Personal Narrative: Prince George's Tennis And Education Foundation

As a Professional Tennis Coach I want my students to be the best they can be in tennis, i use that mentality to try their hardest in everything they do. I also want to create future tennis pro’s, by training them everyday they can develop their game to get at least a college scholarship.

I asked Emma Nuzzi what she thought her biggest accomplishment was, she replied with “I would say becoming a very good tennis player.” Emma Nuzzi started playing tennis at age twelve, which she thinks was a late age. When Emma was in the seventh grade she told her gym teacher that she wanted to play tennis she then replied to Nuzzi with “Maybe.”, this did not encourage Emma at the time because her gym teacher was the varsity tennis coach. Emma did not let this get to her too much because she practiced and became the player that she is today.

I went from being one of the best players in New England to middle of the pack at a top academy. My classmates are from all over the world, including China, India and Venezuela. I work hard to keep pace, dedicate extra time with coaches and appreciate the structured time for our academic classes. These experiences have helped me to learn more than the game of tennis: balance, commitment, nutrition, preparation and teamwork. More importantly, these experiences have helped me believe in myself and look at challenges as opportunities. I would like to encourage other girls and women to build confidence and work toward their

Winning the Girls 14s National Tennis Championships gave Natalia Kochkodan the chance to make a difference in the world and she jumped right onto that opportunity. In the 18 years that she has lived since the win, she has created a non for profit organization that assists disease stricken children in playing sports, has donated over 10 million dollars to several children’s charities including Ball For All and Project Fit

“Oh no, please don’t tell me this is happening. Mom, can I just skip this tournament?” I pleaded, “There is absolutely no hope for me.” Being the dramatic person I am, I lamented the imminent end of my tennis career. I went into the tournament with an expectation of failure. I started the match by accidentally whacking the ball over the fence, tripping on my own feet rushing to end the point. The little confidence I had when going into the match dissipated within a few minutes. I continued the match pondering how to angle my racket to put spin on the ball. Every time I failed, I blamed it on the high skill level of my opponent. Unsurprisingly, I lost in an hour. When looking back on that match, I realized that it could have gone differently had I not brought myself down before. My lack of

I am involved in many clubs, sports, and volunteering opportunities including tennis, track and field, art service club, ceramics club, arrupe club, W.I.S.H club, and Landow Performance training. All of these activities have taught how to be a leader in and out of Regis. Specifically, club tennis and Regis tennis have taught me how to work as a team with my peers. During the Regis tennis season, freshman year, my partner and I lost many matches, which crushed our confidence. However, through supporting and helping each other, we overcame our loses and improved our game. This applies to NHS, because my perseverance and patience allowed me to not only regain confidence while playing, but it allowed me to grow my character. Additionally, I am now able to see the goodness in everyone I encounter from playing tennis. Outside of Regis, I am involved in a club tennis league at the Pinery where I have taken on some leadership roles including encouraging my friends to join, and showing my peers that perseverance and training to pay off. In addition to tennis, the other activities that I am involved in have allowed me to learn how to quickly solve problems and conflicts. Since childhood, I have had a chance to develop my leadership, organizational skills, and problem solving through all of these

Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about the history of tennis and about tennis itself.

Over the last two years of my High School education, I found the extracurricular activities I fit in the most. I am part of Student Council, National Honor Society and a member of the tennis team. They all have molded me to be the best. However, I feel like tennis has impacted me the most. It’s a sport that has taught me so much, from being physically fit, to mentally prepared for any outcome. I learned that a game it’s not about winning or losing, but about how it’s played, and what it took to get there. Being in a team is about contributing others, and learning from them. It’s about accepting that we all make mistakes, and only practice can reduce the times we make them. So many loses and few victories, but I always preferred to sheer my

Although college tennis was the main reason I came to the United States and was offered a tennis scholarship to play NCAA Division II tennis at University of Minnesota, Crookston, I soon found myself gravitating more towards academics. The opportunity to pursue college tennis came to me once again when I transferred to the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities the following year, but a deep cut on my right thumb a week before the tennis tryouts left me barely able to write, let alone hold a tennis racket. Sure, it was disappointing, but I was quickly able to shift gears and focus on college. Soon after it was time for me to declare my major and chose Economics as I had enjoyed studying it in high school, but half way into my college career, I realized that as much as I was enjoying Economics, it wasn't seeming like a life-long profession to me. I thrived on human interactions and wanted to pursue a career that would allow me to work directly with people and be of service to

As Prince Sports targets many groups differently this outreach program could then be used to implement programs directed at junior players as well as the casual/recreational player. Prince Sports could engage younger players by implementing a program where they offered free lessons on how to play tennis and donated supplies to schools and clubs. Young kids like to do things that will keep them active, but often change their minds about what interests them. They are not the determining factor in whether or not they will be able to join a new activity; their parents are the ones who will end up deciding if they can become involved in a new sport. So it is the parents who need to be convinced that their child will remain interested in the sport for longer than a couple of weeks. By providing free lessons to young players their parents will have the opportunity to gauge whether or not their child actually enjoys playing and if they’ll stay with the sport before investing a lot of money in supplies and lessons. Students

Writing a similar topic, Gabrielle Longo, a graduate of Johnson &Wales University, writes about her success, "Without tennis, I would never have succeeded as much as I have at Johnson & Wales, and would not have been able to graduate early...playing a sport has helped with my time management and organizational skills. I have learned about teamwork and have developed my leadership skills through my time as

I was able to communicate efficiently between our players and the coach. I was able to bring a team of 2 to a full team of 22 players by the end of the season. I went from beinga coach, to business women, to a team mom and simply by the end of the season I am proud to say I am the captian of the Girls’ Mira Mesa Tennis

Since 1998, The Villages Tennis Club had supported the Silver Creek High School’s Tennis Team with racks, balls and sometimes footwear. It was only natural that helping two of these student’s each year, begin their journey in higher education.

She recently received her certification as a 10 and under coach through the United States Tennis Association. Michele continues to participate in leagues and tournaments in the Washington, DC area and win. She enjoys teaching sports because she is afforded the opportunity to not only help others reach their goals through athletic player development, but to continuously give back to her community. She feels that tennis is a great outlet to not only maintain physical fitness, but to meet people and build lasting friendships.

Yet again, I had to fight hard to beat one of my toughest opponents, Navratilova. In 1975, I won my first Grand Slam Title and I went on to win in the next four years, consecutively. One strategy I took to win a Grand Slam title was to shoot for the lines…. “I felt hungry to win...when the chips were down, I went for passing shots and I made them. I hit the lines.” Although tennis was my passion and I loved it very much, I had hard decisions to