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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the ruiner of dreams.

So many parents I know think their dc has a chance to be a professional in whatever sport the kid is interested in. The number of deluded adults I know is amazing. They don't realize the staggering odds against their dc making it on anything beyond a high school team. I've seen parents discuss this at sporting events and saw one mom cry and a dad walk away enraged when a group was discussing how unlikely any of us would know a kid who made it in professional baseball or football.

Forget tennis. If your kid isn't playing competitive tournaments by 9 or 10 you are sol. Even then the probability of your child doing anything other than making a high school team is so so small.

In the burbs here, it is not unusual for parents to pay for private coaching for little league.  [/quote]
+1 by 9, 10, or 11 you need to be breaking state records if you wan to go pro. [/quote]

Hey Sloane Stephens didn't start playing tennis until she was 9.  As long as a parent has the money it's ok to live in lala land.[/quote]

Sloane Stephens is an outlier. Kudos to her and her family. Take a look at the top junior and college level players over the last 10 years and examine how many made anything of themselves as pros.[/quote]

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