Sometimes as parents we can get caught up in things. We discuss an idea, children say yes, everything gets booked in and moves forwards, but then the child backtracks. And everything is halted, putting into question, everything we’ve been paying…
Since N’s team tennis finished in the summer, tournaments and matches have been hard to come by. The onus is on us parents to make sure our children have match play rather than knowing they’ll have a set number of…
It’s been a long break from playing tennis matches, although N has been lucky to play quite a bit over the summer at the tennis club. Our club have never done anything for the juniors in the past. We have…
I love how much N is engaged with tennis. I don’t think he’s obsessed – he certainly doesn’t want to play every night like he used to last year. If I get him a rebounder he might change his mind…
Now we’re into Junior stage mini tennis (now call Youth Tennis by the LTA) I thought I’d share a beginners guide to tennis for kids. It’s so important for children to experience sports and find something they really love. For…
As we are coming into the last couple of months of the summer league season for N’s tennis, I thought I’d share what he’s we’ve learnt in his year of playing matches. It’s been a year of ups and downs…
t feels like N has been playing a lot of tennis recently. For an 8 year old it seems quite a bit, although looking at the structure some clubs put in place (and which our training team suggest for children…
I love watching N play sports or his school performances. It’s nice to be there when things go well, but also to support when not going so well. N’s only young and I want him to stay relaxed if he…
N generally enjoys playing in tennis matches, but he doesn’t want to travel to lots of new places miles away to play in tournaments. I also want to have some free weekends myself – although maybe it’ll be different in…
I loved playing in sports teams when I was a child – from secondary school I did hockey and netball, plus a bit of basketball later on, as well as playing in tennis and squash teams. I think it’s so…
Sometimes I’m amazed by how N just gets on with things. I always think of him as being quite risk averse, a watcher before he takes something on. And quiet until he gets to know someone. Maybe not shy (definitely…
