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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tennis anyone? [/quote]

I responded with tennis a few pages ago. We encouraged tennis because of the whole life-long sport aspect but DC is fed up with the whole scene, with hyper-competitive jerky kids and strict coaches who are constantly yelling and putting enormous pressure on everyone. Child still enjoys the game but doesn't want to play competitively at all anymore. I wish we had stuck to the group classes at the rec center and the summer league at the pool and avoided the indoor racquet clubs completely. Very expensive mistake.[/quote]

I'm the PP above you and rec classes is the way we went.
I had been involved competitively in tennis when I was young and disliked the atmosphere even then. I knew my kids would hate it. Right now, they have good skills but would never make any of our high school teams. DH and I regularly play with them and it's just been fun now that they have gotten better. It works for us. Can't put it on a college app, but that's fine with us.
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My kids love tennis.  We do rec classes plus occasional private lessons and tournaments.  Sure some kids and parents are hyper competitive and jerky.  But it is a mix, like anything.  Some of the kids they compete against are in tournaments every weekend, sometimes in far flung places.  But you don’t have to be.  We do an average one tournament per month and only within an hour drive.  My kids win and lose matches.  They are ok with that and have fun with it.  There coaches are amazing and supportive and never push them to do tons of tournaments.  My kids won’t be D1 athletes, but they are pretty good and will have a spot on varsity high school team as freshman.  It keeps them active and they enjoy it.  I like it because we can lean into it or out, depending on their school work or other activities.  We aren’t committed to a set schedule [/quote]

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