To the Parents...Part 2

To the parents.. Part 2.. What started innocently enough, exposing your child to our sport of tennis in the hopes they may like it and learn a fun skill must seem like a lifetime ago..  Little did you know what you were signing on for.. A few clinics camps a private lesson or two and before you could even blink, there your child is, opening a can of balls about to play his/ her first competitive singles match..  A short time later and there your child is shaking hands at the net after winning their first tournament, all likely before reaching their teenage years... A dreamy drive home full of barely containable pride and joy...the first trophy held firmly to your Childs breast...husband and wife passing glances back and forth of complete and total connection...for you were just part of your Child's first moment of coronation, a moment where he/ she walked off a tennis court first in an elite field of two...  Tournaments...Many enter, only one does not lose, and for this event, that one was your child.. Something profound just occurred, the depth and extent you dozens of tournaments later are only now becoming keenly aware  Your child is a talent, a champion, possibly a prodigy, how does one contain one's exuberance at the prospect of a child of one's own making showing strong indications they very well may become one of the best at a sport that enriches it's elite with once only dreamed about fame and fortune? Now that abstract dream is a reality.. And it's your reality.. It's your child who has fame and fortune in his sights.. And what parent would ever deny their own child such an opportunity... And as you lay your weary heads to rest after a festive evening of celebratory indulgence, the glow abates, an eerie feeling envelops you..filling the space between you and your spouse.. As your beaming grins subside and you prepare to refocus yourself to the realities of your next day of life and all it's normal pressures , an unspoken question hangs in the air between you... Now what? What have we got ourselves in to??? What do we know about achieving tennis greatness ??? Who do we know well enough to trust with our child that knows anything about grooming a tennis champion??? Where do you turn from here??? Our guess is you are inspecting our site for you are knee deep in the process of junior tennis development.. And that junior is your child.. And the glow of that first tournament victory has long since dimmed.. And not that you were delusional in thinking it was all going to be as easy as that first shot of big time success , but never in a million years could you have envisioned this whole process of competitive junior tennis to be as demanding and all encompassing as it has. We like to welcome you with open arms to our site for we feel your angst and confusion, we've lived it.. And we hope we can assist you and your child live it also to the best of all your abilities and to the utmost potential your child embodies.. In the most healthiest of manners imaginable. Keep checking in with us.. We have a few things to say about the development process we hope you will find informative and useful as you make all the important decisions you must make such that your child's dreams can become a reality.. Thank you, Barry Buss