THE MERCHANT OF TENNIS


Ohhhhhh Tennis, how I love thee, let me count the ways. For those who may not know I'm kind of a BIG DEAL...hahaha. Aside from that for those who do not know, I am an avid tennis player slash fanatic or what the french call a fanatique (with the accente gu, spelling?!?). Tennis, Tennis, Tennis I just can't get enough its my love, my release, my desire,...my lust!?!? WTF. I honestly can play tennis all day till my arm just falls right off and even then I would just switch arms then once that arm falls off I would, I would tell someone else to hold the raquet and I would just yell at them and tell them how to hit it YA!!!! WOOOOO TENNIS!!!!!!! I just find that tennis is a great sport it tests your individuality, your ability to react and adapt to certains situations in a split second, it all of it has to do with you and how you approach the game. I believe there are 3 fundamental aspects to tennis: 1. Patience 2. Consistancy and last but not least 3. Perfection meaning paying attention to every detail of the game. Your grip on your raquet, the way you swing it, your body positioning, your foot work, your hand eye coordination, where you hit the ball early or late or on the rise or on its decent, where your oponent is on the court, so many factors that must be taken into consideration everytime you stroke the ball...tehehehe. Thats why I can watch Tennis start to finish without boredem setting in. Just the chance to watch two great tennis players go at it is artistry at its finest, two artists painting a portrait with each stroke of there tennis raquets illuminating the canvass with aces & winners and in the end a masterpiece rendered breatheless by adoring fans left with memories of a great battle (*single tear).

I don't want to toot my own horn here but I'd like to think that I'm a decent tennis player. Playing for almost 15 years of my 23 years of existance I believe that through my instruction with my dad and with tennis pros I have learned the basic fundamentals of tennis, possibly even more, but along with any sport it is always a learning process no matter what playing level. I've always been a season vet I guess you could say only playing during the summer slash spring months but this year I have seriously considered entering a indoor tennis club. To think if I had this drive much earlier in life I would like to think that I could potenially be a semi-pro tennis athlete. I mean the tennis world is missing that barely 5'7" almost 5'8" on good days, husky, Filipino star. Sure I'm not an Agassi or Federer but in my own little niche of players I could've been #1....hahahaha who am I kidding my lack of mobility would kill me. I could see it now deep in the the 1st set panting and gasping for air, while my opponent takes a sip of his Gatorade barely broken a sweat, while I'm being hooked up to a life support machine trying my darndest to find my 4th wind. It just wouldn't make sense a naturally BIG BONEDED individual like myself in a phyically fit demanding sport. I'm more suited for the finer sports such as lawn bowling, pie eating contests, or the most enduring of the sports POKER. Maybe I'm just more fit to direct, maybe become a tennis instructor. This past summer some of our very own peeps have experienced a quickee tennis lesson, I like to think I did a pretty good job most of my students got a decent grasp of the game in less than a couple of hours of instruction. Could this be my calling?!? Maybe but I wouldn't want to turn the game I love into a routine or job cause teaching those snotty little kids would probably just turn me off. In conclusion, tennis is GREAT.

THANKS Jay (fellow tennis junkie) for feeding my love of tennis its been a great season.

LIVING TO BLOG ANOTHER DAY

Earl "The Squirrel" Falco