In the holidays I took up a new sport with my friend Jess. We started playing tennis. On the first Tuesday of the holidays we got to tennis at 10:30AM. Me and Jess walked inside the courts and waited for it to start. When it began we got split into groups of -7 and 8-12. Jess is thirteen but she got let in. We started learning how to hold a racket. We also learned how to server, what the names of the lines were, and just a few excersises. My legs hurt really bad the next day.
The next lesson was in the next week because of the weather. The next lesson we learned a little bit about backhands, but mostly the same material as last lesson. There was a competition to win a free racket but me and Jess lost.
The day after that we had another lesson. This time we had to play in the rain. It was bearable, but soon enough the rain got so bad we had to go inside the club house. Me, Jess and another older girl had to set up a new net inside. The older girl did most of the work but me and Jess helped with the net part. For the rest of the day we just did rallys.
On the final holiday lesson we did a lot of games and rallys. At the end he asked who would be coming for the free term 4 program, Me and Jess and a few others raised there hands (but they weren't there on Tuesday).
The next day I went out with my mum to buy tennis gear. First we went to Rebel Sport to buy some shorts and a racket. We came out with three tennis balls, a racket, and no shorts. Then we went to the warehouse to look a little further. I wandered off to look for a new book in a series I'm collecting (I'm only missing 2 books in the series).
But there was a problem. The only book they had was a book I already owned. I was standing in an aisle of childrens books and was starting to get embarrased. But then I had idea. I began to check behid the book I had. But to no avail. It was the same book. I was beginning to lose hope. But I perservered. I checked behind the book again. As soon as I did that, my face lit up with joy. It was a book I wasn't aware even existed from the same series. I snatched the book and ran to my mum who was browsing clothes and present my newfound book to her. I said I wanted to spend some of my birthday money. "Are you sure?" She said I nodded. I was ecstatic. After that we went home and finished our holiday.
Ailie that is so awesome that you have taken up a new sport and better still that you have a friend doing it with you. So much to learn in tennis persevere with it this it will pay off.
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