Life is never about what you could have been, but what you are capable of becoming. There is one philosophy that separates Senior Olympic Tennis Champ Barbara Hubbard from other 50-year-old athletes. And it is something every senior athlete should
Life is never about what you could have been, but what you are capable of becoming.
There is one philosophy that separates Senior Olympic Tennis Champ Barbara Hubbard from other 50-year-old athletes.
And it is something every senior athlete should take from the Lihue resident who, in recent years, has stormed America’s most popular female sport.
It’s that it is never too late to return to athletics. Age is never a barrier.
Hubbard never thought of this concept when she was raising her three sons years before.
But at age 49, once her children gave her the wisdom of youth-the “anything is possible” spiel-she picked up a racket, hit the courts, and never looked back.
Now, she has been on top of the State Rankings for her age group (50-54) for three years. She was undefeated in tournament play last year, and now that she has been augmented from the 4.0 to 4.5 division (7 being the top) this year, she has won eight of her last ten matches this season. She is also ranked 23rd of all tennis players in her age group in the country.
“I just wanted to start playing the sport I loved when I was younger,” said Hubbard. “But when friends
