Snow, Snow, Go Away, BC Has Tennis Matches to Play!

The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.”—Dave Barry

“Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.” —Juan Antonio Samaranch

Six days! Six days until our first tennis match of the spring 2010 season, unless of course we continue to have these weekly snow storms. We play next Tuesday at Ferrum which is in southern Virginia. I haven’t hit played tennis outside in about a month it seems, but with all of the conditioning that we have been doing indoors, I really feel strong and in shape when I do get the opportunity to actually play some tennis indoors. It hasn’t been the ideal situation, but I think that the conditioning will really pay off by keeping everyone healthy and preventing injuries once we start playing several matches a week.

I’m really excited for the matches to finally start. At some point, conditioning and playing against your own teammates gets repetitive and it is always nice to finally be able to put the hours of hard work to good use competing as a team against another team. I think that both the men’s and women’s teams are reaching that point of anticipation and excitement for the matches to start. Both teams have also been talking a lot about our spring break trip to South Carolina, an indicator that I am not the only person getting tired of old man winter! There really hasn’t been too much going on other than indoor practices and plenty of cold weather and snow. We all are looking forward to sunny skies and the warm weather that is perfect for tennis matches! Until next time...

See you on the (indoor) courts—Go Eagles!!!