Tennis Anyone?

With relatively minimal instruction, Liam was hitting the ball pretty well.

Aiden couldn't understand why riding around in the garage while they were hitting balls off the wall was not a great idea

Liam

Luke said it was good exercise

Taking a water break

The tennis in the garage went on for at least an hour on the first day we tried it and they asked to do it again the next day.

Super sweaty, but it was a lot of fun!

I know I have said this many times on the blog, but I am a big fan of nearly any physical activity that is safe and burns energy!  It also never hurts to try a new sport in a state where hockey seems to be emphasized for at least 75% of the year.  The boys have been playing with some old plastic badmitton rackets a lot recently so I got them some tennis rackets.  They were in love!  There are not too many things they don't like especially if it involves a ball and hitting with a bat, racket, hand, foot, head, etc...Over the last week, we have had several consecutive days of rain (5 so far) and thunderstorms so the opportunity to play outdoors has been a little limited.  On the day that we broke out the tennis rackets for the first time, it began to rain shortly after we arrived at the tennis courts.  So, we came home, left the car on the driveway, and closed the garage.  Luke and Liam began hitting balls off the wall for at least an hour.  I would say the rackets were a success and once the rain clears, we will try the tennis court again.