Why I Love Tennis

When I was four years old, I fell in love. It wasn't a feeling that would easily disappear. It was true love, not for a person, but a sport. I fell in love tennis. This is a tribute to my first and best coach who has recently passed away. As a kid in a third world country, Iran, with all that political issues going on between the country and the rest of the world, My mom tried to make me busy by spoiling me and taking me to every sport that she could possibly think of. I was a very shy and self centered kid who hated interacting with people and hated team sports but down deep I was so energetic and competitive just didn't know how to embrace it. After kindergarten my mom forcing me to go to the sport complex was the worst …show more content…
Accepting all the differences in the culture and the religion was very tough for me at the beginning, being called a ‘’ terrorist ‘’ wasn't the ideal nickname that I was hoping to have. But it got me even more motivated and focused in the tennis court, that I wanted to get better every single day. This magical love in my heart for tennis sometimes even amused myself That how can someone be so in love with a sport that think about it all day and not be sick of it. One day as I was scrolling down through my instagram page I got disturbed by a horrible despairing post which hurt my heart, my coach, the best person in the world, has passed away. All the memories suddenly flashed backed in my mind in a regretful way. Remembering those joyful afternoons, my mom sitting next to the court and me laughing in tears on the court because of that hilarious exuberant man, made me smile and cry at the same time. I don't recall once seeing him without a smile on his face, and not making people laugh. The bitterness of this news totally crashed me for a week, But it changed me and made me a stronger