your coach knows best
i actually feel like playing tennis. or at least i felt like it just a few hours back when i was watching nadal and grosjean.first time i feel like playing since last wednesday's terrible finals. which is quite a surprise actually cause i didnt feel like ever coming back to play competitively..and considering that i really haven't played full fledge competitive tennis since sec3. and its different this time i guess..coz ive been in a position of losing finals before..not my match in particular...this was the first time..but i've always bounced back quickly knowing exactly what i wanted. except for this year i guess. thats why its strange.
i figure i always bounced back quickly because i still wanted to compete and reach the best of my game and be able to say 'im playing well' because it just felt so good to play well.it felt so good to strike and time every shot well and to be able to do what i wanted on court. like in sec3, after we lost, i really enjoyed coming back and playing alot. but then in sec4 after winning for the first time, prefects took control of my life for the rest of the year...in a good and very bad sense as well. and so..competitive tennis took a back seat...and whether taking a backseat was for good is yet to be seen. do i still want to go after it? do i enjoy it? do i want to relive the thrill of tournaments and stepping out on court and feeling good again.
i will talk to ken on saturday morning. i havent trained much with him but hes very good not only in terms of teaching technique but he always asks the right questions. im hoping he'll ask a few more of those on saturday morning.
i usually never ever blog about tennis..maybe because it never ever impacts me in the same sense where i have to think and reflect. this seems like the first crossroad, the first point in time where i have to work out with my coach what i want to do. for the past 4 years plus from p5/6 to end sec3 it was just full steam ahead. now..its time to make a call. i think i sill love it. maybe this reflects a certain sense of importance that the sport has taken in my life. i never really looked at it that way, training and playing just came part and parcel of my daily life.
im counting on those few good questions ken.
it feels like a good day.
posted by gneh-snah @ 8:39 PM
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hello my dear man. it was nice to hear your squeaky little voice today. (:
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