Should I play tennis next year or have to suffer in P.E.?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
1

<p>Alright so I'm a freshman who was on junior varsity (JV) girls' tennis this year. I play doubles.</p>

<p>So this year back in November during the season for doubles there were four pairs. Two of them were undoubtedly very good and got and deserved the starter positions for 1 and 2. But for the doubles starting position 3, there was this other pair who were sort of "in dispute" over the position. They are a sophomore (10th) + junior (11th) whilst my partner is a sophomore (10th) too as well + me (9th, freshman).</p>

<p>We don't really have a coach btw. The girls' basketball coach just comes to supervise us and he comes with us to games to record and organize scores, but most of the decisions are made by this student T.A. for the varsity coach/main tennis teacher (he doesn't oversee JV). The T.A. is a junior and is pretty friendly etc. But he shows a lot of favoritism. The other pair of girls happen to be in his AP Calculus AB class and they actually have known each other for quite some time and they are pretty much close. There is also this other T.A., a senior, who is pretty much just lie the junior T.A. mentioned above and plays the favorite card. They are all in calculus class together and pretty much the same clubs. </p>

<p>They always put them in. Even after losing consecutive times, even after losing to the worst team in the league. It was pretty obvious favoritism was played. The girls each played 23 games total and won only 5. My partner and I, on the other hand, played 15 and won 13. Thus, we played less games but won more. </p>

<p>The unfairness is just beginning.</p>

<p>As I have said, there is no coach. According to the CIF rules, tennis positions are supposed to be determined by games or "challenges." Not once were any of these "challenges" played. The positions were figured out just out of the T.A.'s minds. Coughcough. Well anyways I started to get a bit ****ed because I started to realize this wasn't right. How come my partner and I would have to always be out on the bench and let this doubles pair who doesn't even deserve the 3rd position and always lose play? </p>

<p>Goddamn favoritism. </p>

<p>So I started to drop some clues of my anger to the T.A.s. This was around the middle of the second/final round. The senior one didn't wanna get involved and realized this and just didn't come to coach the JV girls but the junior T.A. was pretty open-minded and told my partner and I to play them. We won 6-3 and 6-4. When the junior T.A. become aware of this, he started to ignore my partner and I. Whenever my partner and I needed something, he would pretend not to hear us. A couple of days later there was a game and it was the second to last one. He does these drills with the 3 starting players for singles and doubles before a game and guess who he didn't call up for the drill? That's right, my partner and I. Those other girls got to play the 3rd position. They lost all the games. And the T.A. was still ignoring my partner and I. And do you now what the sad thing is? It's that my partner and I could have won those games. NO it's not that it's just that why is it that we were being duped after working our asses off during the season? What was the point of trying if someone worse than us was going to get the positions that WE rightfully deserved?</p>

<p>Two days before the last game I got in an argument with one of the girls. Well, she got in one with me. We happened to play another game with each other as directed by the junior T.A. (surprisingly having not ignored us) and we won 6-2. THAT'S RIGHT, TWO. She was ****ed about this and blahblahblah she wanted to take her anger out on me. Well the T.A.s learned of this and said for the last game, if the other girls (who are going to start WOW) lose the first game then my partner and I will take over and play the second and third ones. </p>

<p>On the day of the last game against the top school in our league, the T.A.s did not come with us. It was just the coach. I informed him of the T.A.s' directions and he nodded his head and said yes really friendly as if he really understood this. Well so then the girls lost the first game - not surprisingly though - and my partner and I got ready to start playing the second one.</p>

<p>Well guess what? The coach apparently changed his mind and said he would put my partner and I in the third round instead. The girls lost the second round by the way. </p>

<p>NOW THE COACH? ARE YOU SERIOUS? </p>

<p>By the way other facts:
- When I played a game with one of the #1 doubles girl when her partner was ill against the #2 doubles, we won 7-5. That means I am sort of in the #1 position.
- I've been playing since age 7 (2nd grade) but stopped during 7th & 8th grade. Started again during the summer before 9th grade because I was going to do it as a sport.</p>

<p>Fastforward/summary. </p>

<p>Basically everyone underestimates me when I play tennis. I'm getting tired of this. I just get so *<strong><em>ed when I think back to what happened during the season. do you know what happened when the league rankings were released during league finals? My partner and I were #10 out of 22 and those other girls were #18. YES, EIGHTEEN. WE WERE EIGHT ABOVE THEM. God seriously. I'm so *</em></strong>ed at how much time I wasted. My partner and I could have gotten to much better places. We worked so hard only to be put down by people who put other people over us just because they happened to be their goddamn friends.</p>

<p>Am I just wasting my time?
I ask myself this everyday and every second I am training in tennis right now.</p>

<p>What ultimately ended up happening is that the varsity coach/main tennis teacher kept the top JV girls for the second semester (right now) to train for varsity next year. Guess who got to stay and guess who didn't get to? That's right. YET AGAIN I have been duped. I'm so tired of this. I'm a quiet person but I'm getting tired of being this pushover. I wished I had the confidence to stand up for myself. </p>

<p><em>sigh</em> well it's too late for that now.
I could have been in Varsity next year.
Now I'm stuck in JV.
I lost my position to someone worse than me and only got her way in just by sucking up while I actually worked hard (and met the goals).
I love tennis but after this whole fiasco I don't know anymore.
I have this empty feeling when I play sometimes...but during games I feel so thrilled. It's a bittersweet thing for me right now.</p>

<p>I feel like those good, nurturing parents who work so hard for their family but unfortunately have been given spoiled kids by God. That sort of feeling you now? I feel so goddamn unappreciated and worthless. Is it really worth it to play tennis next year? Goddamn sigh junior varsity....I could have been in varsity. I could have, but I was duped.</p>

<p>I want to cry.</p>

2

<p>Lol, out of curiosity (I haven’t read your whole post yet btw), why does everyone here play tennis?</p>

3

<p>lol i actually have been playing since i was quite young (parents - asian, put me in lessons with my brother) as i said in the post</p>

4

<p>It seems like tennis is like, a smart sport or something.</p>

<p>Idk. I play tennis, I’m okay. Made it to quarterfinals in state this year as a freshman. If I won, my team would’ve gotten 1st instead of 2nd D: but because I made it to the quarters, we got 2nd instead of 3rd…</p>

<p>ANYWAYS.
Don’t play tennis if you are unhappy with the team. You can play USTA or something. USTA is great, you play in 1 tournament a month (sign up for it), you play against other kids (kinda) your level. if you win a tournament, you go up to the next level. :slight_smile: it’s fun!</p>

<p>Can you do off campus tennis?</p>

5

<p>tl;dr
TsenChar</p>

6

<p>please. i really need help</p>

7

<p>^^ how would USTA/offcampus work?</p>

8

<p>^^^ hey that sounds pretty cool and not that stressful. when are the season dates? also i have these two friends who do independent training (one does figure skating and the other does archery) so would this count for PE credit too? I only need 2 more semesters of PE credit btw</p>

9

<p>Most schools let you do off campus… For some, you must play 10 hours a week, others 7, or even 15 hours a week. All depends on the school.</p>

<p>The USTA is a national tennis league. You’d play in ZAT level tournaments, which is open to everyone. It’s divided by age and gender. Once you win a ZAT tournament, you will move up to Champ level. This is the middle level. Once you win a Champ, you become a Super Camp. This is basically the top. If you get to the top 20, you can be endorsed by companies :slight_smile: it’s cool (i’m not though :P). If you get super good in Super Champ, you get to Nationals and travel the US. Then, international and travel the world.</p>

<p>However, it’s super hard to get to Nationals, let alone Super Champ. I’m probably only going to become a Superchamp, just because I’m quitting tennis after Sophomore year.</p>

<p>The season is all year; hot summers and freezing winters. It does count for PE credit for most schools.</p>

10

<p>xrCalico23- Tennis is awesome. End of discussion.</p>

<p>TRUFFLIEPUFF- Try and talk to the coach about this. If he blows you off like the TA, just drop tennis. Like rayna3 said, you can play USTA tournaments instead.</p>

11

<p>Oh lol. Yeah I’m quitting after sophomore ends as well (June 2011) . wait so I have to commit for the ENTIRE year? or just for a few months as I wish?</p>

12

<p>Wait. You can get PE credit for playing USTA tournaments? Please explain this!</p>

13

<p>“xrCalico23- Tennis is awesome. End of discussion.”</p>

<p>Uh, no. It’s only great when you can actually play it, as in capable of keeping the ball going in the air. Practicing picking up tennis balls from the ground for a hour straight is no fun:P.</p>

14

<p>^^ You get credit for doing off campus which involves playing the numbers of hours set by your school. Why would you play if there was no goal? USTA! Just play in a couple of tournaments, and you’ll get credit if your school allows it.</p>

<p>

No. Tournaments are offered every month of the year. You can do off campus for both the fall and spring semesters. You don’t really commit. If you want to play in a tournament, you sign up for it. You can play in a tournament, and you don’t have to.</p>

15

<p>oh man i just found out it’s 10 hours for my school (per week)
i don’t think my parents would be up to that…</p>

<p>i think my main form of frustration is the fact that i wanted to be in varsity next year but don’t have the adequate preparation resulting from being duped during the regular season and made out to look “bad at tennis” to the main teacher/varsity coach by the TAs</p>

<p>actually the team as a whole is alright. it’s just those two girls. also, i won’t have to deal with those gay T.A.s if I do varsity (the TAs only help out JV). </p>

<p>what i am thinking about is ditching tryouts (which are next wee on June 1, 2, 3) and then just practice during the summer really intensively. i have two good coaches that will help me out and i was thinking about showing up on the first day of summer training (in august) and going up to the varsity coach and telling him some excuse that i wasn’t able to show up to tryouts becuase of personal business and conflict in my schedule or seomthing and asking if I could then try out for varsity at that moment. i noe this girl who just showed up during the summer and asked if she could join and he said yes. I believe she ditched the tryouts too to practice during the summer and ensure the varsity position.</p>

<p>would that be feasible?</p>

16

<p>Off Campus isn’t that hard.
My tennis place counts a private lesson as 3 hours… so I play tennis on Friday for 3 hours, Saturday for 2 hours, a private lesson, then one day mon-thur. For me, it’s not that hard.</p>

<p>Maybe tell him you’ll be out of town, or call in sick or something.</p>

<p>I’m not sure if it’s smart to skip tryouts though.
It rained on my tryouts :stuck_out_tongue: but then again, there’s no JV team. So I don’t know why we have try outs…</p>

17

<p>bump 10char</p>