Say, you're bad at sports and you want to join the tennis team, but nobody bothers to tell you that you can't hit a ball for more than your life is worth... what do you do?
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Go for it and keep playing and make a fool of yourself!  Eventually, you should get the message because everyone will be laughing at you . . . or you'll just figure it out because you aren't winning any games or even coming close.
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I am going to assume that you already know how to play and practice every day(because that is what pros do).\n\nMake sure your health and nutrition are in check.\n\nJoin a local league. Once you can dominate that, go to regional competitions. Once you have mastered that, you can start going to USTA futures events. Woek your way up through the ranks. Then challenger events. Do well enough in those and you may get a wild card into a main draw in an official ATP event. \n\nIf you have a lot of money, you can attempt to bribe someone you know who has a challenger event to give you a wildcard. Even if you lose the first round, which you probably will no matter how good you are, you get enough ranking points to play in challengers for a while.\n\nI dont know how old you are. If you are in high school, one of the major problems with American tennis is that young people try to go straight to the pros and ignore the valuable resource that is college tennis. If you are good enough to go pro, you are good enough for a tennis scholarship, meaning you are getting four years of college education and top quality coaching for four years for free. You will also be able to get some buzz and contacts for your career. And, that way, if you have a bad injury or decide that you dont want to do tennis, you have something to fall back on.
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"Just remember that the best player is not the most skilled but one who makes the rest of the team better."\n\n\n\nSo basically teach the other players, trust them and let them make the plays. For example Steve Nash is the MVP but I think everyone will agree with me when I say that he is not the most skilled player in the NBA, I have yet to see him dunk, but hes the MVP mainly because he has the most ASSISTS with a high percentage from the field and puts up high numbers every game (not as high as Kobe, Lebron or Iverson). So basically teach the other players to make them better (and you may learn something as well), trust them and let them make the plays.\n\n\n\nIf you notice the Lakers are trying to make Kobe follow that quote. I think that most people see him as a ball hog and his coach is trying to change that. They made him sit out during one of the playoff games and it was to make him trust his team, let them make the plays and let Kobe see that his team is better than he thinks (he didn't sit out the entire game but he didn't get descent play time). They can't make him help the other players though, that's up to him. All you have to do is make the other players around you better that's when you become a better team and a better player yourself.
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I would do what you think you would love to do. Just face your fears about the ball. Practice makes perfect and the more you practice, the better you'll be. The better you are, the more you will get to play. If you hate track, don't put yourself through that. When you recieve awards for something you hate, you won't appreciate it as much as if you loved it and worked hard for it.
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well for it to be professional you'd have to be on a team that pays  you. and for a team to pay you they need sponsorships. and for a team to get sponsorships they need to find a sport that a lot of people watch or  know about or go to, and i think at this time volley-tennis isnt in that category. sorry. you can still try and set up some games for fun around your area.
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Many tennis clubs in the UK are too bound up the Country Club ethos whereby who you are and what gear you've got and what you wear is more important that how well you can actually play.\n\nAll that ambition and winning is frighteningly infra-dig, old chap!  Best left to Johhny Foreigner.  They don't even drink Pimms, you know!
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First of all, do you have any idea how early professional players begin playing?  I understand that if you practice enough, being very, very, very involved in tennis, you could do quite well.  It's very surprising that you could only play one year (and one month) and make your college team.  I guess if you really know you have a chance, you should just make it the biggest part of your life, and go for it!
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If you want to try something else, do it.  Be up front about it.  Don't beat around the bush, or make excuses.\n\nSay, you know what?  I am going to try something different.  I'm burned out.\n\nIf people disrespect you or give you grief, you'll know who your friends are.\n\nTime off might well make you a better player in the long run.
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Ya being tall is always helpful in sports!  But im average for the age of 14 and i love tennis1  It's so fun it can be challanging at times but in the end it's worth getting hit in the head with tennis balls, having bruises, and injuries, to get that trophey! So stick with it and you'll be great!
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ok well do u want to stay on the team? Do you really care about the sport? and your school pride? \n\nHere is what i would do. If you want to stay on the team make that very clear, in high school effort is really important. If your coach sees that you are TRULY trying to get better and make your team better he should keep you. Also talk to your coach on what you can do to be a better ball player and what you can do to help the team. He will respect you for that.\n\nJust my 2 cent
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Tennis is a GREAT sport! I love playing. I love the fact that you can be at any level and still really have a great time. When I played high school tennis, we had several players who were able to make the team without prior experience. We also had players who had never played before who made the JV and freshman teams. Is that an option for you?\n\nIf you really want to make the team, this is what I suggest: find a place that offers lessons in your area--this could be a local club or a your city's park and rec department--and spend a few months getting the basics down. Also, find someone to hit with regularly. Growing up, my best friend was a guy who I hit with every day after school. We were able to progress as players because we spent so much time on the court. If you're able to find someone to hit with and spend a lot of time on the court before try-outs next spring, then you'll find that you're more than likely in a good position to make the team. \n\nAnyway, I'll give you a link to help you track down places to play, to learn the game, and to find players to hit with. I hope that helps. Good luck!
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Tell him your grandmother died, but seriously just tell the coach you are not really interested in playing because if you were you would want to be at practice.\n\nIt takes a love of the game and and a sense of obligation to your team.\n\nIf your not feeling it then you shouldn't be on a team.
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Well each pro faces some problem along the way.\nIt's about handling your psychology and keeping your concentration intact. Tennis is a very psychologic game.\n\nIf it was easy to come so far, everybody would turn pro wouldn't they ? \n\nThis is just another step making you closer to be a great tennis player\n\nGood Luck
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Well Jim,\n\n1. Getting cut from the team means that you haven't been practicing enough. I think that most of us who played some competitive sports realize that in order to make the cut you have to have a little more than a god-given talent. \nTry looking at this from a different pespective. Take this as a challenge! Learn your sport better so that when you try out again, you impress the holy tar outta them. Your confidence will send you on a high and you will feel so much better about yourself.\n2. Same answer as #1 but if depression is a problem with you try taking St John's Wort. It takes a couple of weeks to work, but HOT DANG!  It is soooo nice to not have that ugly feeling. I used it for awhile as a crutch through some hard times and it is nice to have. \n3. Same as #1 but if your depression gets severe, seek medical advice.\n4. Nothing to do with 1,2 or 3. Go get drunk and tell yourself you didn't like those people because they were snobby and full of themselves. Even  if you got on the team you would have had to quit because they were not a group you would want to associate with! Call a friend/family and let it all out!
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Sounds to me that you need to get players who will listen to you and get rid of the players who will not. Your lacking team chemistry and until you get that you will have this problem.
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what??? you quit bec of the coaches wife eats donuts????\npick on them back... if u whoop em' they next time they say something to u say yea that's why i kick your a$$ playing bball\n\nAnd get back on the team!!!!!! have fun, dont take life so seriously.  I wish i would have listened when people told me that when i was younger
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i play varsity tennis at school; the main thing i do in the first set is to get the ball in, even if it means taking some power off your shots; like your problem, you don't want to get behind, so think accuracy, not power