Delightfully Destroyed

Delightfully Destroyed

So last night’s first USTA tennis match was SO much fun. I played Court 2 doubles with our team captain and neither one of us have played more than a couple times in the last year.  So needless to say we were pretty much not prepared at all and got absolutely destroyed! …. Kind of. We took each game to 30-40, 40-30, deuce, but pretty much each time choked on the last point or two of the games… so the 6-1 6-2 score line doesn’t realllllllllllllllllllly reflect the match. Haha (they all say that) But seriously it was so fun. I was really nervous and timid in warm ups and could not get a serve in to save my life. My strokes were ok but timid and reserved. As I warmed up and got used to the level of play that I was up against I def. began to calm down and settle into my game. I choose to serve the first game and get it over with, and after missing almost every serve in warm ups… I got every first serve in through my first game. Really stoked and just the right confidence booster I needed to start the night off. So anyway despite losing fairly convincingly… I found myself having loads of fun and each point we lost I tried to make a point to either give the team credit, or just laugh and smile and keep the mindset of “its just a game!” Another thing that was nice about last night was that Erin and my Dad came to the match. I originally thought this was going to be bad and I was going to feel an immense level of pressure having people watch me. It actually spurred me on to play better and keep a positive attitude. On a different note… I was also super stoked because physically my body felt fantastic. I had tons of energy and virtually no pain or discomfort in my legs. I was a bit nervous because Monday I had a pretty solid upper body workout and wasn’t sure if I had over done it. I made sure to not work my legs much at all, but everything felt great! So all-in-all it was a great night of tennis and I cannot wait until next week!