Morning, CD. Mika has been playing tennis since the age of 5 - every day and her parents have targeted tennis as a career. Other sports were mainly at school - she hasn't had time to play anything but tennis, given the amount of hours she practises. She was at Reed Tennis School too re coaches.
Morning, CD. Mika has been playing tennis since the age of 5 - every day and her parents have targeted tennis as a career. Other sports were mainly at school - she hasn't had time to play anything but tennis, given the amount of hours she practises. She was at Reed Tennis School too re coaches.
Interesting. To be honest, that's what I thought. I'd written before that she seems very 'schooled' to me.
But then the commentator on the U16 nationals was making a real big deal about the fact that she was pursuing multi sports and had only recently decided to focus on tennis. So I thought I must be wrong and went with the official version.
Glad to know, TW18, that it's not me going mad. But unfortunate for Mika, in a way, because it then eliminates the commentator's implied argument that she's got a lot of uproom. So I won't change my juniors Word file
Goes to prove perseverance and hours on court can, actually, matter more than natural talent. Apart from Hannah, of course, who always had that naturalness on court, since very young. Hannah played a lot of serious hockey too.
Goes to prove perseverance and hours on court can, actually, matter more than natural talent. Apart from Hannah, of course, who always had that naturalness on court, since very young. Hannah played a lot of serious hockey too.
Oh, definitely. Tennis is quite a technical sport - you need to lay the foundations - very difficult to step into it, green, so to speak. But natural talent alongside training is the best
I'm a strong believer in keeping some level of multi-sports. Even if it's similar. i.e. Federer used to play squash every week. Lots of the French boys certainly did high-level football for a period of time.
