Where to start tennis for a athletic 9y old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean, and DD just turned 9, and is very athletic (great speed, endurance, balance, and agility, average or above average in power and strength ) and loves sports, she’s now with top travel team in soccer and lax. Still, she wants to try tennis especially now in summer, since she has a lot of free time. Which academy should we start for a beginner but athletic kid, who is thinking about the future path (college, pro)? We are looking at positive experience, correct form, and appropriate challenges. Thanks a lot!

At her level, sound like you should send her here:

https://www.imgacademy.com/boarding-school/tennis-girls

+1 this is good for the USA however consider sending her to Mallorca, Spain for the Rafael Nadal Academy where you can get higher level training and access to the European junior tournaments

I agree with this longer term but I think in the short term, just to get the ball rolling on DDs clearly emerging talent, get in to IMG while working on the path transferring to Nadal.

Keep us posted, boo!

[Anonymous]

Your biggest problem will be finding hitting partners at your daughter’s level. Reach out to retired pros like Serena Williams or Andy Murray and see if they would do it for the publicity while you travel the world circuit. Best of luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to strongly consider moving to Florida before she takes any lessons here, so that you are in the right development pipeline from go. Otherwise you could be irretrievably behind by the time she’s 10.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean, and DD just turned 9, and is very athletic (great speed, endurance, balance, and agility, average or above average in power and strength ) and loves sports, she’s now with top travel team in soccer and lax. Still, she wants to try tennis especially now in summer, since she has a lot of free time. Which academy should we start for a beginner but athletic kid, who is thinking about the future path (college, pro)? We are looking at positive experience, correct form, and appropriate challenges. Thanks a lot!

I can troll too. The good thing is shes a girl where the competition is infinitely smaller at the junior level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dial this back you silly nit whit your kid is nine.

My kid did start playing til middle school late middle school and surpassed anything you wrote here.

A nine year old send them to some local indoor facility and let them even see if they like it.

You must be a troll

All of this.