Port Washington tennis club has pretty new facility with 17 indoor hartur courts. I played there few times. At the testing, there were 5 kids. The head pro with two assistants took the kids down and mentioned to the parents that we shall watch from the lounge. If the age is any indication, PW is perhaps a more seriously club than ours: Slowpoke is the oldest. The youngest girl looks like only 2 years old, jk, but you get the picture. It’s her first time ever being evaluated and she’s very nerves, couldn’t get any thing over the net, lol. As soon as the last kid went down, the door closed, parents pulled the chairs, sat by the window, the airy lounge became deadly silent and tense. What’s for? It’s not a match or anything, just to see which class the kid will be going to. Right? Then why did my heart surge or sink hung on her making or missing the shot? We kept to ourselves as our kid one by one being appraised. Not a single word crossed our lips, no ohs or wows. … She got the Advanced rating which is the middle level. I took her to the other side of the courts where individual and groups lessons were in session.
“I like it.” Ok then, sweat it out here 9am-4pm 5 days a week.
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