There’s a syndrome in tennis circles that has come to be widely known as “The Ugly Parent Syndrome.”
It is one in which teenaged players, or even those in their pre-teens, are placed under enormous pressure by over-zealous parents determined to see their children scale the heights of tennis greatness.
The pressure these parents exert can come in many forms — from subtle psychological techniques that play one child off against another (“How come Johnny’s forehand is much better than yours? — Don’t you think you should practise more often?”) to threatening a child with a loss of some value if he doesn’t perform (“Forget about that new racquet if you don’t beat Johnny”).
It can involve becoming deaf to their child’s concerns if those concerns conflict with what the parent has determined to be in the child’s “best interests”. (“I know you’d rather spend some more time with your friends, but I know what’s best, and what’s best is that you spend two more hours practising forehands.”)
And in some extreme cases, the pressure can...
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