In the 2–3 weeks before a junior tournament, we as tennis coaches often make most of our money.
You might have a 10-week period where kids are at school and then all of a sudden everybody wants more lessons because they think more is better just before tournaments. If anything, you should be decreasing the amount of work that you should be doing rather than increasing going into a tournament, but that’s not always the case.
So, to me, so many tennis parents are wasting their money, effort just 2 weeks before a tournament because they or their kids panic. It’s a vicious circle.
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