you are only a KRAZY tennis parent if you.......
1. Do not see reality based on your kid's skill level. Lots of parents "think" their kid will make it bigtime but have no idea how tough it is out there.
2. Condone your kid to cheat.
3. Continue to pay for lessons when they are clearly not interested in playing.
4. Give other opponents parents dirty looks during tourny matches.
5. Over excessive bragging to others how their kid "Champed" or "Supered" up.lol
6. Spending over 5k a month on lessons (fed balls)
7. Parents who grab their kids ears and yank them to the car after a loss. Or slap them upside the head. I've seen this.
you are only a KRAZY tennis parent if you.......
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8 . Put up video snippets online to proudly display your tennis prodigy
9] Now I have a trophy daughter or trophy son to go with my trophy wife.
10] I was good at my sport(s), but I was never a world champion. This is my chance.
11] They drag me to the court. Really, they do! It's all them! I'm just a supportive parent, that's all!
12] Their success is my success.
13] I've got to get good ROI on the time and the funds I've devoted to their tennis. At least some Div. I scholarships to good colleges.
14] I grit my teeth, I'm wrinkly from the sun and I'm going gray and bald, but it's all worth it because I can live vicariously through my kids now that they are tennis players like I was!
15] I can coach better than those high-dollar teaching pros.
16] At work, I love talking about how good my kids are at tennis. I get their tournament tee-shirts so I can wear 'em to the office on casual Fridays. Great conversation piece! I still have a Little Mo Regional tee. To my knowledge it's the only Little Mo tee in a men's Large. I scanned it digitally and did an iron-on to one of my undershirts, hahahah. I am cool now. It's official.
17] I think I'm going to quit my job so I can devote more time to my kids' tennis. For income, maybe I can start coaching them along with some others. Yeah, kind of a cult of home-schooled kids coached by me. There's a cash cow right here in the neighborhood. Dollar signs pop up in my eyes every time I go by their house.
18] My wife is about to finish a course on home-schooling.
19] Regular topic at our dinner table: Florida or California?
20] I have tennis elbow from feeding balls and trying to fend off hard shots right at my body. Do you think my kids are taking their aggression out on me physically?
21] The girl who teaches my daughter's 'Supers' clinic is hot. Maybe I can impress her with my tennis acumen. It's not really cheating if it's under the auspices of junior tennis, right?
22] I just got a few sleeveless tops in bright colors and some 'Killer' sunglasses to complete the Nick Bolletieri look.
23] I Dream of Macci. Rick Macci. I want to go to there.
24] We're totally normal, as a family. In fact, next summer, we're going on a family trip to Spain - just the 4 of us. To ogle courts at academies over there.
25] I love tennis and I'm going to give my kids the best chance to make it their identity.