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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is all about inner drive. Full stop. 
Beyond that, if you do happen to have a genuinely driven kid it is a parents' core responsibility to support them in time, money and encouragement to fulfill their potential.

Rationalize as many do, but any parent who does not do so has seriously done a disservice to their child.[/quote]

My husband loves tennis. He never had formal tennis lessons. He did make his high school tennis team. He would never make the team around here but back in the early nineties, being athletic and able to hit a tennis ball was enough.

My kids have played tennis since preschool. They played daily during Covid. We have the resources to provide them with the right coaching. [b]A kid who is playing for fun has no chance against my kid who has played almost every day since being able to hold a racquet[/b].[/quote]

And who really cares? The commodification of sports/intense focus on success in sports as the end is doing more harm than good for your kids. They're burning out, getting injured, suffering mental health, and parents are overspending chasing the delusion that they can mold their kid into an athlete when the ultimate goal should be enjoying the process of sports. Your unathletic but well coached tennis player is not going to play in the U.S. Open and it's weird and unhinged to compare him to a casual for parental bragging rights [/quote]

Truth right here [/quote]

Actually sports are good for mental and physical health.  Where are you getting this non-sense or is it to justify your unwillingness to parent?[/quote]

They sound like they were the bitter losers and trying to knock down the athletic kids.

I was a nerdy kid who didn’t play sports. I am not bitter and have no need to knock down teen athletes on the internet.[/quote]

Nobody is criticizing teens. Sports are good and in my household, essential. However, the benefit should be rooted in the process of sports (teamwork, effort, physical fitness, FUN!!! etc) not the potential financial (college scholarship) return. [/quote]

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