12 year old SA Squash Player

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My son, @mpaya (still to write his first post) really enjoys the game of Squash.

When he was 5 years old he told me on the couch when we were watching Wimbledon that he wanted to be as good as Roger Federer but in Squash.

We got him playing with training balls and he is 12 years old now, so been playing for 7 years.

Last year in the u13 age group he was rated No 2 in our province KZN, No 13 in South Africa at the Bloemfontein Tournament and No 1 in the academy he plays for. His coach is inspiring.

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Tonight marked the start of the squash year where he played in a social evening with adults which happens every Wednesday.

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The scores were

16-14 to @mpaya
11-9 to opponent
11-8 to @mpaya
11-9 to opponent
11-7 to @mpaya

He was really chuffed with himself.

Summer League starts soon and next weekend is the KZN Open Tournament which he is excited about. We are preparing for Bloemfontein again which happens in 6 weeks. This evening he was also asked if he would like to join Winter League which I believe he is ready to take on.

I would like to know if there is any way to post videos to Hive? If someone could let me know I would be grateful so that I can share.

@jim-crypto, a big supporter with family members who also play Squash.

And if anyone could give @Mpaya courage to begin to type about his experiences with his matches and training for Squash please pop him a message 😁

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Great to see another South African on Hive and especially sports. Yes I would get hold of @edprivat or join the discord server of 3speak as they will help you load videos.

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Awesome. Thank you so much @cryptoandcoffee. I'm meeting so many SA people here which is great!

I will join the discord and get some videos going. Not sure I will be able to put peer to peer matches up because of our privacy laws but the adults are normally quite chilled with me loading their matches which is great.

Thank you for your help 😁

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@mpaya you are seriously lucky to be getting involved at such a young age on here and don't be nervous. I was not sure in the beginning as this was way out of my comfort zone. We all love sport here so no worries just give it a go and you will find support. I wish I had the opportunity like this at your age as this is a big deal. Once you start I will delegate some Hive Power so you can do what you like with no restrictions due to the Resource Credits.

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Thank you @cryptoandcoffee for you message, I am working on my intro post now. I will tag you when I am done. Have a nice day.

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Just checked and saw your resource credits were low so added some delegated Hive Power so you can grow a little quicker and have no restrictions on what you do here.

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