Rushil's Update

Rushil spent most of his summer at tennis camp  - 9 hours a week for 5-6 weeks. He went to a fairly competitive academy that  trains their students to compete at state and national levels. Many of their students received college  tennis scholarships and they run a more serious training program than some of the other schools. Good or bad, I don't know but Rushil's serve improved tremendously over the summer. Early on, he was in the beginner class and he won a few trophies and was riding high. They moved him up a level and he started playing with much older children including some 13 and 14 year olds and he no longer won any medals.   He needs more speed and oomph in his serve and returns, probably some height wouldn't hurt,  but it was encouraging to see some improvement in his game.  Plus the academy is  located less than 5 minutes from our home and you just can't beat that.  

I pulled him out of tennis in the fall so he could join a soccer league,.  It's quite intense with two children in soccer in the same season. They often have matches or practices at the same time and it takes an enormous amount of energy to keep track of their schedules, which color  jerseys they have to wear and when it's our turn to bring snacks.  The kids are having a blast, Rushil's team is somewhere in the middle of the pack so he knows they probably won't get a trophy.

But he still misses tennis.  Prasad took him to the courts a few times over the past few weeks but it wasn't enough. He resorted to playing tennis against our back wall of the house. So we registered him for tennis lessons last week before one of our window breaks.  Now that we've fed his tennis needs, he and our neighbor's son play wall ball every afternoon against our back wall. Maybe I should just give up and budget for a new window.