Player Recommendations to Parents

Top 9 Recommendations Players made to Junior Tennis Parents:

1. Make Sure Other Things Going On in Life; Parents Shouldn’t Let Tennis Become Child’s Life

2. Listen to the Player and Don’t Just Come Up with Your Own Ideas

3. Give the Right Direction, But Don’t Push Over the Edge

4. Focus on Developing the Person Rather than the Athlete and Getting Results

5. Don’t Have Your Child Specialize Too Early (doing other sports facilitates athletic ability and teaches how to compete)

6. Be Patient

7. Don’t Live Through Your Child’s Tennis Experiences (“We won, he lost.”)

8. Allow Your Child to Dream, Don’t Limit It, and Give Every Opportunity to Achieve the Dream

9. Be Emotionally Stable and Even-Keeled