You may have noticed that I haven't blogged much about tennis lately. There is a good reason for it.
#1 I haven't been playing as much due to my mini bike accident. My sister is calling me a sissy but it still hurts like a bitch when I do certain things. LIKE SLEEP!!!
#2 When I have been playing I've been trying my damnedest to avoid the drama. When there IS drama, I have been channeling the Buddha and trying to remain unaffected by it. Not easy.
As you know, tennis is a competitive sport. Therefore, unless I'm drilling I either win or lose every time I play. I prefer winning. If I lose I can handle it, but when I lose to someone who is PSYCHED openly to win it kind of pisses me off.
Last week I was drilling with a Pro along with some psychos from my USTA team. They hit HARD and they were having a love fest with each other. "BEAUTIFUL SHOT!!!" "Yeah, awesome...you and Shane are definitely playing together...you're going to kick ass!" Whatever.
These ladies would rather BASH the ball into the net or three feet out than hit a "meatball", as they call it, over the net and in.
And then suddenly, as if God channeled my thoughts into the Pro's brain and out of his mouth
he said to the she-males...
"I'm really not sure what you ladies have to prove, but you really need to control your aggression on the court. If you bash the ball and it goes into the net, it does you no good." Then he turned to me, "If you play these ladies, play smart. They can only play when someone gives them speed. Take it easy, and you'll win."
Oooh, they didn't like that one bit. Man, that guy has NERVES!!!!
He had a great point. The problem is, if and when I've beat them by hitting it back consistently and with medium pace, they bitch..."that wasn't REAL tennis, that's old lady tennis."
So yeah, I like to win, but I have discovered you can't really win with some people. EVER.
My solution:
1. Continue to try not to give a shit when I get stuck on the court with these testosterone fueled ball bashing Neanderthals.
2. Look on the bright side when I deal with them, they give me GREAT blog material.
3. Move on to a new team, which I have. I received an invite to join a team of fabulous, mentally stable ladies who know how to behave. (More about that later.)
And finally, put it all in perspective. After all, it's just tennis.
(Do you know how hard that was to say???)