JR 7 YR Dude Ripping

[BeachTennis]

Check out this 7 year old!

Tell us what you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvaf01o1Guc

[TennisCoachFLA]

Why is he standing at the service line and swinging away like he is 5 feet behind the baseline?

[tenniscp]

Check out this 7 year old!

Tell us what you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvaf01o1Guc

Another thread with a 2 year old, ...I am sorry, 7-year old hitting the ball. I wonder what are the expectations of someone who starts these threads?

Everyone who starts these threads hopes that viewers will be so blown away by what they see that they will start predicting a bright future and etc. to the little munchkins in the video.

However, the fact is it is pointless at this age. Granted some kids are more talented or more athletic than others and so on, but really how much can anyone tell now.

Just one piece of advise. Keep working hard with your kid and see how he/she will develop in the next 4-5-6 years. And let us have this thread in another 5-6 years.

The kid in the video is cute as a button, hits the ball with desire, although standing on the service line. That's about it. I hope he will be a good player in the years to come.

[region2champion]

He's alright. My seven year old brother hits a little better than that. But does it really matter at this age?

[tenniscp]

He's alright. My seven year old brother hits a little better than that. But does it really matter at this age?

ditto. ditto

[GeorgeLucas]

Another thread with a 2 year old, ...I am sorry, 7-year old hitting the ball. I wonder what are the expectations of someone who starts these threads?

Everyone who starts these threads hopes that viewers will be so blown away by what they see that they will start predicting a bright future and etc. to the little munchkins in the video.

However, the fact is it is pointless at this age. Granted some kids are more talented or more athletic than others and so on, but really how much can anyone tell now.

Just one piece of advise. Keep working hard with your kid and see how he/she will develop in the next 4-5-6 years. And let us have this thread in another 5-6 years.

The kid in the video is cute as a button, hits the ball with desire, although standing on the service line. That's about it. I hope he will be a good player in the years to come.

Well put, homie

[BeachTennis]

Players that can take the ball on the rise and hit forcing shots are king!

Why is he standing at the service line and swinging away like he is 5 feet behind the baseline?

I understand, but again it depends on which coach you talk to.

I see way to many kids who bunt the ball back to the coach or parent. The coach or parent feels that this rallying back and forth with gentle strokes means the kids are playing tennis....or maybe they just don't want to run. Many of these kids never develop real pop to their games. It is hard to take a kid who has been doing nice controlled strokes down the middle for years and then tell them to swing as hard as they can and torque their entire bodies into their shots.

Rick Macci never rallys. He stands at the net and feeds balls at various speeds. The kids literally blast away as hard as they can. Rick says he does not care if it hits the net or goes over the back fence. He wants a power stroke, complete rotation of the body, a ball that is on a rope, and the control comes naturally over time with repetition and mastering proper spin.

Personally, I hate the soft rally control method. When you say, "They have enough power", that is totally relative. Sure most kids by 7-8 can easily hit a ball baseline to baseline. They can probably hit the ball over the back fence.

That is not true power. A tennis pro knows true power when they see it. It is not just distance, its that special force and pop that the true talents have. And many coaches say you have to develop that as early as possible, even at the expense of control, especially with the girls.

[unprotennis]

just me or does it look like he's a lot of the spraying all the shots (shot trajectory) :-?

[adams_1]

Best part is at 41 seconds when he grunts well before he hits the ball :P