Could I Become A Profesional Tennis Player?
I am 15, and have have been playing for about 15 months. I train 2 hours a day on fitness and play tennis 4 days a week for about 4 hours. I know i started out old, but i play advanced fixtures and havent lost a game. My coach says a have a tremendess amount of natural talent and ill be entering alot of tournaments very shortly. I am in grade 10 and thinking about quiting school at the end of year 11 depending how good i am by the end of next year. What are the chances???
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That seems awfully hasty to me.
Consider, realistically, what would happen if you were not able to make it as a professional, not because of your talent, just because of circumstances. To be a professional athlete, you have to make impressions on the right people and get exposure in the right places. Sometimes it just doesn’t happen.
Also, since you’ve only been playing for a short time, how can you absolutely sure that this is what you want to devote your life to? What if your tastes change down the road? As a pro, you’re committing yourself to play tennis every day until you’re 35 or so.
Ask yourself what you would do if your plan to become a pro never happened. You wouldn’t have a high school diploma. Do you have any other skills or talents? Do you have grades that are good enough to get into college? In other words, what’s your fall-back plan so that you don’t leave yourself high and dry?
I’m not trying to dissuade you, but I think it would be a smart idea to carefully examine all of the possibilities.
Don’t give up on your dream of becoming a professional tennis player. It’s an admirable goal, and one worth pursuing. If you have exceptional talent, you can overcome your late start to picking up the game.
That said, most professional tennis players began playing shortly after they started to walk. You have a lot of ground to cover to catch up to someone who’s been playing since they were 5.
Don’t quit school. That’s just crazy. You eliminate so many other options by not continuing your education. In fact, education should be your top priority with tennis coming in second. You need to go to college, and probably graduate school as well. That’s a much more likely way of achieving success later on in life.
There is a big difference between being a professional tennis player and being a highly successful one. I think you probably could be a professional tennis player, but it would be a very risky venture like undertaking any other kind of business. You just have to be completely committed for years and be willing to suffer through financial hardship, emotional turmoil, and pain. And then maybe you’ll make it and maybe you won’t. But if you truly love the game and are driven, then that won’t matter.
As far as being highly successful, I am afraid that the odds are rather stacked against you since you will be competing against the likes of those that have been training hard since they were 5, and are already being mentored by prestigious coaches, and playing in high level tournaments, by the time they reach your age.
Obviously leaving school at 16 is open to you in the UK (although you said grade 10 and year 11.. are you in the UK or USA?).
If you really are that good and have a promising future in the sport then perhaps you should follow that dream. It’s a tough life for many years before you actually get onto the well paid top 100 circuit though.
Obviously A Levels, further education will be available to you later in life should you not realise your dream, so don’t worry too much about your education, though as a teacher I would suggest finishing school at 18 rather than 16, it leaves lots more opportunities available to you afterwards. You don’t want to be studying A levels at 20 really, but University is far more forgiving of age lol
0 percent. The amount of time you practice isn’t even very much. Good highschool players usually practice at least 2 hours a day and play about 6 or 7 days a week. That just isn’t enough practice to go pro. many good players practice even longer than that and practice more days too.
dont try and become pro, it wont happen. try going to a good college and play for their team. besides, playing for a team feels more rewarding than playing for yourself only
if you think youre really that good then just do it. worst that can happen if you drop out of school and fail to become a tennis pro and your life is ruined =D
if you really want to become a professional tennis player, shouldnt u be out on the courts practising right now instead of wasting your time asking stupid questions over the internet.
Absolutely no chance whatsoever.
noooo……
its ur overe confidence and it will soon break up when u will face a professional tennis player
u can do it ok u shud have the confidence first then u will be a big plyr ok age that doesn’t matter go …..u can do it
go for it and try hard. do your best
yes u can but you need to be determined and perform very good. Find out about ITF on http://www.itf.org or com cant remember