Should i quit the tennis club group lessons?
The tennis club group lessons cost around 200bucks a month plus the 20 dollar membership to get my racquet strung but for 15 dollars per racquet. In the group i have the best overall serve i can do the kick serve etc and i can slice drop shot and the other kids cant do it all they can do is topspin which makes for an easy tennis match because of the double faults they do. The assisant coach said that i have the most potential but the tennis coach didnt say anything about me. Also all the kids in the class are all rich white kids (no offense dont flame me) and im the only asian kid. My parents cant keep paying for the fees because my dads in the military currently in Iraq and my mom has to work 2 jobs just to keep up with the upcoming bills. Would it be wise to stop the lessons but still have the membership to get my racquet strung since there is no other stringer within 50 miles or just become my own stringer and i research alot on it.
hey my freind, yes i see what you are saying, well if you feel almost totally bored and not motivated with the group lessons, why not just drop them… sometimes doing the same thing over, we hit a plateau.. that means a point where we do not gain anymore results.. it does seem kinda pricy as well. If i were you, i would just randomly hook up with some of these kids and play them outside of the lessons.. that way you still strengthen your skills and have fun doing it, cause you are playing matches… if u feel u need lessons again after a while, you should try one on one coaching at your conveinence… i hope this has helped you my freind… and yeah i understand what you mean when you say all the kids are rich white kids( sometimes kids who have so much so fast, they do not appreciate what they got), and they seem very different from kids who not have as much. but some of them can be nice as well. take it easy..
November 28th, 2009 at 3:32 am
hey my freind, yes i see what you are saying, well if you feel almost totally bored and not motivated with the group lessons, why not just drop them… sometimes doing the same thing over, we hit a plateau.. that means a point where we do not gain anymore results.. it does seem kinda pricy as well. If i were you, i would just randomly hook up with some of these kids and play them outside of the lessons.. that way you still strengthen your skills and have fun doing it, cause you are playing matches… if u feel u need lessons again after a while, you should try one on one coaching at your conveinence… i hope this has helped you my freind… and yeah i understand what you mean when you say all the kids are rich white kids( sometimes kids who have so much so fast, they do not appreciate what they got), and they seem very different from kids who not have as much. but some of them can be nice as well. take it easy..
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November 28th, 2009 at 3:51 am
I find that if you get away from your coach you tend to decline as a player. You forget the little things that you learn and your great stroke might turn ugly. I think that if you leave group lessons take private lessons. Do this about a month or two before the high school tennis starts and after the season don’t sit around doing nothing keep playing with your teammates.
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November 28th, 2009 at 4:28 am
yes
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November 28th, 2009 at 5:15 am
I have made some free tennis videos that might help you. I filmed these with my coach, David, who has taught tennis at Davis Cup level.
Hope they are of use:
http://www.davidkemptennisdkt.com/videos/
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November 28th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Talk to the coach/es about your financial situation. Perhaps they can help — whether by offering clinics at a reduced price or, as someone above me mentioned, giving you private lessons.
If that doesn’t sound appealing, are there any adult players at your club whom you can play and learn from regularly? That way, you’re paying only for the membership but still getting in quality tennis.
As for learning to string on your own, unless you already have access to one, you’ll need to purchase a stringing machine (cost can vary from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars). Before you buy, you should factor whether it’s cheaper to have it done at the club or on your own.
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