With the previous rainy days, the coach had to double up the lessons on Saturday to make up for the missed classes.  Thus, Connor’s lesson was from 10-12 and Logan’s was from 12-2.  Stuart had to take his car in for maintenance, so I dropped Connor off to his class before picking Stuart and Logan off from the auto shop.  Connor was a bit nervous on the way over as he knew that his class would do a tournament.  After the three of us did our errand and packed a lunch, we returned to the court to play tennis on our own.  Shorty after we arrived, Connor signaled me to meet him at the fence to tell me that he won the tournament and got first place.  It was relatively hot on Saturday, so I felt more tired from playing in the heat, but Connor and his classmates seemed to be doing well practicing until end of the lesson.  Afterward, the kids followed the coach out to his van to pick up their prizes.  Other than handing out a certificate of completion and a tennis souvenir, the coach also presented Connor with a trophy for winning the tournament and the rest of the kids with a medal.  Connor was so happy for this award and hurried back to the court to show daddy and Logan.

     Next it was Logan’s turn.  His class was smaller and had only three kids.  The coach had them practice their serves and did some cool drills.  Since more playtime with the smaller class and the warmer temperature, Logan told me a few times through the fence that he might not last two hours.  Even for us, we stopped just short of two hours ourselves as Stuart and I were tired, and Connor as well since he played some more with us.  We went out to pick up some iced cold drinks and return to offer to the coach and the kids.  By then the class was playing a game and the kids were quite engaged including Logan.  Logan served reasonable well, actually the other two kids too, so the game went on quite well without any double fault.  Logan did well rallying but ultimately his team lost to the other team with the coach in it, but everyone had fun playing.  At the end, all three kids earned a certificate and a medal as well.  It was a long tennis day but fun for us all.