Making Strides....

Niko played his second Satellite tournament this past week. This is a jump up from the Jr. Novice tournaments he has been playing in for the past few months. We drove all the way to La Habra (which he thought was La Harda!) and he played two days in a row in blistering heat. I hid under my umbrella and paced the courts while he learned on his feet. I have to keep my distance because he tends to blame me or his Dad when he makes an error (we are working on the maturity issue), but we know when he wins, he wins on his own. Our son is just getting this concept. It is just he and the ball out there and nobody can do it for him, either way. Hopefully someday he will get past this and we will be able to actually see the matches he plays in their entirety. This past week, he made a big stride and brought home his first Satellite trophy--he made runner up! It did his confidence good and I told him, okay, you are getting a good grasp of how this is done. Now you will learn to go on the tennis website and schedule your own matches as well. I thought he'd be hesitant but he actually embraced the idea! Hmmm...maybe we made some progress this past week as parents as well.... who knows, maybe we'll actually get to see him play soon!