This year The new tennis team is with there new coach Mr. Clark Glennon. They have about 7 or 8 students like, –,–,–,-
We asked Mr Glennon some questions about his new team. Here they are,
- what influenced you to make a tennis team? “Last spring, some student asked Mr. Avvil about the possibility of having a tennis team, he asked me if i’d be interested in coaching one for spring 2024. I said sure.”
- What are you most excited for? ” I’m excited for the students to have the opportunity to learn how to play tennis; I think it is a very fun sport to play, and you only need 1 or 3 other people to play.”
- How many games do you all plan on playing? “We are still working on putting together some matches against other schools for the spring- hopefully at least 3 or 4.”
- What are your goals? “My goals are for each player to significantly improve over the course of the season, and atleast for a few player to win some matches.”
- What made you want to be a tennis coach? “I went to a tennis camp when I was a kid, and there in high school I had an awesome tennis coaches who really inspired me.”
- What is some of your favorite things about tennis? “I like how tennis involves a combination of physical and mental skills, like most sports! I like how every great tennis player has their own unique skills,style, and strategy. I like how fast paced the game is.”
- Do you enjoy what you are doing? “Yes! It’s fun seeing students develop their skills and improve their abilities. It’s fun sharing advice and spreading awareness of this sport.”
- How do you practice with your tennis players? “Every practice we focus on different skills like serving, volleys, forehand, backhand, and racket control. Most practices, we spend the second half of practice playing a “scrimmage” match.”
- What is the hardest thing to endure while coaching tennis? “I think the biggest challenge is figuring out how to give each player personalized advice based on their skill level, and knowing how best to help every player improve every practice.”
- How well do you think you will do? “I think serval of our players will do very well, and could definitely win matches against other schools’ players.”
- Can you go to states for tennis? “Yes! definitely- if we do well enough! We’ll see how this season goes, and do the best we can.”
With this being the first year of are tennis team it is honestly a pretty great team and we have more people wanting to play as tennis moves along.
Like my dad says, ” and I have a pair of tennis shoes.”
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