Discussion of the Article “How to Train Young Talented Kids”

There is a comment by Javier Palenque on the article “How to Train Young Talented Kids”. I like it and hope that it is a good food for thought for tennis parents. Let’s read and discuss the article.

Good article, I think the problem is trifold.
1.  Parents don’t understand the math that tennis is and it represents.
2.  In all likelihood, none of the kids will be pros.
3. There are too many bad coaches out there and ignorant parents who are misled.

–  Dear Parents for your kid to be a pro his odds are 2/1000. That is 0.002% ( 99.998% not going to happen).
–  If you are lucky and break the odds, you better be in the top 100 to make any money. Those odds are 1/1000.
–  Break even for a pro is $160,000.00 per year about #150 in the rankings. It takes about 4-7 years to get there. Question for parents? who finances the first years? 4x $160K = Bankruptcy.
–  Tennis is a terrible business, the numbers are all against you.
–  Taking a kid out of school for tennis? Read points 1-4.
–  There are so many bad coaches out there who are hype and know very little and charge a lot. Parents have it very hard to know better.
–  Chances also are if you are too well off to afford all the lessons you want, that you miss the most important key to tennis ” hunger”.

Enjoy tennis the fun, the competition, the workouts the wins and losses, but have a perspective. Your money is better saved and spent elsewhere.

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