anyway...today i was messing around on quora - a Q&A site that is probably the best thing to happen to the internet in a long time - and i found a link to a question about introducing your children to activities (this one happened to mention tennis) at a young age in the hopes that they would develop a passion and ultimately dedication and skill in said activity. i sent the link to justin, and here is his reply. i love that guy.
interesting. i have no desire to force emme to do/learn anything she doesn't have any interest in. would i love to see her to play tennis/golf? sure. and i absolutely think kids need guidance in picking sports/hobbies/etc. but she has to want to play for it to work. i'll absolutely have the grand slam tournaments on TV, hoping it sparks her interest, but i'm not going to sign her up for lessons at age 4 and tell her it's something she's learning. i look back at my ill-fated basketball career, doomed before it even had the chance to blossom. dad played high school basketball... and i was supposed to be 6'4-6'7 said the doctors when i was young. WHB decided to sign me up for basketball when i was 5, i think, without having so much as seen a basketball game. i was the worst kid on the team (at least that's how i remember it). the kids wouldn't pass me the ball, i traveled more than i dribbled, never made baskets, and didn't have a dad that worked with me to improve outside of practice. all very tragic i know. after two years of epic bitty-ball fail, i hated the sport. and still do. i mean, F basketball. putting a ball in a stupid hoop? that's just dumb. don't even get me started on why bouncing the stupid orange ball is necessary. and orange? really? orange is the color you picked for the ball?i'm glad he and i are on the same page with this...
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