Jenna’s Blog

July 7th, 2007

Tennis with Coach Ty

Today, my friends, Hana, Kim and I had a tennis lesson with Coach Ty. He taught us how to hold the tennis racquet, like we are shaking hands with it. That’s so funny. Nice to meet you Miss Tennis Racquet. Coach Ty also taught us how to hit the ball over the net. Did you know there are many names for different ways to hit a tennis ball. There is a forehand. Not “four” hands, but fore. Coach Ty says “fore” means in-front. Then there is a back hand, volley, lob, and smash. I liked to practice the volley because I get to stand close to the net and hit the ball right back over. We even learned to serve the ball. I had a hard time learning to throw the ball into the air and then hitting it. I kept throwing the ball behind me or too far away. It was really hard, but really funny because a couple of times, the ball landed on my head.