Grand Slam

Choi Young Tae bounces the ball off the ground a few times and tosses it high. From the height and direction of the toss, it would be a flat serve. When the toasty ball reaches the highest level, lightly raise yourself up, straightening your bent knee, then hitting the ball as it is. There is internal rotation on the shoulders and arms, and the racket side hits the ball as if emptying it.

Boom!

After moving the center of gravity forward from the back, I jumped and hit the ball with that power, and my body moved forward to the roundhouse. And surprisingly, Choi Young-tae landed on the service line.

“Here.”

Choi Young-tae came to the net immediately after taking a few light steps.

“Did you see that?”

“Yes.”

The marble was dumbfounded.

160 gigahertz? Not a chance. I think I'm close to 180.

“I'm short, so if I serve 190cm or 2m, the server will already be on the network before it returns. ”

I had to accept the marble.

“I see.”

“Then, let's get back to it. How do you best return it? ”

“Hmm · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

The quartz is in trouble.

Stabbing is not an act of chance.

Wheelchair tennis and just tennis are so different worlds that marble is always troubled.

"To keep the ball long behind both sides? That's too hard. Two or three out of ten fail when you play the cart ball in class, and you accept that? It's hard. ’

Choi Young-tae watched the quarrel for a long time and said,

“The reality is that when you think about the types and courses of serves, there can't be a perfect return. That means gambling is a strong choice. ”

“Betting · · · · ·? ”

“Yes. Instead, you must pierce your hand completely. Which means it's gonna take a lot of calculation. For example, if you have a Fast Foot hand, you can return the ball with a long stroke time and use the Fast Foot to set up a strategy to respond to the opponent's choice. But going to the defensive side like this with fast feet can be a waste of stamina. The server's choice is a feature of the sport of tennis that is overwhelming. ”

“That's right.”

“The important thing is the ability to calculate." We need to be able to assess how many rallies the serve will have in the future. The choice of the opponent corresponding to your return, and your choice corresponding to that choice again. If you have three opponents, you need to calculate and work out a solution that will respond to all three of them in a snap. And it comes with a lot of training and a lot of experience. ”

“Hard.”

“In other words, a ‘good return’ is achieved when you have a good head for reading. ”

“I'll keep that in mind.”

“Go back. ”

Choi Young-tae chiselly bites the marble with her head and turns her shoulders and prepares to serve. The marble was reliable in its appearance.

Meanwhile, there are two women watching two men.

Jinhee, who is 13 years old, is chatting because she is a little older, or has a slight wrinkle in her mouth than when she first saw her, when she hears the girl's voice from a distance.

“Just look at the · · · · focus. It's been over an hour, and I keep playing to make sure it's not too hard. ”

Yuli kicked his tongue and said. Jinhee was chasing after the body of marble with an empty gaze without saying anything.

“Coach.”

“Huh?"

When Jinhee called Yu-ri, Yu-ri was also prepared to take Yu-ri seriously.

“I'm stuck with marble all day. I think it's going to happen again. ”

“That's right."

Yuri said yes. Keep an eye on them. Their world is small because they are focused only on each other. However, it is so narrow that others are surprised at its depths. For conservative reasons, if there is a soul mate between men and women, it is believed that marble and Jinhee correspond.

“So I know. Quartz is tennis. From waking up in the morning to sleeping at night, eating, thinking, studying, talking, walking · · · · · · · for tennis. I literally threw my whole life away. ”

Yuli was even more surprised by Jinhee's words. It's because the tone was adult. I thought that old man was sticking around with Lee Young-seok.

It's not a big deal that marble comes to life. It's not surprising that all the kids who want to live with tennis are the same. That's what a world of professionals is.

‘This man's whole life is tennis. Otherwise, it can't be that level. We wake up for tennis in the morning, we eat, we see, we hear, we talk, and we concentrate on the nerves. That's why we live for tennis every day without hesitation. ’

It is professional life that others should live in awe. Although the word 'natural' came up to my throat, Yuli endured it and listened to Jinhee.

“But I can't breathe sometimes. Will I be able to follow such a marble? I want to go with you, but I always feel like I'm falling behind. Not to mention tennis. because I don't think I can play. You know how slow my feet are. ”

As a dam bursts, Jin Hee's complaint continues.

I grew up through puberty. He's having a transition and he's having a breakdown. Yuli motionlessly held Jinhee's hand and looked at Jinhee's eyes.

“Slow feet, that's when you compare it to marble · · You're fast enough. Probably the fastest girl of your age dreaming of a tennis player. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Yuli seemed to know why Gigi died.

I'm not used to it. What you're not used to is measuring your position by comparing it to others.

Jinhee shakes her head and continues to open her mouth.

“I want to learn how to win. But you know, Coach, you don't know how good he is studying, do you? Enrollment exams? I heard they have the same thing. If I do it by simulation, I'm not wrong about five subjects in total. He's probably the smartest 12-year-old in my country. You can't study, you can't tennis, you can't... ”

Yuli empathized.

Perhaps Jinhee feels a deep connection with marble and wants to continue that relationship.

But it's not about who's up and down, it's about wanting an equal relationship. Jinhee will probably suffer from inferiority for the rest of her life. That's what Jinhee is afraid of, is suffering like this. What can I say to comfort you here? It's like turning a wound upside down. When Yuli didn't know what to do, she suddenly heard the boy's voice.

“You don't have to. ”

A marble. The marble that hit the ball from afar noticed the serious atmosphere of Jinhee and Glass and ran away like a ghost. Jinhee looks at the stone with a tearful face because of her adamant words.

“You and I are not that simple. You may not understand it, but to me you're not. You just don't have to look at me that complicated. If I'm good, it's all because of you, and my accomplishments are your accomplishments. You just need to exist. ”

I don't even know what you're talking about.

However, Jinhee is really like that for marble. So deep and tough. The feeling of sharing a life. He's an obvious batsman, but he feels like a part of himself. Jinhee probably doesn't think of marble that way. It is the weight of the relationship that should be felt by the quartz that is living both a previous life and a current life.

“· · · What does that mean? ”

Jinhee steals the eye area and says.

I think I'm going to cry just telling the reason why I've been thinking about talking to marble all day, but it's something scary and sad because of the marble.

“Yeah, I don't know what I'm talking about. How do you know? First of all, don't even think about it. If I say I'm doing good, I only know it's because of you. Then you can say," Oh, you play tennis so well because of me. You're good at studying because of me, go ahead. ”

After all, he blamed himself for saying strange things again, and stroked Jinhee's head for no reason.

Nowadays, it's bigger than marble, so I can't stroke it much.

Jinhee took Jinhee's hand quietly. That's right. A special relationship that has been going on since childhood, Jinhee almost warped from breaking her eggs. However, it is impossible for Jinhee to understand the meaning of what she said.

Reason was unable to say anything in the conversation of the two children.

When did you have that conversation with Young-tae Choi? What encouragement did they have, and what relationship did they have in their athlete's day, alternating victories and defeats? That's why I felt a little self-conscious.

“Hooray, let's go home. I'll get cleaned up.”

Quartz opens his mouth.

Jinhee wanted to understand the meaning of the words and touch of marble, and I didn't know what it was, but I thought she would just know. It's a strange and complicated day.