Hi, I'm new to learning Japanese and I was wondering what the best way to practice is? I am learning Hiragana right now and how the alphabet is ordered.

Use kindergartener japanese books! and write the Hiragana over and over! that way you can remember it! remember the A I U E O! It's important!

Then repeat it too KA KI KU KE KO! Simple right? Take your time! And remember to be consistent!

Explanation:

Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji and in some cases Latin script. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana literally means "ordinary" or "simple" kana. Hiragana and katakana are both kana

Search up : Hiragana Chart!

Memorize the reading of all 46 hiragana characters as quickly as you can so you do not have to rely on the romanized version of Japanese.

You read the chart from top left (「あ」) to right. The characters in the first line are vowel characters (a, i, u, e, o) , and from the second line on, they are the combination of the vowel and a consonant as you can see in 「か」(consonant 'k' plus the vowel 'a').

i would tell them that you admire their sports skills and you hope to become a talented player like them one day

explanation:

since you're new to the sport you could ask them if they have any pointers to you succeed at the sport. you could even ask them if you could practice together sometime.