High School Tennis Research Paper
Having played tennis for nearly half my life, this has become one of my most favorite sport. From the time I first learned how to hit a single forehand after countless failed attempts to entering my first tournament that sent everlasting chills down my arms, tennis has created memories that I still remember today. However, there is one experience I would never forget and that is the unfair treatment our coach put on the team.
It was the beginning of my second season on my high school tennis varsity team, a new coach had just joined the team and to my surprise he was one of the english teachers at our school. At the time our coach seemed very friendly and funny as he presented himself to the team. Little did I know about the problems that would soon arise. …show more content…
As we notified our opponent's school coach about the situation, he kindly accepted it and was willing to wait. However, in response our coach simply told their coach to disqualify the match and when our teammates finally arrived he kicked them out of the team immediately without even allowing to explain themselves. I then suggested our teammates to write an apology letter to the coach explaining the situation and they agreed. When the time came to give the letter to our coach, the rest of the team came by in support of their apology. Although, our coach accepted their apology and allowed them back on the team, he took their apology letter and posted on the whiteboard right in front of his classroom. His reason to do this was to make this as a reminder to the team of what could happen if anyone of us came late to a match, but in my eyes and the rest of the team, we saw it as embarrassment to our teammates who worked hours on end to write the letter. As we all looked at each other, we knew this wasn’t the time to voice our
It was the beginning of my second season on my high school tennis varsity team, a new coach had just joined the team and to my surprise he was one of the english teachers at our school. At the time our coach seemed very friendly and funny as he presented himself to the team. Little did I know about the problems that would soon arise. …show more content…
As we notified our opponent's school coach about the situation, he kindly accepted it and was willing to wait. However, in response our coach simply told their coach to disqualify the match and when our teammates finally arrived he kicked them out of the team immediately without even allowing to explain themselves. I then suggested our teammates to write an apology letter to the coach explaining the situation and they agreed. When the time came to give the letter to our coach, the rest of the team came by in support of their apology. Although, our coach accepted their apology and allowed them back on the team, he took their apology letter and posted on the whiteboard right in front of his classroom. His reason to do this was to make this as a reminder to the team of what could happen if anyone of us came late to a match, but in my eyes and the rest of the team, we saw it as embarrassment to our teammates who worked hours on end to write the letter. As we all looked at each other, we knew this wasn’t the time to voice our