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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids did tennis and swim since about 6 and we just consistently stuck with it year after year.  They were in swim team from 10-14 and started doing tennis tournaments around 10 too.  Their swim team was super relaxed and you pick the meets you want to participate in.  Same with tennis- it’s individual so we got to decide when and where to do tournaments.  They dropped swim in high school (hard no to early morning practice) but stuck with tennis.  It’s a great sport and the most fun to watch as a parent IMO[/quote]

Tennis is a great, lifelong sport, especially for women.  And it's nice that you can pick and choose which tournaments to play in, and if you choose to travel, you get to pick your own hotel and are not subject to stay-and-play policies like in team sports. This makes me want to get my daughter back in tennis. She's still young.[/quote]

My middle school daughter takes private tennis lessons but she’s not interested in competing at all.   Same with basketball.  She takes skills and drills classes but didn’t like the games at all.

I’m sure she’s not the only one who enjoys the activity but doesn’t want it to be competitive and regimented.  I don’t doubt that aggressive parents have turned kids off from these type of activities.  [/quote]

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