Kelly Granat

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My sister will laugh at this. She listens to this. So I was probably six years old. And my parents belong to like a little pool club at our town. And they played tennis and I had started to play and didn't take lessons and wasn't allowed to take lessons till I was older. But the way to be able to play on the backboard at our little pool club, there was competition.

My sister will laugh at this. She listens to this. So I was probably six years old. And my parents belong to like a little pool club at our town. And they played tennis and I had started to play and didn't take lessons and wasn't allowed to take lessons till I was older. But the way to be able to play on the backboard at our little pool club, there was competition.

To get access to the backboard, you had to beat the people who were waiting around to play on the backboard. And so I figure this out, and I'm watching these two boys who are, I think, like 10 or 11 play each other. And whoever wins gets to practice for 20 minutes, and someone else, the next person, gets to challenge them. And so I'm like, I'm going to challenge this person, right?

To get access to the backboard, you had to beat the people who were waiting around to play on the backboard. And so I figure this out, and I'm watching these two boys who are, I think, like 10 or 11 play each other. And whoever wins gets to practice for 20 minutes, and someone else, the next person, gets to challenge them. And so I'm like, I'm going to challenge this person, right?

And so watching, like sitting, waiting for my turn to play, my heart rate just started escalating. Not because I was nervous, because I was excited.

And so watching, like sitting, waiting for my turn to play, my heart rate just started escalating. Not because I was nervous, because I was excited.

And then I beat whoever I played, and that moment of winning and internalizing that I now had access for myself to the backboard for the next 20 minutes until the next person was going to challenge me was something that made me feel very energized and excited. A feeling that I wanted to replicate.

And then I beat whoever I played, and that moment of winning and internalizing that I now had access for myself to the backboard for the next 20 minutes until the next person was going to challenge me was something that made me feel very energized and excited. A feeling that I wanted to replicate.

Sure, of course.

Sure, of course.

Oh, when, when expectation comes along, right. When you realize you're actually good at something or could be good at something or have potential. Right. And so, um, was that tennis too? Tennis too, for sure. Right. Because, um, I think I was this height probably when I was 11 years old.

Oh, when, when expectation comes along, right. When you realize you're actually good at something or could be good at something or have potential. Right. And so, um, was that tennis too? Tennis too, for sure. Right. Because, um, I think I was this height probably when I was 11 years old.

So I was, I had very high rankings when I was very young and, um, that pressure of being seated in a tournament, right. You go to a tournament and you're the first seat and it's like, everyone's gunning for you. Right. That's anxiety provoking for sure.

So I was, I had very high rankings when I was very young and, um, that pressure of being seated in a tournament, right. You go to a tournament and you're the first seat and it's like, everyone's gunning for you. Right. That's anxiety provoking for sure.

Indirectly, yes. I would say it wasn't in a match or in a particular setting, but I... burnt out in junior tennis. So my, you know, I started playing nationals when I was 10 years old. I played every summer until I went to college. Most weekends were spent traveling to tournaments around the tri-state area. Thanksgiving, Easter Bowl, every summer. Like, it was a lot.

Indirectly, yes. I would say it wasn't in a match or in a particular setting, but I... burnt out in junior tennis. So my, you know, I started playing nationals when I was 10 years old. I played every summer until I went to college. Most weekends were spent traveling to tournaments around the tri-state area. Thanksgiving, Easter Bowl, every summer. Like, it was a lot.

And I think they've since scaled back. Like, I don't think they have the 10 and under category anymore, but they did then. And... When I got to my junior year, the end of my junior year of high school, I was just, I was done. Like, I just was so burnt out. I didn't really want to practice for three hours every day after school. I was interested in other things. I was interested in school.

And I think they've since scaled back. Like, I don't think they have the 10 and under category anymore, but they did then. And... When I got to my junior year, the end of my junior year of high school, I was just, I was done. Like, I just was so burnt out. I didn't really want to practice for three hours every day after school. I was interested in other things. I was interested in school.