Chris answers many common questions from parents and coaches that he has received over the years about tournaments and tournament progressions and pathways. Feel free to send Chris any specific follow up questions because this is a big complex topic.

On the show, Chris describes the different tournament options for prodigies and non prodigies throughout all the junior ages—from 5 years old to older teenager. Chris also discusses how many tournaments to play and the ideal amount of training hours per week for juniors.

Chris discusses the following topics:

—Why most prodigies don’t do group classes at young ages

—Why most elite juniors bypass Red, Orange and Green training programs

—The importance of developing world-class technique at a young age

—The heavy-handed tournament and junior progression mandates by the USTA

—The typical pathway (ranking and tournaments) for a Division 1 tennis players from a young age

—The trends in junior age and ranking that almost always accurately predict whether a kid will play D3, D1, pro, or have a chance to win slams

—The difference between being a prodigy best in your age division or a prodigy best in 3 age divisions above your age

—How much do typical top 10 sectional juniors practice and how many tournaments do they play

—How many tournament do top 100 national ranked players play and how much do they typically practice

—The choice between the USTA national circuit and the ITF Junior World Tour. Which is better?

—UTR, Little Mo, Junior Tennis Tour as options to bypass USTA U10 mandates

—Skipping USTA tournaments under 10 completely. Good idea?

—UTR—Important or not?

—How Chris sees the junior pathways and measuring sticks to judge the future potential of players. There is no crystal ball but the trends are there to see!

And much more

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