Growing up in So Calif., tennis here is very competitive. What is a good age to start a kid into open Jr. tournaments. In the past ,I have not push kids or parents to start Jr. tennis tournaments. Being around Jr. tournaments more, I am starting to re-think my opinion. I see a lot of kids who start competitive Jr. tennis at around 8 years old... and once they get going ,what is good amount of tournament to play a year.?
One boy I teach did not play any competitive tournaments until the 14s and under,but he's doing quite well .. Sometimes I feel that I did not push hard enough to get him into the tournament scene and that the experience he missed out is hurting him.. I see the other kids carry themselves on the court very professional like when it comes to line calls and how to handle those cheaters... whereas my students is a bit passive..
We try to play the local(California) Nat'l tournaments at all the super Nat'l(Easter Bowl,Fl clay court Del Rey,Kalamazoo,and Winter Nat'l in AZ) plus the required designated tournaments(4-6) ..so it's quite alot of very high level competition ... Is all this too much? plus he has to play in his high school tennis team including practices ...
This past season,he had a bit of a burn out... with high school tennis and the week end tennis tournaments that we do,it was too much..... with the high school tennis matches and high school league,and play-offs and individuals matches ,he was toast... I had him not touch the racket for a week and had him swim and run to stay fit...
He still has not recovered from it yet and at times his tennis just so bad losing to people he usually will beat easily ... and other times he flying high like the next superstar ..How do you handle the burnout?
One boy I teach did not play any competitive tournaments until the 14s and under,but he's doing quite well .. Sometimes I feel that I did not push hard enough to get him into the tournament scene and that the experience he missed out is hurting him.. I see the other kids carry themselves on the court very professional like when it comes to line calls and how to handle those cheaters... whereas my students is a bit passive..
We try to play the local(California) Nat'l tournaments at all the super Nat'l(Easter Bowl,Fl clay court Del Rey,Kalamazoo,and Winter Nat'l in AZ) plus the required designated tournaments(4-6) ..so it's quite alot of very high level competition ... Is all this too much? plus he has to play in his high school tennis team including practices ...
This past season,he had a bit of a burn out... with high school tennis and the week end tennis tournaments that we do,it was too much..... with the high school tennis matches and high school league,and play-offs and individuals matches ,he was toast... I had him not touch the racket for a week and had him swim and run to stay fit...
He still has not recovered from it yet and at times his tennis just so bad losing to people he usually will beat easily ... and other times he flying high like the next superstar ..How do you handle the burnout?