Tennis is the right sport for kids with inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive minds

Coach ADHD/ADD kids playing tennis
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of  the most common mental disorders that develop in 4.5 million children in United State; and affects  15 million children in China.
 
 
To channel their hyperactivity, tennis is the right sport for ADHD kids (see my article published in US Professional Tennis Association Journal Jan. 2010) because that

 

 

a few seconds ball rally fits to their short attention time span 

 

"I just try to concentrate on concentrating on tennis court"


                                                                                         — Tennis great Martina Navratilova  
 
 
 
 Federer dose not "swing" to the ball,  he "catch then throw" the ball.
 

                                   Catch

 


 

Use racket butt to catch the ball by imaging "jovelin"

                           Throw

 

 

 

Throw the ball by imaging "wipping the window"