Terence has been taking tennis lessons for probably about 2 years. He started when he was in 1st grade (like Mia). Now it is Mia's turn to start lessons. I wanted to start her earlier and think she would have been ready to start earlier but it never happened. There was a possibility for her to start playing last spring but with us going to the US for the summer, I didn't want her to start for 4 - 5 weeks then stop for the summer.
Now, we finally got around to getting her a coach on Wednesdays and Thursdays. On Wednesdays from 11 - noon, she and Terence share a private coach named Bea. Terence has been playing with Bea for a year. She's fantastic and even though she went to university in the US at De Pauw University (on a tennis scholarship) they always speak in Hungarian.
In addition to Terence's 1 hr / week private lesson, he also does a 1 hr / week group lesson. Unfortunately due to time constraints (on all parties) the only time Bea had for the winter (started in mid-Oct when they had to put the bubbles on the courts) was from 11 - noon. Terence's group lesson is from noon - 1pm. So, I decided it would be best for T to share the private 1 hr with Mia so he wouldn't be too worn out for his second hour of tennis with Viki. They both were quite excited about this opportunity.
We are lucky as the courts are just a couple of blocks from our house. T usually walks there and back alone but Blue and I decided to chaperone the two of them today. I got a little video interview of Mia as we were heading out...
Mia starts her 1 hour group lesson tomorrow after school. Her coach will be Attila, Bea's dad, who runs the tennis club.
