Tennis Dreams
Dear Diary,
Tennis tryouts are tomorrow! I don’t know how they crept up on me so fast. I’m so nervous about it. What if I don’t make it? I’ve been practicing almost every day but I’m not sure I’m good enough. I’m good at hitting the ball when it is at ground level and I’m a pro server but what if the ball comes to me high? I’ve been trying to hit those balls but I’m really bad at it. Also, what if I hit the ball too hard? These tryouts are going to be a disaster and I know I won’t make it onto the team. What if I do make the team? I bet I’ll do okay on the first few practices but what about when we start the games? I’ll probably knock a girl over with a really fast ball and get thrown off the team or whoever I’m playing will only hit high balls to me. I’m just not good enough at tennis. But what if I figured out how to hit those high balls? I might be the star player. No one will be able to hit my serves and I will use my talent for hitting balls hard to my advantage. Also, if anyone hits me a high ball I’ll hit it back to them at a speed and in such a way that they’ll drop their racket and forfeit the game because they feel that they’ve already been beaten. That would be wonderful. I wonder which way it will be. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow.
Alyssa Shear
-Tennis Dreams a story for Figment Daily Themes
Tennis tryouts are tomorrow! I don’t know how they crept up on me so fast. I’m so nervous about it. What if I don’t make it? I’ve been practicing almost every day but I’m not sure I’m good enough. I’m good at hitting the ball when it is at ground level and I’m a pro server but what if the ball comes to me high? I’ve been trying to hit those balls but I’m really bad at it. Also, what if I hit the ball too hard? These tryouts are going to be a disaster and I know I won’t make it onto the team. What if I do make the team? I bet I’ll do okay on the first few practices but what about when we start the games? I’ll probably knock a girl over with a really fast ball and get thrown off the team or whoever I’m playing will only hit high balls to me. I’m just not good enough at tennis. But what if I figured out how to hit those high balls? I might be the star player. No one will be able to hit my serves and I will use my talent for hitting balls hard to my advantage. Also, if anyone hits me a high ball I’ll hit it back to them at a speed and in such a way that they’ll drop their racket and forfeit the game because they feel that they’ve already been beaten. That would be wonderful. I wonder which way it will be. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow.
Alyssa Shear
-Tennis Dreams a story for Figment Daily Themes