Is anyone here mexican at all??
Yes, me.
Middleclass?
yup...
do i have an idea why this happens?
Sure I have a take on the problem.
It is acombination of the way people are bgrought up, economics, and lack of self believe.
Mexicans have an inferiority complex, wich, comesfrom a lot of sources.
Religion, history, and.... well thats the main problem.
Families are sotight, and expect the children to be attached to them their whole lives, so there isnt much ofchance of being liberated by them, and be able to train like one needs to become a professional in any sport.
If a person manages to get over the hurdle of family oppression, wel, then there is a big one ahead.
Lack of organization, bureucracy, poor programs insports, basically, if anyone wants to be a professional tennis player, ithas to be under one's own money.
Andthen be lucky enough to have a capable coach who teaches you efficently.
Many of the coaches, are good, thereis good people, that train and study to the best of theirpossibilities, but, here, the tennisclubs are very exclusive and there are no programs for coaching developement, except one wich a friend of mine is designing, against the tide!
Here in my country, teh government isnot interested in supportung people, to develop as, you know, human beings.
There are good teachers, and someacademies, but they always fail to productransform the raw talent into hard working people...
and there enters, the idiosincracy...
must teenagers aren't willing to leave everything else behind, and work hard to become professionals.
Maybe there are some, but, somehow, along the way they get lost inthe rankings and only play on minor challengers loosing on the first rounds.
I dont know the whole picture
and theeeeen, you havepoberty.
so the people really able to play tennis is few.
There are public courts, but i onlyknow a couple in the capital.
And they are administered by the government, andthese guys just care about money.
At least the beaurocrats...
damn...
I wished there was a brighter side of the story
andsoccer... it just slurps the brain of people... nasty.
El pelón Osuna was amazing, he overcame lotsof obstacles... in the 80's there were great players too, but things are getting worse.
SOme guy even gave becker a hell of trouble here!
and mcenroe fell on mexicanclay courts on his first volley on a doubles ties, and made a tantrum
I guess, people dont really care...