Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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JV Tmui f icun M ot everyone can play tennis I well because it is a difficult sport, Coach Leander ex- plained. JV trains and prepares the boys for Varsity. This year the JV ' s are a young team but our goal is to see improve- ment and development — through the match scores, Coach Leander says. JV has fine, talented players. They go at each other one-on-one and have good, competitive matches. Of the team Coach Leander says, Although it is an individual sport, the team concept is a good one. It is an honor to be on the team and it is something that they can take pride in. The players had a good outlook throughout the season. Freshman Mark Brand says, If we win, we feel really good. We have a good team and we ' re definite contenders. Although the JV team is modest and a little bit shy about their hard work, they have a positive attitude and have come a long way. ▼ REACHING FOR PERFECTION — Sopho- more Kom Ngoy stretches out his backhand and prepares for a volley. ! ' «i-ia|jSBt«»-, AV ciWffCAxyc ...... „ , m TENNIS TENNIS TENNIS TENNIS . c 166 Boys JV Tennis

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▼ PURE CONCENTRATION — Junior Vernon MacKenzie concentrates on his opponent ' s ' upcoming serve. Concentration was one of the many skills involved in tennis. ▲GIVING IT YOUR ALL — Senior Nima Talebi puts all his strength in to serving the tennis ball to his opponent. During practice, each player started off with three warm-up sets. TcmmU itkuggS to mikjb iKit gem kouth Coast is the toughest league from top to bottom. We ' re competing against the best, commented Rob Schmitz. The players have to play the best they can. Against such stiff competition, the Varsity tennis team was picked to come in last in the league. But Schmitz intended on changing that. Schmitz runs a strict discipline program. The team has to be on time and at every practice, period. They start their practice with three sets each player. Schmitz says this will keep them in good shape. Besides sets, they also have other warm-up drills. Tom Chen explains, We have to do push ups. And we do a variety of drills to practice consistency of all the shots in tennis, practice strategy and maybe play some sets to practice competition. But with all this hard work there has to be a positive out- come. Schmitz says, Tennis is a lifetime sport. It ' s a sport you can play for the rest of your life. Hopefully the play- ers will build their character in the process. But this discipline has to be taught at a young age. And this year ' s tennis team is young and inexperi- enced. I expect a learning and pro- gressing year, said Schmitz. Inspite of their inexperience, overall, Schmitz has a high expectation for the tennis team, if not for this sea- son, then for the next few years as they mature. ARSITY TENNIS VARSITY TENNIS Boys Varsity Tennis 165

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AMAZING GRACE — Freshman Matt Stack steps with ease and agility to return the ball to T HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP! - Junior Dee- his opponent. Long practices paid off for the pak Chandwani fins a creative way to return JV team. his opponent ' s lob. ▼ OH NO-HERE IT COMES! - Sophomore David De Ainza stands ready and waiting to return the ball in a practice. The JV team used drills to improve their match performance. m W 9 JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS - Top row: Ron Cadiz, Ainza, Deepak Chandwani, Mark Bradt, Coach Ker per, Matt Stack, Kom Ngoy, Emmanuel Fan, Mike aurent Pion-Goureau, David De Leander. Front row: John Kip- A JUST YOUR BASIC SERVE - Freshman Mike Breton serves the ball to his teammate during a practice. TENNIS TEN Boys JV Tennis 167