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Reply to "sports parents (King Richard)"

Tennis is so different than baseball, the fact that it's solo completely changes the way you train to compete. Remember, the Williams sisters were at an academy where there were top juniors,  men and women training. They got to compete everyday with some of the most accomplished players around. It's not like some travel team practice, they got to train and compete with players who were much better than them. It was not just the two of them playing together, although that happened alot. Imagine your 13 year old showing up for BP and having different big leaguers throwing each day. Hitting with better players is a big part of Tennis training,  it is far easier for the women to find this than men, I'm not being sexist just honest. There is a down side to these academies as most of the kids get chewed up and spit out, it's a very tough for most players.

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