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yesterday was fun.
I went to a tennis tournament 10am - had double tournament again. and again I was too lucky with getting my partner. He was great player. He said to me couple of things that I learned from. especially in fighting for the ball. "never give up" "we have nothing to lose, just let it rip" "play your game and everything will be fine!" "Better shoot into the wall than into the net" "just get the ball over and our opponents will do mistakes, you will see..." "always be ready" these were the same things my trainer always tells me but I guess I need to be in a tournament to actually realize the meanings.
I got more tennis-self-esteem. I already know now a bit what I can do on the court so I'm not like a deer in front of the car's headlights anymore, shaking and lost. I even started to use couple of tactics and enjoyed my play! =)
So the result was second place from the tournament. out of 10 pairs. AND the first place wasn't far away either. it was crazy fight. I really thought I was squized in the middle of a battle to death. the two guys, my partner and the male-player from the opposite team, were smashing each other like crazy. All I could do was stand brave when the rival-male was doing his serves and I had to take it on. Luckily he started to do mistakes later on which meant his second serve was slower, but trickier. But I understood the trick so I got the serve pretty well later on =) anyway what I was trying to say with all of this. the level in this tournament was much higher than the level from the last tournament was. But I did it, mostly because of my partner. He was a great supporter. And yet I believe he could not have gone to the finals without me playing my part on the court and being brave and scoring us couple of points! =) SO I guess the hidden-main point is that I'm proud of myself and although with someone else I most likley would have gone max till the semi-finals I'm proud of my second place. I EVEN GOT A CUP!!! My first cup EVER!!
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on the dark-side though...
since I got into the finals I felt how proud I was hence I was really careful of not shining in front of Kadri and Kati who were in the tournament too. I mean it would have been rude, since I was just so freaking lucky with my partner. But I couldn't keep myself 100% down with shining around. I felt I was taking it so easy when I played with kadri, kati and some stranger. and I might have sounded a bit cocky and I hate it... hence I kinda beat myself down later on for being so proud, although most of the job was done by my partner.
Give me more time in getting more experience in double-tournaments and I promise I will not shine around anymore. I will not turn into a cocky person. I will be the same me!
or did I mix up just my joy in being in the finals with being cocky? cause before yesterday I didn't know what it felt like to be in finals. what it felt like when you already knew you are going to get a cup one way or the other... which leads us again to the point how childish and unexperienced I still am...
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PS! Is gmail.com down or is it just my computer and my internet connection?
I went to a tennis tournament 10am - had double tournament again. and again I was too lucky with getting my partner. He was great player. He said to me couple of things that I learned from. especially in fighting for the ball. "never give up" "we have nothing to lose, just let it rip" "play your game and everything will be fine!" "Better shoot into the wall than into the net" "just get the ball over and our opponents will do mistakes, you will see..." "always be ready" these were the same things my trainer always tells me but I guess I need to be in a tournament to actually realize the meanings.
I got more tennis-self-esteem. I already know now a bit what I can do on the court so I'm not like a deer in front of the car's headlights anymore, shaking and lost. I even started to use couple of tactics and enjoyed my play! =)
So the result was second place from the tournament. out of 10 pairs. AND the first place wasn't far away either. it was crazy fight. I really thought I was squized in the middle of a battle to death. the two guys, my partner and the male-player from the opposite team, were smashing each other like crazy. All I could do was stand brave when the rival-male was doing his serves and I had to take it on. Luckily he started to do mistakes later on which meant his second serve was slower, but trickier. But I understood the trick so I got the serve pretty well later on =) anyway what I was trying to say with all of this. the level in this tournament was much higher than the level from the last tournament was. But I did it, mostly because of my partner. He was a great supporter. And yet I believe he could not have gone to the finals without me playing my part on the court and being brave and scoring us couple of points! =) SO I guess the hidden-main point is that I'm proud of myself and although with someone else I most likley would have gone max till the semi-finals I'm proud of my second place. I EVEN GOT A CUP!!! My first cup EVER!!
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on the dark-side though...
since I got into the finals I felt how proud I was hence I was really careful of not shining in front of Kadri and Kati who were in the tournament too. I mean it would have been rude, since I was just so freaking lucky with my partner. But I couldn't keep myself 100% down with shining around. I felt I was taking it so easy when I played with kadri, kati and some stranger. and I might have sounded a bit cocky and I hate it... hence I kinda beat myself down later on for being so proud, although most of the job was done by my partner.
Give me more time in getting more experience in double-tournaments and I promise I will not shine around anymore. I will not turn into a cocky person. I will be the same me!
or did I mix up just my joy in being in the finals with being cocky? cause before yesterday I didn't know what it felt like to be in finals. what it felt like when you already knew you are going to get a cup one way or the other... which leads us again to the point how childish and unexperienced I still am...
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PS! Is gmail.com down or is it just my computer and my internet connection?