I stood behind her, grabbed both her hands, and showed her the proper body position as well as how to hold the handle. Her breathing accelerated when I was close to her. Was it nervousness? Excitement? Fear?
Then I moved back to the other side of the net and hit the ball lightly. Most of the balls were toward her right side, but some were to her left too. She attempted to return the balls, and some of her balls successfully crossed the net onto my side, but others ended up in Wonderland. Her grasp of the racket was off.
I moved in her direction again, took her racket, and showed her how it's done. She said in a low tone, "I think I get it now."
We began exchanging balls. Again, the way she moved toward the ball and the manner she hit it were all off. I came to her with a smile, "Alma, i
