Transcript
Today, I am getting the opportunity to train with amazing coaches and players. I just got back from California for my cousin's graduation party and so I expect to have some challenges. First of all, I will be rusty. I didn't play much before California, and while I played a little bit there, I didn't play yesterday because we were flying. I am going to be training at USTA because my mom is not home yet and nobody can take me back to south Florida. I will be meeting new coaches and so I have to be completely focused. I will be tired (it is only 4:30 AM in California) so I will have to give a very strong effort today.
I have an obligation to my parents, my coaches, and my future self to be energetic, intense, focused, and grateful. I will focus on how amazing of an opportunity it is that I can train at this level. I will use this to fuel me to get everything I can out of this experience.
My coaching voice will remind me that mistakes are a normal part of the process. They are opportunities to learn and there is no need to overreact about them.