Four years old and training three hours a day
Take special note of this exchange in last night’s ABC News piece about 4-year-old tennis player Mia Lines.
ABC News Correspondent:
“We hear about so many parents in sport, pushing their children, wanting them to be the best.”
Glenn Lines:
“People might say three hours [of practice each day for a four-year-old], that’s too long. A lot of parents [are] letting their kids play six hours of Play Station. Eating junk food. Drinking cans of soda.”
I guess this establishes that excessive tennis is less harmful than excessive Play Station.
Here’s another TV piece on young Mia. (Thank you, Dirk Buikema).
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