Ping-Pong Club

I went to the stadium to see my son’s Ping-Pong match for the first time. It was the match for select candidates of high schools for the next prefecture’s match. He had a chance to win the match with a single and fortunately he won both matches with straight victories. Finally, his school took third place in this area.

I can see a difference between son who is relaxing, playing video games, studying at home and son who is concentrating on sports with club members in out of the home. The coach of his Ping-Pong team at school said that his role as a vice captain in the team was to provide emotional and physical support for the captain and communication between seniors and juniors. I talked with the teacher for the first time, and we talked about many things such as the match, his team, team members, and his attitude at school club. I told him that my wife and I wanted him to choose tennis when he entered junior high school because our family members play tennis in his elementary school. Since there already many members in the tennis club, we thought he might not hit balls at all.

Finally, he decided to join the Ping-Pong club. He started to enjoy playing Ping-Pong and he could participate in a lot of matches from the beginning and he was selected the team captain of his junior-high school club. Now I think it was a good choice for Ping-Pong and he learned many things from the sport.