Help increasing motivation by allowing young players some autonomy – the feeling of being able to have buy in & ownership of their own development is one of the most empowering things you can do for young aspiring Tennis Professionals.
You as the Tennis Coach is of course going to help the player with the long term vision & then work backwards how to simply have the opportunity to get there, but controlling everything from the coach’s perspective can be dangerous motivational wise as well as create dependent players in the long run.