Racquetball... Oh MY!

Hello Friends,

I am required to blog about a Personal Growth project I am partaking in this semester, so therefore I wanted to share with you my new experience! When I began searching and thinking of different options for a personal growth project, I really wanted to try something new, that might also be able to benefit me in the future. I didnt just want to stress myself out about something I had to accomplish, I truly wanted to learn a new skill. Soooo.... After much thought and deliberation, I decided I was going to learn to play RACQUETBALL!!! This sounds fun right? Lots of people play it at the Rec... so I figured it would be a good skill to learn in case friends ever asked me to go play with them! Well, I can honestly say, that after my first attempt at playing, NO ONE should or would want me to play with them!! I had no idea racquetball could be so hard. I have played tennis a couple of times, and we used to always play wall-ball as a kid, and I thought racquetball was just a combination of the two?? Not so much! This is truly one of the most difficult sports I have ever tried to play. The ball just comes flying so fast at you that I am scared to death it is going to hit me! In addition to that, I cant seem to keep my racquet straight in order to bounce it off the wall. I felt like everyone was probably looking at me thinking, this girl is nuts! One of my brothers friends completed an entire year of racquetball classes, so he is pretty good to say the least. He has taken the role of our racquetball coach, so I would say it's a really good thing he is patient and willing to help Kirby and I learn. He was trying to teach us both all of the proper techniques and rules, I told him I just needed to hit the ball for a while to get a feel for the sport! Needless to say, I am going to need LOTS more time and practice to master racquetball. My brother on the other hand, picked it up pretty quickly. This was a little difficult for me because I am probably one of the most competitive people in the world! Whatever I do, I want to be good at it and be able to win! Obviously, Kirby is so much better than I, but I'm at least hoping I can beat him one time, Maybe! :)


-Macy