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Advice to Parents
Steve Proulx
Susan Reeder
Carmel Valley Tennis Camp
Q: When should my child start tennis lessons?
Our whole approach to introducing kids to tennis is based on our view
that kids are individuals. Every kid is different, with different mental
and physical maturity, so you can't set an absolute age when they're ready
to start playing tennis. There are kids at four or five years old who want
to play and can really whack a ball with a pee wee racquet. For them, tiny
tots tennis is a good idea. In general, however, we think that eight or
nine is a good age to introduce your child to tennis. At that age, they're
mature enough to understand the game and strong enough to start hitting
the ball over the net with some success. If you start a kid in tennis before
he or she is ready - before they can have some success - you risk turning
them off from the sport forever.
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