How not to be a tennis parent
Sport InsightHow not to be a tennis parentPublished48 minutes agoImage source, BBC Sport/Getty ImagesByKatie Gornall, BBC Sport correspondent and Kieran Fox, Senior journalistBy the time Ellie-Rose Griffiths was nine, she had left school to train full-time. In some cases there's even private tutoring to arrange if their child has left mainstream school to focus on the sport."You do get on a bit of a hamster wheel", says John from Derbyshire, whose 11-year-old son Harrison is a promising player. "It's 12 months of the year, indoor courts and outdoor courts."Children can start a form of tennis from the age of four on a modified court.
- ▪Sport InsightHow not to be a tennis parentPublished48 minutes agoImage source, BBC Sport/Getty ImagesByKatie Gornall, BBC Sport correspondent and Kieran Fox, Senior journalistBy the time Ellie-Rose Griffiths was nine, she had left school to
- ▪In some cases there's even private tutoring to arrange if their child has left mainstream school to focus on the sport."You do get on a bit of a hamster wheel", says John from Derbyshire, whose 11-year-old son Harrison is a promising player
- ▪"It's 12 months of the year, indoor courts and outdoor courts."Children can start a form of tennis from the age of four on a modified court.
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Sport InsightHow not to be a tennis parentPublished48 minutes agoImage source, BBC Sport/Getty ImagesByKatie Gornall, BBC Sport correspondent and Kieran Fox, Senior journalistBy the time Ellie-Rose Griffiths was nine, she had left school to train full-time. That was when tennis stopped being just a game and became her life.The former top-ranked junior player would go on to compete alongside some of the top names in British tennis including Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart before stopping playing at 19 because she was burned out and not enjoying it any more.When the 27-year-old looks back now, it is not just the tennis she remembers.
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