Joining tennis is a huge commitment. Especially to parents of a kid. Commit to send them to practices, and commitment to send them to tournaments. Once you are in this arena, commitment will make players differ from one player to another.
How long do you need to commit? The answer is, a lifetime.
Starting at 7 years old, parents should invest not only their financial part, but also their time. Investment in times will make players begin to prosper in many aspects. Parents who do not have this advantage in time investment will see their kids being average or below average. Because time equals to performance.
The amount of time a player is on court will make them differ from other players. Research have proven that the distance of house to tennis court have a correlative measure of tennis performance. Believe that the shorter amount spent going to tennis court will make players better in performance.
In Kangar, Perlis, during the 90s kids went to the tennis court by themselves. Riding bicycles from their house to tennis court everyday. Be it for training with coaches or playing with friends. But commute to the court themselves will make them play more than other players in other states in Malaysia which do not have the convenience in doing that.
But now, even in Perlis, we rarely see that situation anymore. Kids are not allowed to ride their bikes to tennis court. Not a single kid is doing this due to safety measures. Parents becoming more concern of the kids safety. Traffic in Kangar Perlis is getting busier and riding bicycle in the small town too is not very convenient anymore.
Due to that, parents have to invest their time on the road for sending their kids. Thinking of that, still, in Kangar, the advantage is still there. The amount spent on the road is less than 15 minutes to get to the court if you live nearby.
Managing time to get the kids to the tennis court is the key to the kids success on court. Get them to tennis court everyday. Make them hit tennis balls every evening because every time they receive a tennis ball and prepare to hit, they are improving themselves. The type of balls they receive each time is not going to be the same.
Use time in your favour. Commit to tennis, and send them to tennis courts more than anything else. You will see the good results coming.