£1k-a-week fees, police calls and over-coaching - how not to be a tennis parent
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According to BBC Sport, parental pressure in youth tennis has reached a breaking point for some families. The network examined how fees—sometimes reaching one thousand pounds a week—police calls, and over-coaching can derail both young players and their families, raising the question of whether the problem lies with individual parents or with systemic pressures within competitive youth tennis itself.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cx23r1r55npo?...
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