There's always a first time for everything. And for me, it’s tennis sparring!

Pada post sebelumnya, aku menyebutkan kalau lately lagi into tennis. Bisa kubilang menemukan beberapa teman sefrekuensi dan tergabung dalam 1 komunitas tennis. Long story short, club kami setuju untuk melakukan sparring dengan komunitas tennis lain

We lost, terbantai jelas. Mental kami ternyata belum terbiasa. No, to be specific, mentalku. A little tense triggered by the need to do something that is completely out of my comfort zone. Deg-degan sepanjang permainan, sampai tanganku malah gemetar saat memegang raket. Nggak usah ditanya, permainanku kacau mentok. 

Tapi, jujur lewat momen sparring ini aku belajar beberapa hal. Nggak menyerap semua kata orang yang berusaha menjatuhkan. Keep calm & do your best. Jadi, walau harus kalah, at least you already done your very best.

Hal lainnya yang berlanjut hingga sekarang, kebersamaan. Aku menemukan teman-teman sefrekuensi yang masih mau saling menyemangati satu sama lain. Bahkan, masih sering mengajak bermain supaya improve bersama

Well, I guess, best friends make the good times better and the hard times easier

In English : 

There's always a first time for everything. And for me, it’s tennis sparring!

In my previous post, i mentioned that lately I’m into tennis. I might say that I found friends who have the same hobby and we finally joined into tennis community together. Long story short, we agreed to do sparring with another tennis community

We’re obviously lost and slaughtered. Our mentality was apparently not used to it. No, to be specific, my mentality. A little tense triggered by the need to do something that is completely out of my comfort zone. I was SO nervous throughout the game, until my hands were shaking while holding the racket. No need to ask, my game is  messed up

To be honest, through this sparring moment, I learn couple of things. Do not absorb all the words from people who try to bring you down. Keep calm & do your best. So, even if you’ve lost the competition, at least you have done your very best.

Another thing, togetherness. I found friends on the same frequency who are still willing to encourage each other. In fact, they often ask us to play to improve together. Well, I guess, best friends make the good times better and the hard times easier