Comments on: 4 Reasons Why Junior Tennis Players Behave Badly

By: Anand Kumaar

Anand Kumaar — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:33:19 +0000

My son is 13 years old and he has been playing national ranking tournaments for the past 3 years. He never throws any tantrum on court but I have seen a lot of better players do that. The only reason that I can see is that their frustration stems from their parent’s expectations and this puts more pressure on them to win matches.

By: chin tan

chin tan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:13:59 +0000

This is tough situation. I have been coaching for 20 years but when it comes to handling my son’s temper, I am at lost. Like Tomas said, I tried the softball approach, talk to him, explain to him. In addition, I also tried the hardball approach, make him run laps, make him do situps. All these approaches help a bit but not much .I still think that since they want to win so much, they play with a lot of fear rather than fun. I am trying to make it more fun by reducing my own tensions. All in all, it just takes time, like Roger did.

By: Fun Tennis

Fun Tennis — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:12:17 +0000

i think because tennis is very exciting, so people sometimes get too excited and lose control.