Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Kylie and Racquetball in 2012

This year has been a huge one for Kylie and racquetball. She is a full fledged member of the Evening League with me at Orem Rec. Often we do not even play a game together, and she plays the other players from the league.

She has also attended High School Racquetball LEague on Mondays for practice, and Thursday for games. She has yet to be defeated in the Thursday games with the other travelling high school teams she has been pitted against. Each player on each team is ranked, and then they are pitted against those of the other team in similar order. Sometimes her games have been challenging, sometimes not. She has won them all.

She has participated in various tournaments this season. As a single player, and as a double partner with her dad. It has been a great experience. The last tournament, the UVU tourney, she took first place both in the doubles division and the singles division she entered. She actually was a little bored in some of the games, wishing that the competition was a bit tougher.

Tonight is our regular league night, and High School league is over for now. She misses playing racquetball, and didnt play since almost a week ago. She expressed to her mom how excited she is to play tonight, as she has missed it recently. Some weeks, she'd play almost every day.

She has gotten pretty tough, has learned some great skills, and has earned confidence in herself, her skill and her game play. Its great to see her progress. Its even funner to see strangers come up and ask us about her, having heard about her from their friends, and wanting to know more. How did she get so good. How old is she. How long has she really been playing racquetball. And so on.

Go Kylie, Go!!!