Shortened tennis season dampens Nathan Juan’s vibe
COVID-19 closures have affected almost every aspect of our daily lives. High school is not an exception, and neither are the programs that are run through NPHS, like sports. Nathan Juan, senior, is a varsity tennis team player impacted by the crisis.
As a spring sport, the tennis season ended far earlier than it was supposed to due to the coronavirus. “I’m pretty disappointed because this year, I think we had a pretty solid team…it’s a bummer that we’re not able to kind of see how good we were this year.” he said. “Just so not being able to [participate in tennis matches], that kind of sucks.”
Moving to school primarily online has changed the way he operates. “It’s just changing my lifestyle,” Juan said. “Because definitely, I would say it’s less stressful school because you’re doing everything at home. So you can just enjoy doing what they do instead of being in a high-pressure situation at the same time, in order to do all these other things.”
However, just because the season is over, does not mean that Juan is going to give up. “A couple of days ago I went to the court and just started doing some serves myself, but there’s only so much you can do training by yourself,” Juan said.
Juan has been keeping himself entertained by “trying to learn how to use some new coding languages myself,” he said. Nonetheless, these efforts oftentimes feel in vain. “I do feel unproductive. I like to watch some movies and TV shows and play some video games.”
But Juan, like many other seniors, is disappointed about the possible cancelation of senior activities such as “prom, senior picnic, and even graduation…it’s supposed to be a really fun time right now, and we’re not able to have those moments with each other.”
