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How do I convince my mom to let me quit a sport?

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I play tennis on Saturday in a group lesson, with 4 other 9th grade boys who are all friends and go to the same school. (I am in 8th grade, and a girl). They are all infinitely better than I am, and whenever we play doubles, the team I am on always loses. My tennis teacher won't let me switch to a different class, since he says I'll get better. Unfortunately, everyone else in my class does tennis tournaments and plays tennis at least 3 times a week. They are consistently improving, whilst I stay at my level. I like tennis, but I really want to play with other my same skill level or with my friends. I've asked my mom to quit multiple times, but she won't let me. How do I convince her that I can?

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  1. Tell her to watch every match you play. She will be convinced soon.


  2. Don't give up! You're just having pms, you're going through growing pains and hormones and emotions also go through growing pains.

    You are SO lucky to be playing "up" -which means, even if you're the "baby of the group" your coach is right.  Keep at it. Keep trying to improve.

    I play one group that is a whole level higher than me. So many times I just wanted to cry. (a few times I did, but was able to hide it).  But then just this Monday, a whole year later, I beat all of them TWICE!  And let me tell you, because I had to fight extra hard to improve, I think I ended up climbing ahead of them.  

    The other group I play is/was on my level. Because I started with the tougher group on Mondays and Wednesdays, I am now getting bored with the easy group. You'll be bored if you go down a notch.

    Keep with it.  Quitters are boring. They look back on their life and say, "I shouldn't have quit"  Even if you never get better... even if you are beat every single game, just fight. Just keep at it.

    Derek Jeter says he hits the most strike outs of anyone... but he also hits many homeruns. You cannot give up. NEVER!!!

  3. If your not happy you should be able to quit and play on another team that has the same skill level. They're putting you with people older and a lot better? That is so not fair and is probably lowering your self esteem. Good Luck :)

  4. Just tell your mother to go s***w herself.  Or don't quit, practice more, and grow up!

  5. Tell her to stop living her life through you.

    Or try this

    Find something you like better than tennis that you are good at and ask her if you can swap hobbies.

    There is possibly two things going on here. She wants to keep you busy and thinks you should not quit things which is fine. Or she wants to torture you.

    You have to talk to her and have a solution. Do not just say I want to quit, you have to give a reason and propose a solution. Find out why she wont let you quit.

    Good luck.

  6. There are no magic words you can say, you just have to be able to talk your way out of it.

  7. Tell her that u dont want to quit tennis but u just want to go to a different group that is at ur skill level

  8. Tell you mother to live her own dreams and not through you.  If you're not happy with what your doing, you will never gonna be good at it.

  9. Its easier to improve playing people better than you, and its definitely not as frustrating as playing people worse than you.

    That said, tennis is a game, and theres no point in playing if you're not having fun. Remind your mom that you're not trying to go pro, and ask her to move you to a different class/ coach. Tell her that you're not thinking of quitting the sport. merely that you were placed in a wrong class.

  10. Well I mean I can understand you feeling frustrated because your not excelling, but if you really love tennis and enjoy playing the sport you should never give up completely you just have to keep trying and practicing and just be patient. It just takes time for some things to come together for you in this sport. Maybe your mother and teacher won't let you quit because they know your capable of playing at that level. There not being that way to be mean but it's because they want you to succeed and they know you can. But if you feel that tennis just isn't for you then there's nothing wrong with walking away. Sit down with your mother and have a talk about your concerns and feelings and try to reach a conclusion.

  11. Honestly it's completely unfair to match you up with not only men but ones that are a year older. However playing with them will make you better, you just need to find more people to play with that are at your level so you can gauge your improvements against people of equal skill. Losing ALL the time isn't fun unless you can see that you're improving, as for quitting parents have far less power over you than you probably believe. If you want to quit simply quit, refuse to go to practice and ignore the ensuing threats.

  12. From what I read I do not know if you like tennis or not. First you say you like it, then you say you want to quit. If you do like tennis my suggestion is that you talk to your coach and explain that you want in a group with friends, same gender, skill, abilities, etc. You may also want to talk to your mother and suggest the same. If you don't like tennis I also suggest you do the same, talk to your coach and your mother. So like we say in tennis Just Do It!!!!!!!.

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