Hey buddy, I saw your video about your old racquets, I used to play with the hyper hammer 5.2 too, I still got 2 of them and I am back playing, I was considering to buy the new babolat pure drive. can you tell me if it is a good switch? Thanks and congrats for the job!
Isn't it also the "overcoaching" mentality in tennis and modern society? That's why children think that they cannot even start playing among themselves, because tennis is that sophisticated stuff taught by a coach :). I started with the wall.. for months and only after that started training. I was already loving it so much before a coach could or would or sould ever touch my tennis heart :) IMHO a coach is not meant to teach you to love tennis, but give you a solid technique and give you some guidance along the way.
I'll give you 10 thumbs up if I could, particularly for the best advice in this video (14:18) -> curb your expectations and set the smallest goals possible for the kids. Ask the kid what he/she wants to do, but be subtle and offer alternatives. Kids are very perceptive and when questioned "do you want to do this?" often will answer what they think their parents want to hear. My kid started relatively late (8 yo) but, for some reason, tennis came very naturally to him and he developed a good style and footwork very quickly. Now he's just 9yo but he's besting other kids with much longer and more frequent tennis training. Often, people around us who do not know much about tennis (friends, family, other kids' parents) praise his capabilities and completely fantasize about his future, with their best intentions. But I've seen my good share of kids/teens burning out (myself included) for not achieving unrealistic expectations imposed by others or by themselves. My kid, in fact, has expressed several times that he doesn't like being praised by others because the exaggerated compliments just add pressure to perform.
Amen. If I had a nickel for any time a parent came to me in a panic because their “little genius” isn’t getting enough challenge, or couldn’t qualify for this or that tournament. In U12, a national ranking is inconsequential.
Hi, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
This is excellent, and such an extremely important discussion! I do not coach in a “tennis Mecca” but close to one in Vancouver BC where the level of anxiety among parents is extremely high. Fear of missing out, promoting young kids too early, and a very high drop-out rate are a big problem at the competitive level. I think it ties into the home-school / private lesson emphasis that puts these VERY young kids into silos, rather than in groups of friends. They miss out on the social component of the game! I would love to see a video of your thoughts on transition tennis with modified court sizes and low compression balls! Well done and thanks for this very important discussion.
I think if you are a tennis-loving parent the best thing you can do for your kid is try to instill in them a love of the game. Teach them, play with them, have fun with them, but let them take the lead when it comes to getting "serious." If you push them into "serious tennis" that is a recipe for frustration, burnout, and general misery. For every Agassi there must be thousands of kids whose childhoods were more stressful than necessary for no good reason because of overzealous parents.
Always love your contents Nik, been binging on your videos ever since I found your channel! The topic of "Love for Tennis" is a tricky one for my kid (6yo), his personality is not very strong and quite pliable so he generally does what I tell him and don't really have an opinion to express. I'm a tennis fan myself, and certainly love the idea for him to play as I never got the chance to start young. He currently plays twice with a coach/group, sometimes once with me if time allows. He's generally a quiet/indoor kid, also prefers private lessons over group lessons (because he gets to hit the ball more lol). What I figured is that he doesn't "not" love tennis but also not crazy about it. If I ask him does he "like/love" tennis, especially when compared to other sports, he'll say yes most of the time, and sometimes he may like another sport for a short period of time (as in some other kids at school plays it), that's when he'll say otherwise. At the end of the day, he's not an active kid, he may prefer tennis over most other sports, but he's certainly more enthusiastic about sitting on a couch playing toys or reading books.
Thanks for kind advice my daughter is playing and studying in 6th std I am sending her for regular schooling and two hours tennis along with 1 hour fitness
Such good points. I catch myself sometimes putting more pressure on my kids to play because I like the idea of them being top players more than they do. They do enjoy tennis, but I could see how that could cause frustration, feeling of pressure, and them losing interest in the sport eventually.
Appreciate your advice Nick for parents & coaches. Appreciate your genuine interest towards development of the sport specially juvenile junior & rec level.
Thanks Coach Nik for Great Tips👍 I’m teaching my 2 kids 10 n 14 years old! I had to brush up on my own tennis playin myself since I’ve been out on the scene for quite sometime! With some of your videos I was able to get great beginners instructions as well as from my own experienced! I didn’t know that my oldest wanted to learn tennis so that he can joined the tennis team in HS , so with that said we worked hard to get him trained quickly, and your videos helped a lot! We still have a lot to work on but he’s enthusiasm is definitely there!
Hi SeattleJCB, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
@@yagyaveekunjam5841 hello! Well if you have the financial capability to migrate to US why not just go for it specially if you think it can help your daughters tennis! Follow your guts👍
Thank you for this, I needed to hear this esp. since I am in the dark about where to start with my twins tennis journey. They have been playing tennis 2 to 3 times a week since they were 6.5 years old and turning 9 soon and it's their dream (not mine) to play at pro level. They are obsessed with tennis in a good way and super athletic and have a coach. We live in Dhaka, Bangladesh and don't have the best resources available. So I'll start following your pointers since I was looking into more intense tennis academies and summer training programs globally where they can get proper training in a cost effective way. So any help or guidelines on those will be very helpful. Thank you!
Brilliant video. I’ve fallen into the trap of some of the points mentioned. My son is 7.5 - and the advice is for him to play up. But he recently play U8 tournament and came runner up. He tried hard because winning was within his grasp - but it he played up, he would like lose regularly. Also, my son started to suffer from tennis fatigue so I let him drive his own tennis schedule (to a certain degree). Also, I’ve finally found an excellent technical coach - and he has been working on foundational stuff like forehands and backhands for 6 months. He’s now onto serves and volleys. All takes time and won’t be immediate. Just be patient…..
Hi Kei, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
Thanks coach nick...Im coaching my 16 yr old son right now and his excelling with his age group in our place...im planning to train my daughter coz she's 8 now and l think she likes tennis
Hi Julius, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how
Really good stuff…. Some kids get it and some don’t. You have to be honest and step back if they’re not too into it. The more you push the more you risk turning them off. It’s just how it is.
So my daughter is 10, naturally athletic but will instantly detest anything I try to get her involved in... its not even that she dislikes the sport, its that she'd prefer to sit and watch RUclips... I've started making some games indoors where she'll volley the ball back to me and she'll get super focused and really enjoy it, but heck if I say we're going up to the court... I get a grumpy pre teen that says "i hate tennis" but once we're there she actually has fun. Being separated from her mum, I feel like it's just lazy habit for kids if what they're used to at home is just sitting on an ipad but I'm certainly going to try and break it. My now wife's daughter (13) is in love with volleyball and its amazing watching kids succeed, even if they loose, the passion for sport Is a great bonding tool for us and our kids.
Hi Nik, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
I watched a young boy have more fun using the racquet as a toy gun on the court than being coached tennis. It’s the parents who fall In love with the idea rather than the kid with the sport.
It is about winning That is is the only factor Winning forget everything else. 6 hours a day and tournaments ,,,, RESULT AND burn out.. All wrong... Forget the winning learn the strokes and IMHO junior tennis is a mine field....
Mindset for Tennis Success 👉 ruclips.net/video/hSRy12FzLgY/видео.html
Hey buddy, I saw your video about your old racquets, I used to play with the hyper hammer 5.2 too, I still got 2 of them and I am back playing, I was considering to buy the new babolat pure drive. can you tell me if it is a good switch?
Thanks and congrats for the job!
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Isn't it also the "overcoaching" mentality in tennis and modern society? That's why children think that they cannot even start playing among themselves, because tennis is that sophisticated stuff taught by a coach :). I started with the wall.. for months and only after that started training. I was already loving it so much before a coach could or would or sould ever touch my tennis heart :) IMHO a coach is not meant to teach you to love tennis, but give you a solid technique and give you some guidance along the way.
Too much pressure on coaches to make the kids love tennis
I'll give you 10 thumbs up if I could, particularly for the best advice in this video (14:18) -> curb your expectations and set the smallest goals possible for the kids. Ask the kid what he/she wants to do, but be subtle and offer alternatives. Kids are very perceptive and when questioned "do you want to do this?" often will answer what they think their parents want to hear. My kid started relatively late (8 yo) but, for some reason, tennis came very naturally to him and he developed a good style and footwork very quickly. Now he's just 9yo but he's besting other kids with much longer and more frequent tennis training. Often, people around us who do not know much about tennis (friends, family, other kids' parents) praise his capabilities and completely fantasize about his future, with their best intentions. But I've seen my good share of kids/teens burning out (myself included) for not achieving unrealistic expectations imposed by others or by themselves. My kid, in fact, has expressed several times that he doesn't like being praised by others because the exaggerated compliments just add pressure to perform.
Absolutely, compliments have the opposite effect on all of us. They add pressure when they are not based on reality.
Amen. If I had a nickel for any time a parent came to me in a panic because their “little genius” isn’t getting enough challenge, or couldn’t qualify for this or that tournament.
In U12, a national ranking is inconsequential.
Hi, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
This is excellent, and such an extremely important discussion! I do not coach in a “tennis Mecca” but close to one in Vancouver BC where the level of anxiety among parents is extremely high. Fear of missing out, promoting young kids too early, and a very high drop-out rate are a big problem at the competitive level.
I think it ties into the home-school / private lesson emphasis that puts these VERY young kids into silos, rather than in groups of friends. They miss out on the social component of the game!
I would love to see a video of your thoughts on transition tennis with modified court sizes and low compression balls!
Well done and thanks for this very important discussion.
I think if you are a tennis-loving parent the best thing you can do for your kid is try to instill in them a love of the game. Teach them, play with them, have fun with them, but let them take the lead when it comes to getting "serious." If you push them into "serious tennis" that is a recipe for frustration, burnout, and general misery. For every Agassi there must be thousands of kids whose childhoods were more stressful than necessary for no good reason because of overzealous parents.
Thank you an Honest coach... I have made so many mistakes as a coach.. Thank you I have learnt
I was made to take lessons at 10 years old and hated it. Took it back up at 58 and love it.
Always love your contents Nik, been binging on your videos ever since I found your channel! The topic of "Love for Tennis" is a tricky one for my kid (6yo), his personality is not very strong and quite pliable so he generally does what I tell him and don't really have an opinion to express. I'm a tennis fan myself, and certainly love the idea for him to play as I never got the chance to start young. He currently plays twice with a coach/group, sometimes once with me if time allows. He's generally a quiet/indoor kid, also prefers private lessons over group lessons (because he gets to hit the ball more lol). What I figured is that he doesn't "not" love tennis but also not crazy about it. If I ask him does he "like/love" tennis, especially when compared to other sports, he'll say yes most of the time, and sometimes he may like another sport for a short period of time (as in some other kids at school plays it), that's when he'll say otherwise. At the end of the day, he's not an active kid, he may prefer tennis over most other sports, but he's certainly more enthusiastic about sitting on a couch playing toys or reading books.
Thanks for kind advice my daughter is playing and studying in 6th std I am sending her for regular schooling and two hours tennis along with 1 hour fitness
1:35 ''Mecca of junior tennis'' while church bell rings in the background :D
IMHO the most honest youtube and genuine. I see too much BS,,, as I coach I salute you and thank you .
Yes! I'm "training" my here kids and they take some lessons at local club. Perfect video for me.
Such good points. I catch myself sometimes putting more pressure on my kids to play because I like the idea of them being top players more than they do. They do enjoy tennis, but I could see how that could cause frustration, feeling of pressure, and them losing interest in the sport eventually.
Thank you for this. I have a 9 year old and we are deciding what to do.
Appreciate your advice Nick for parents & coaches. Appreciate your genuine interest towards development of the sport specially juvenile junior & rec level.
Amazing and much needed video. Thank you Nick! Greetings from Puerto Rico 😃 🎾
I appreciate this thoughtfully laid out advise Nick! Great information!
Thanks Coach Nik for Great Tips👍 I’m teaching my 2 kids 10 n 14 years old! I had to brush up on my own tennis playin myself since I’ve been out on the scene for quite sometime! With some of your videos I was able to get great beginners instructions as well as from my own experienced! I didn’t know that my oldest wanted to learn tennis so that he can joined the tennis team in HS , so with that said we worked hard to get him trained quickly, and your videos helped a lot! We still have a lot to work on but he’s enthusiasm is definitely there!
Hi SeattleJCB, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
@@yagyaveekunjam5841 hello! Well if you have the financial capability to migrate to US why not just go for it specially if you think it can help your daughters tennis! Follow your guts👍
Thank you for this, I needed to hear this esp. since I am in the dark about where to start with my twins tennis journey. They have been playing tennis 2 to 3 times a week since they were 6.5 years old and turning 9 soon and it's their dream (not mine) to play at pro level. They are obsessed with tennis in a good way and super athletic and have a coach. We live in Dhaka, Bangladesh and don't have the best resources available. So I'll start following your pointers since I was looking into more intense tennis academies and summer training programs globally where they can get proper training in a cost effective way. So any help or guidelines on those will be very helpful. Thank you!
Brilliant video. I’ve fallen into the trap of some of the points mentioned. My son is 7.5 - and the advice is for him to play up. But he recently play U8 tournament and came runner up. He tried hard because winning was within his grasp - but it he played up, he would like lose regularly. Also, my son started to suffer from tennis fatigue so I let him drive his own tennis schedule (to a certain degree). Also, I’ve finally found an excellent technical coach - and he has been working on foundational stuff like forehands and backhands for 6 months. He’s now onto serves and volleys. All takes time and won’t be immediate. Just be patient…..
Hi Kei, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
Thanks coach nick...Im coaching my 16 yr old son right now and his excelling with his age group in our place...im planning to train my daughter coz she's 8 now and l think she likes tennis
Hi Julius, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how
Really good stuff…. Some kids get it and some don’t. You have to be honest and step back if they’re not too into it. The more you push the more you risk turning them off. It’s just how it is.
I am very grateful to you for the lecture. Fortunately, I have always stuck to your idea. Sincerely!
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@@IntuitiveTennis do you know if itf/wta require a young player to have a licensed/registered coach(traveling with parents)?
Thanks a ton for clear and honest tips and advice!
My pleasure!
Love this video! Best advice, its up to the child to really want to play at that high level.
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Well said. This goes among the best videos you've made.
Great advice.
Thank you for this video, I have a 5 y.o son playing in a group since 3.5. Please explain what is "play up"?
Play in higher level tournaments
So my daughter is 10, naturally athletic but will instantly detest anything I try to get her involved in... its not even that she dislikes the sport, its that she'd prefer to sit and watch RUclips... I've started making some games indoors where she'll volley the ball back to me and she'll get super focused and really enjoy it, but heck if I say we're going up to the court... I get a grumpy pre teen that says "i hate tennis" but once we're there she actually has fun.
Being separated from her mum, I feel like it's just lazy habit for kids if what they're used to at home is just sitting on an ipad but I'm certainly going to try and break it.
My now wife's daughter (13) is in love with volleyball and its amazing watching kids succeed, even if they loose, the passion for sport Is a great bonding tool for us and our kids.
Came for tips on teaching kids in tennis but I learned fundamentals of parenting 😆 (which is more important)
Hello Nik.
Do you have a lesson on striking volleys off one foot. Thanks.
ruclips.net/video/9hr7YPAGgWs/видео.html
Another great video. Would you share why you did not coach your own daugther? Obviously you were not happy with her coaches.
Hi Nik, I am fm India. My 9yo daughter is playing tennis for last 3 yrs. I wish to shift to US with her to pursue tennis as her career. Can you please guide me how should I go about this.
Advice taken.
Hard Truths....
Eso hizo el padre de las hermanas Williams?
good dad
The attention span point. Would you say that's true for most sports? Keep sports as fun until the kid develops an attention span?
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I watched a young boy have more fun using the racquet as a toy gun on the court than being coached tennis.
It’s the parents who fall In love with the idea rather than the kid with the sport.
It is about winning That is is the only factor Winning forget everything else. 6 hours a day and tournaments ,,,, RESULT AND burn out.. All wrong... Forget the winning learn the strokes and IMHO junior tennis is a mine field....