50,000 balls - a formula for tennis

ESPN chose to air an hour long documentary film on father's day about junior tennis. A special gift no doubt for tennis fathers who invest time, money, hopes and patience into the process of teaching your kid to play tennis and win. To them it may have reaffirmed that they are not alone in doing so much all the time. Reality is, as a parent you have to do that much all the time and so do your kids. The documentary focuses on 4 junior tennis boys around 12 years of age and discusses the necessary steps it takes to understand the game. Judging by the title, one of the things it discusses is the formula of hitting 50,000 balls in your lifetime to just arrive at the "I get it" stage. For some that stage is reached by 12, for some 18. It is fair to say, the earlier the better and I would have to say it is true. Check out the website in case you missed the airing.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, FATHERS!