i skipped one or two weeks. i ******. then last week i felt like i was going to throw up and i was extremely tired. i barely hit the ball. and i could tell the guy was getting mad at me. and it was embarrassing because people were around.

plus we practice at a different tennis court than the one at first because the first one closed. at the first one there were no people and i was more comfortable.

now when i go to a lesson there are many people around.

last week was just embarrassing and i want to do good this week and actually put in effort.

but i have a problem with my confidence. when other people are around im not comfortable. i get tense. help i dont want to feel stupid again
i dont really know what im asking! im just asking for advice. i try not to care what other people think but it’s hard. i am in a good mood when there aren’t many people around
oh and i’m only a beginner. so i’m learning basic stuff. plus i feel stupid because people learn tennis when they’re like 6
i can’t quit because i have to do some type of extracurricular activity because i’m trying to transfer to a different high school where you have to do extracurricular activities and get good grades.

also, the biggest reason why i feel stupid is because at first the tennis guy was like wow you are really good for a beginner. and he told me i was going to like be amazing but i think i disappointed him the last few lessons and i felt embarrassed and stupid.



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5 Responses to 'HELP.I signed up for tennis lessons and I was really good at first, but now I really ****! I’m 14?'

  1. x s3xy x - September 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    hiya x

    like some people arent good at tennis i **** :(

    anyways **** cant yuu just quit x

    xxxxx
    xxx
    x

  2. SummerJane - September 17th, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    i play tennis, and im your age….
    im a pennant player.. (:
    highest one LOL…

    just keep practicing, someday you will be really good. (:
    but most of all HAVE FUN!!!!!

  3. David K - September 21st, 2009 at 6:15 am

    Hmm, were you rested and hydrated for those last few lessons? Other than that, I do **** to say this but…
    Practice, practice, practice!

  4. Mutchkin - September 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    Just tell him that you are just having some off bad days and that this practice you would like to get back into it.

    What you need to do is make a list of your distrations, your good and your not so good skills and get communicating with him.

    It is okay to sit there and go “Today. I want to focus on this”.

    If it is a public court where people are around, don’t pay attention to them. (Your distraction). Focus on you.

    If you get fusturated say “I need a 5 min break to compose myself”. Go get a drink, rest and get right back into it.

    I hated tennis in middle school. I just didn’t have the ability or the skills for it. I prefer baseball. But I never went out for sports, I just did it for PE. In high school, I was in ROTC so, I never had PE since we did military physical activities in itself.

    You also said you was forced, so it is kinda hard to put forth effort into something you realy don’t want to do.

    Is there something else you would like to try that also is offered at the school (Volleyball, soft ball, basketball?).

  5. jancikin - September 26th, 2009 at 3:25 am

    in every thing you do, any sport, any activity there’s 5% of talent and 95% of practice… So, get to training…

    Just like diamonds, They can be big as hell, but they value little if they are not shaped well…

    Train you’re self…


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