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TennisMom


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Hear hear Tennparr.
Are you talking about my daughter?
This too is our experience. Not LTA chosen one at 10, forget it.
Who has the resources to reach those lofty,age 17 goals, without any help. Very few!
Not just monetary, but some encouragement, learning opportunities (even if you have to pay something towards it). U.K coaches on official trips abroad, who struggle to speak to other GB players - why?
Remember going to ID days, where envelopes already had the successful names on them, before the session started.
Seems - Nothings changed over the years.
There is no way of moving up the pyramid, even those girls perceived to be top have/ are going to the US. Why?
There are plenty of 2000 - 2002 girls who are written off already. Some who havent even started their ITF pro career, without a wild card theyre not even in it, let alone winning a match. Has there ,this year, even been an ITF 15k for them to enter in the U.K. & fingers crossed might get in without a ranking. So they are entering 100ks , 25ks anything. At the end of the day, there are no shortcuts in tennis.
At least the US offers something- whether its any good, were yet to find out but some help & encouragement will be a novelty.



-- Edited by TennisMom on Tuesday 6th of November 2018 12:35:19 PM

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So many seem to have a similar tale 

It defies all logic to think that just these from an exclusive group picked at a very young age ( and often due to early opportunity meaning just having played more and say early growth ) should ultimately form the very best group going forward. That there is seemingly so little way to break in, that the LTA often seems so protective of the originally chosen few, is ridiculous and ultimately surely unhelpful to ending with the best group of players ( and more depth when so many of the chosen inevitably fall by the wayside ). Is that not what they want??

But all this seems so obvious, been said so often and from people experiencing it at first hand, surely it has been said to the LTA many times. Over many years though I have not heard what answer / defence comes back.

And re coaches barely communicating with, let alone helping, Brits outside their group when abroad, that has been said before and remains outrageous and indefensible.

Sorry for your experiences, TennisMom, and again all the best going forward for you and your daughter.



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Freya 4-6 *2-2.  Just been one break of serve in the match so far.

Gabi 6-6 tiebreak.  Been 4 breaks of serve each.



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Turns for the worse.

Freya  4-6 *2-4

Gabi  6-7(3)



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From the discussion above it sounds as if the system of training for a tennis career is akin to a University with no course, no coursework and no lecturers but with a library for the students to self educate to prepare themselves for an exam after 3 years. If they pass that at an adequate level then they are rewarded with limited help for their Masters degree. Only if they pass that do they get the full training package to prepare them for their doctorate.

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Freya loses 6-4, 6-4.

3 out 1 through from 8 at the moment.

Gabi on serve 2nd set 1-2, Eden about to start.

Katy and Ali waiting.

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Very disappointing from Gabi, losing 7-6 6-1. Vrljic may have been in form this week, but she's 34, ranked 500 odd and lost in straight sets to Andrei just 7 days ago. Be lucky to get 2 through at this rate with Eden 0-5* down.

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Ozgen completed the bagel, 6-0.

Ali showing a bit of fight, 2-4*, but has already broken Rus twice.

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Eden has only won 7 points.

 

Eden 7-28 points

Ali 17-24

 



-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 6th of November 2018 02:23:00 PM

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Gabriella 6-7(3) 1-6 cry



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Getting no better for Eden 0-6 *0-2. Just 8 points, so that's on average every game won by Ozgen to just 15.

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Ali still competing well. 3-5*, just the one extra break in it.

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Ali 3-6 but more involved than last week. Hopefully can mount the comeback.

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Ali is 0-1* in 2nd set, but has just had a BP which she couldn't take.

She has just broken back - *1-1.

Probably the less said the better for Eden - 0-6 0-5*

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Eden did suffer the double bagel and mustered up 15 points to Pemra's 49 :(

Ali is currently 35-44 (still 1-1 unless live scores has stopped) against the much higher ranked Rus.

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