US OPEN TENNIS

.. If the child gets injured, or falls, or something doesn’t go their way, they look for comfort and understanding in the arms of their parents. We, as parents, want to help our children. However, as a tennis coach (and parent), I have witnessed too many players misbehaving on the tennis court. Often, it is just a simple error that triggers the frustration or meltdown. Consistently, the children tend to be more “dramatic” when parents are present; the parents’ good intentions ultimately create future setbacks. Sometimes it is easy to forget that the mistake (or problem) can actually teach our children a whole lot more in the long run. If they miss a shot or lose a point, they try to seek comfort and understanding from their parents by looking towards them. Or on occasion, pretending that they are sick or perhaps injured… When their parents are not present, they learn to understand that when problems occur, the only way to deal with them is by handling these problems by themselves…! …

However, there is every possibility to learn to play tennis, from a well written instruction manual, prepared by a professional tennis coach. It is true to say, that every sport can be attempted and if you have flare and are dedicated to learning, that you can participate in that sport, but there is still the need to be able to perform correctly, to get anywhere in that sport. Most sports have a technical issue and that is ther difference between just participating and competing. As an example practically everyone can go out and run, but if you want to compete against other runners, then you will need to find out the finer, technical points of running. This goes without saying, in practically all sports. There is a particular problem for beginners, in learning to play tennis, without any kind of instruction, and this is the frustration of trying to hit the ball and trying to send it where you want to, in the first instance. Two people decide to go to the tennis court, they each have a …