Given that I am 17 and I receive praise for my soccer skills and I am pretty good at badminton and cricket, what are my chances?
I do realise though that people turn pro when they are 17~18 and I haven't even started plying it yet...
2006-09-06 14:44:18 · 15 answers · asked by rubalinho 1 in Sports ➔ Tennis
you have a better chance of getting laid
2006-09-06 14:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything (like tennis) that requires total devotion to achieve takes a special kind of personality to achieve it.
If you are the kind of person who jumps into things with both feet, is willing to work at perfecting something for hours, weeks, days, years, is happiest when they are training hard, then you might be able to achieve your goal.
However, I think Robert DeNiro said it best, if a kid asks him, "should I become an actor" he says no. He says the only people that can make it in such a tough profession are the folks who absolutely HAVE to be an actor - whether they 'make it' or not, they have to act.
The professional athletes I know are like that. It was never a question of 'can I go pro?', it was always 'I know I can be better, I'm going to work harder, longer, get better training, I'll do whatever it takes to be the best.'
Going pro happened as a natural procession of this drive to be the best.
2006-09-06 15:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by ducatisti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, most become pro at 17-18, because they have been playing their whole life. Most start at least at 10 years of age, maybe earlier. I'm not one to say "Stop, its impossible, no way can you do this". But. Chances are extremly slim that it will happen now just from a few lessons, or maybe not ever. Sorry.
2006-09-06 15:56:41 · answer #3 · answered by Norah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming your a female, and females generally turn pro at a younger age than males, for example Sharapova turned pro at 14, but if you are very good you can still turn pro at 17, but its not something you just decide to do 1 day and it happens, you need to concentrate for a long time and have a little luck along the way
2016-03-17 09:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well..your chances are very slim I must say..but I play tennis for my school..and I'm hoping to go pro..this yr I'm representing my school as number 1 boys singles. So I hope u the best..but tennis is really hard..especially the work out..and ppl hit balls extremely fast these days
2006-09-06 14:52:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly doubt it. You could try and give it a go, but bear in mind that turning pro may not be realistic when beginning at such a relatively late age.
2006-09-06 16:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by woggish_candy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will only have a chance of being minor pro and that is not to bad.
2006-09-07 19:31:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't had one tennis lesson, then you have no hope
2006-09-07 01:48:40 · answer #8 · answered by Nodoudt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have started at 9. That helps a lot. So You should play soccer if you are good at it.
2006-09-12 13:30:08 · answer #9 · answered by bcrekmore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's much too late.
2006-09-06 14:46:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋