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Successfully Parenting Our Tennis Juniors

admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:09:32 +0000

The Role Tennis Parents Play in a Junior’s Tennis Success There has always been some controversy on how much involvement a parent should have in nurturing their junior’s tennis career. I read an interesting study done at the Michigan State University. It was written under a USTA Research Grant for the USA Tennis High Performance Program. Its goal was [...]

‘Someday’ Is Here

Tom — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:57:10 +0000

For years I had been telling my daughter, ‘someday you will be beating me, and it won’t be because I give you anything”. Through the years, if she did not have matches on a Sunday, we have been playing. It’s fun for both of us, and she always can use the match play. We usually [...]

How Much Tennis?

Tom — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:23:54 +0000

Recently I was asked by someone about how much tennis a week a child should be playing. The really simple answer is as much as the child wants, but the real answer isn’t that simple. For a young child, say 8 years old or younger, tennis should be mostly about fun. There are exceptions, and [...]

You’re a Tennis Parent? Great!

Tom — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:33:56 +0000

You’re a tennis parent? Great! As tennis parents, we get a lot of negative connotation. In truth, there are some people who are ‘bad’ tennis parents. The type that yell at their kids, berate them for losing, and generally just make themselves look bad. We all know who they are, and maybe sometimes each of [...]

Life Lessons Tennis Teaches Us

Celeste — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:43:07 +0000

As parents, we can teach our kids a great deal. Life can also teach your child a great deal, and sometimes when they don’t know it. In playing junior tennis, your child is learning a great number of things, most of which they aren’t even aware. To me, this is the greatest thing that tennis [...]