Sports parent stereotypes and how to avoid being one
Being a tennis mum now, I want to avoid becoming a stereotypical bad sports parent. Here’s the plan for avoiding it
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The first mini tennis match experience
Unbelievably, at the age of 7, N has played his first tennis match for his team. It’s come around a lot faster than I expected with a short turnaround from being asked. But their mini tennis team has started. And…
Tennis lessons. Are private lessons worth it?
Most children nowadays do at least one out of school activity. Although they often say children are marched from one to another, and aren’t given the chance to just enjoy being bored and finding their own entertainment. But I don’t…
Coping with the start of independence and fussy kids
It’s been a long time coming but N is starting to get fussier about his clothes. I was expecting it earlier given what other parents say about their children choosing their clothes when much younger. But until now N’s been…
Celebrate summer with tennis activities for families
While many people are looking forward to the football world cup, there are other sports of interest in the summer. For me, summer means tennis. I don’t play anymore (apart from an attempted knock around with N). But May to…
Nervy start to a new tennis club term
The new term at tennis is always hit and miss with N. It seems he’s now playing tennis three times a week at the moment. On Mondays at after school tennis club, on Fridays at the tennis club junior lessons…
School days – writing Christmas cards
This week’s School Days was pretty uneventful. Or maybe it’s just N not really telling me anything that he’s been doing. VIP Whoop, it’s been another week, another VIP day. This time, I’m still not quite sure what it was…
Joining the tennis club and a clingy child
Ever since first playing tennis at school last year N has enjoyed the game. They have an external coach from a local club come in and do junior lessons for them, and after playing in the summer term, N was…
Introducing children to sports – a tennis open day
I’m a big tennis fan. Well, not as much as I once was, but racket sports are my thing. At school I used to pretty much play everything in a team being tennis and squash captain at 6th form. Once…
Getting ready for Wimbledon with Oreo tennis balls
You know when you have what seems like a brilliant idea for ages, really want to try it out, buy all the stuff, set it up, get cooking or making….and then it’s a failure? It’s not often I come up…