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Kenny022593 · 11-06-2009, 09:41 PM

How do you guys get your parents to take off work early to drive to tournaments on fridays? I want to start playing tournaments and get better in situations like that but for the past 2 months when i have asked my mom she has always said no because they are all on friday. So how do you guys persuade your parents to take you?

DownTheLine · 11-06-2009, 09:45 PM

My friend and I are doing 2 tournys this month and 2 next month. There all about 5-6 hours a way.

Should work out just fine.

tennismom42 · 11-07-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenny022593

How do you guys get your parents to take off work early to drive to tournaments on fridays? I want to start playing tournaments and get better in situations like that but for the past 2 months when i have asked my mom she has always said no because they are all on friday. So how do you guys persuade your parents to take you?

Find out who else is attending & go early with them. Practice with them. Tell your folks they can join you on the Saturday. They're working to pay for tennis. It's a stressful economy.

DownTheLine · 11-07-2009, 04:04 PM

Tennismom is right. Us teenagers sometimes forget how expensive tennis really can be.

ClarkC · 11-07-2009, 04:55 PM

I am surprised you don't have access to Saturday tournaments. Around here, there are lots of weekend-only sectional level 5 tourneys. Does your section not have any such events? Are you starting at too high a level?

DownTheLine · 11-07-2009, 04:57 PM

All of the Level 5s around here start on Fridays and end on Sundays.

tennismom42 · 11-07-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DownTheLine

All of the Level 5s around here start on Fridays and end on Sundays.

Dang, we get 2 level 5s per year in our state.

T1000 · 11-07-2009, 06:37 PM

I have the same problem too. I'm 17 and I can drive except I have so many restrictions on me. I can't drive in other states until May, which is way too late as I'll be done with USTA. I also can't drive after 11 p.m. until May. All of the tournaments are at least an hour away and with traffic, I most likely wouldn't get home until after than, which would put me at risk for a ticket. Both my parents work and this is probably the most important time of my junior career, seeing as I'll be in college next fall.

Kenny022593 · 11-07-2009, 08:14 PM

Thank you tennis mom. I will have to get to know the kid that i knows go to tournaments every weekend better before i ask a such. Thanks for the advice

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Originally Posted by ClarkC

I am surprised you don't have access to Saturday tournaments. Around here, there are lots of weekend-only sectional level 5 tourneys. Does your section not have any such events? Are you starting at too high a level?

Clark i just look at the tennislink website for my section since i am just starting out to play tournaments i do not know how to tell what level a tournament is. The ones at my local club are level 1 but there are only two or three per year so =/

Dave Mc · 11-11-2009, 01:43 PM

Check around to see if there is a local teaching pro that is taking a group of kids to the tournament, and ask if you can travel with that group (even if you are not a regular member of that academy or lesson group). Your parents might have to sign a waiver, and pay a couple hundred bucks for expenses, but it will get you safely to-and-from the tournament. Plus, it's more fun traveling to tournaments with a group.

mozzer · 11-15-2009, 04:13 AM

Yeah, at a club close to me, the pro will take a group of kids to the tournaments.

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DownTheLine Semi-Pro Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 758	My friend and I are doing 2 tournys this month and 2 next month. There all about 5-6 hours a way. Should work out just fine. __________________ 3x APDC 11.7 oz., ALU Power @ 58 Lbs., Babolat Custom Damp. Last edited by DownTheLine : 11-07-2009 at 09:06 AM.

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DownTheLine Semi-Pro Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 758	Tennismom is right. Us teenagers sometimes forget how expensive tennis really can be. __________________ 3x APDC 11.7 oz., ALU Power @ 58 Lbs., Babolat Custom Damp.

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DownTheLine Semi-Pro Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 758	All of the Level 5s around here start on Fridays and end on Sundays. __________________ 3x APDC 11.7 oz., ALU Power @ 58 Lbs., Babolat Custom Damp.

11-07-2009, 06:37 PM	#8
T1000 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,999	I have the same problem too. I'm 17 and I can drive except I have so many restrictions on me. I can't drive in other states until May, which is way too late as I'll be done with USTA. I also can't drive after 11 p.m. until May. All of the tournaments are at least an hour away and with traffic, I most likely wouldn't get home until after than, which would put me at risk for a ticket. Both my parents work and this is probably the most important time of my junior career, seeing as I'll be in college next fall. __________________ "You have been terminated" Lleyton Hewitt is my favorite player (Why are there so many Hewitt threads lately?)