I wasn't always a tennis player.

I started out playing volleyball. I trained all year whenever the weather permitted so that I could follow in my moms footsteps. I missed the tryouts in middle school because I was sick. So i trained a little longer and tried out in 8th grade. I thought i did well at the tryouts and I was always comparing myself to the other players. I was definitely not the best, but i was in the better half of the people trying out, and high enough in that half to make the team. The coach of the team was taking everyone aside and talking to them about their schedules and their skill levels. When it was my turn, I told her that i had nothing colliding with the volleyball schedule and that i could make every game. She told me I was good enough to make the team and she put me to play in for the next person that she was talking to.

The day she was going to post the team, she took me aside and told me that i was better than half the team. She however wanted to make others better. So I was placed as a manager, and I ended up quitting and starting tennis. I moved up three levels in a year, and recently moved up to the final level. So I've been playing tennis for three just under three years, and if it wasn't for eighth grade, i would be playing volleyball.