Glencoe! A short trip report, GOOD SKIING IN SCOTLAND!!!!

Rose,
But would you really want him playing competitive tennis at that level? It must be very stressful. Teaching tennis sounds much more rewarding, and is more of a long term job.

My daughters used to be in the local swimming squad, and some of the parents were very pushy, and they used to drive their kids from one gala to another, and eat tea and supper in the car, and spend all weekend sitting at the side of a pool somewhere watching them and timing them with stopwatches and yelling at them.

In other words, in order to succeed at the top level you have to make a lot of sacrifices (plus presumably as you said have some money, or find some sponsors).

Ally

AllyG wrote:Rose,
But would you really want him playing competitive tennis at that level? It must be very stressful. Teaching tennis sounds much more rewarding, and is more of a long term job.

My daughters used to be in the local swimming squad, and some of the parents were very pushy, and they used to drive their kids from one gala to another, and eat tea and supper in the car, and spend all weekend sitting at the side of a pool somewhere watching them and timing them with stopwatches and yelling at them.

In other words, in order to succeed at the top level you have to make a lot of sacrifices (plus presumably as you said have some money, or find some sponsors).

Ally

I would have loved him to play at top level, he certainly had the talent. I used to use all my holidays and weekends driving him around, but in the world of tennis when you regularly beat the lads in this country you have to start playing abroad to pick up more ranking points, to get into bigger tournaments. Thats when it just got so expensive. But turned out well in the end. Currently he does 40 private lessons a week as well as 6 group sessions.

Rose,
Well, it sounds like it worked out O.K. for both of you, in the end. I can see why you have some regrets though, thinking of what could have been.

Neither of my daughters were especially good at swimming, but they did improve in the squad, and it was good exercise for them, and it was very cheap.

Ally