Okay, so I'm sorry it has been a while since camp finished and I haven't posted anything. Please forgive me. On second thought, I'm not really sorry. It's my blog and I can write whenever I want. But I do want some readers.. so I'm sorry.
Anyway enough apologies...we survived camp. I wasn't as sore as last years but I thought this years was better and the coaches were great. So I think I left you at day two so on the third day (Wednesday) I started off hitting with two others and a very well known coach. Does Tom Gullikson sound familiar? He trained players such as Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. He was captain of the US Davis Cup Team as well as coached the Men's Olympic Team in 1996 the year they won. So he knows his stuff. Well we did a lot of good drills and I got some good tips from him so that was a great experience. Then in the afternoon we played a set of doubles which me and my partner won in a tiebreaker, and after a pro set of singles. I ended up playing a girl who is 8 in the world in juniors. That was fun. The whole match we traded service games until I was broken then I broke her right back. We ended up having to play a tiebreaker to decide the match. A tiebreaker that I won. Yay! But it was a great match and it was a great day.
Thursday was our last day (hallelujah). We started out drilling again, just myself and a girl who plays for Texas and plays similar to me. (one-handed backhand and a big forehand) Our coach was a former top 50 player in the world and is one of the USTA's Summer Team Coach. But we trained wicked hard for and hour and a half, most of the time I sounded like a flute because I was gasping for air. But after the practice I don't think I had anything left in me. I was cooked. Well-done in fact maybe even a little charred. Then in the afternoon we just played a few sets and that was that. But the week was great. I learned a lot and played with the best college players in the country. It was great to participate in before the summer tournaments start.
Now I'm still in Boca just practicing before my upcoming tournaments in Atlanta, Kentucky, and Missouri. I'll try to keep you posted on those when I have free time.
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