Tennis players have good skill transfer to golf and football. I remember my daughter being wowed by a top US female player we got to know who had great ball skills. The player came from a large family of boys so it was natural that she played with them as she grew up.
https://twitter.com/CarlaSuarezNava/status/1404457250379415555
@hib31_art learned to do all this herself.
1/ She was brought in an environment of outdoor, skillful, active people; good at tennis, football, martial arts, and a range of general abilities - skating, juggling, table tennis, frisbee....
1/ She was brought in an environment of outdoor, skillful, active people; good at tennis, football, martial arts, and a range of general abilities - skating, juggling, table tennis, frisbee....
(plus, random abilities that athletes have, backflipping, jumping over things, balancing, tricks and skills - things which they learn just for fun and a challenge)
2/ She naturally participated and was encouraged to learn skills.
2/ She naturally participated and was encouraged to learn skills.
3/ Being around people like this means it is impossible for a kid growing up *not* to develop physical skills
4/ From an early age we taught her 3 fundamental skills; how to throw a ball, hit a ball with a bat, controlling a ball with her feet
4/ From an early age we taught her 3 fundamental skills; how to throw a ball, hit a ball with a bat, controlling a ball with her feet
5/ We set her challenges; timed bar hangs, jumping, running, just for fun -things we we did ourselves
Seeing @CarlaSuarezNava doing this took me right back to when Hannah was young; her eyes lit up -a small girl seeing a top female athlete perform. Being influenced. It was magic
Seeing @CarlaSuarezNava doing this took me right back to when Hannah was young; her eyes lit up -a small girl seeing a top female athlete perform. Being influenced. It was magic
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