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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]7th grade is actually a perfect age to start tennis or golf.  My son started tennis and golf at 7th grade but he was doing physical training hard in 6th grade.  I spent quite a bit of money for him to train in both tennis and golf from 7th until the beginning of 9th grade.  He made the varsity golf team as a freshman and played the #1 position in 10th through 12th grade.  In FCPS, golf starts in the fall season.  He also got to play varsity tennis, playing #3 single as a freshman and #1 in 10th, 11th and 12th grade.  The key here is to make sure you train him properly so that he has the physical stamina and strength.  Once that is done, he can pick up golf and tennis very quickly.  FWIW, my DS is now playing golf at a D2 school.
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Nice!  I have a kid that needs a second sport. He's finding it too hard to play two competitive team sports that both require ~ 10 month commitments and thinking an individual sport where we have more control over the schedule would be easier to manage with main travel sport.  I was worried we were too late for tennis, but this gives me hope. [/quote]

Tennis is not the sport for a kid to just pick up be proficient at [/quote]

Yes, you can if you put in a lot of work.  Tennis for 11 and under is pretty much useless because almost all of them are just hitting moon balls.  It is about the age of 13 and older that you will start seeing separation between the good and not so good one.  There are so many kids who were good at 12 & under but they just gave up at the age of 15 because other kids can physically develop and they can hit the ball harder.  My kid started at the age of 7th and by the time he finished high school, his tennis UTR is 11.
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Age of 7ty?[/quote]

typo.  7th grade.[/quote]

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