Comments on: How important is winning tennis matches at 7/8 years old?

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admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:40:37 +0000

Good question regarding does winning matter at mini red, and you have already answered some valid points yourself. One thing I would like to add is that children at that age look at things subjectively and not objectively. So whats important to children is how their parents react, body language and general feedback. They don’t look at the match objectively, half of them don’t even understand the scoring system so it means very little to them. How their parents react is most important, unfortunately parents get sucked into the result and this is where the damage is done. Children will pick up very quickly if their parents are stressed and agitated, and the knock on effect is the child becomes stressed and agitated when playing. Whats important in competition is the following three things, is the child trying hard physically and cognitively, making friends and learning about the game within a competition (respect for opponents and umpires, keeping the score and picking up the rules)? If these three things are promoted then you are on the correct path, and WINNING SHOULD BE THE LAST THING ON ANY BODYS MIND AT MINI RED!

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