Paul Jubb
November 24, 2024
“My earliest memory of playing tennis is at the after school tennis club in the first year of primary school. It was just something I wanted to do, nobody was really forcing me. Kept me busy after school. A coach ended up asking me to go to the local club, try it out a little bit more, and then from there I was doing one or two sessions a week at night. Over the years, I just started to play more and more. When I was in Year 10 at school is when I realized it could be an actual pathway. It was also at a time where I wanted to have a bit more of a social life with my friends, and I was playing a bit less tennis. But funny enough, I was doing better in tournaments. From that moment when I was 14 or 15, I told my coach, “I believe I can do this and I want to do this. Let’s go for it.” Francis and his story was a big inspiration; it gave me a lot of belief, the fact that he made it from the situation he was in. It gave me belief that (more…)
“My earliest memory of playing tennis is at the after school tennis club in the first year of primary school. It was just something I wanted to do, nobody was really forcing me. Kept me busy after school. A coach ended up asking me to go to the local club, try it out a little bit more, and then from there I was doing one or two sessions a week at night. Over the years, I just started to play more and more. When I was in Year 10 at school is when I realized it could be an actual pathway. It was also at a time where I wanted to have a bit more of a social life with my friends, and I was playing a bit less tennis. But funny enough, I was doing better in tournaments. From that moment when I was 14 or 15, I told my coach, “I believe I can do this and I want to do this. Let’s go for it.” Francis and his story was a big inspiration; it gave me a lot of belief, the fact that he made it from the situation he was in. It gave me belief that (more…)
