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The Prodigy Maker Tennis Show · March 20 · 25 min

Tennis Kids and Instagram: Healthy or Harmful?

🎾 Tennis Kids & Instagram: Healthy or Harmful? More and more junior players are being featured on IG—but is it helping their development or hurting it? Chris breaks down the positives, the pitfalls, and the ethical questions every parent and coach should be thinking about. 👇 Listen now and decide for yourself 0:00 Should You Put Your Tennis Kid on Instagram? 0:59 Is It Healthy? The Big Question 2:08 Casual Sharing vs. Dedicated Accounts 4:17 Different Types of Tennis Parent Posting 5:05 When Posting Becomes Branding 6:20 Proud Parent or Building a Business? 8:24 Why Parents Build a Brand Around a Child 10:49 Is It Healthy for Kids? 12:08 Pressure, Performance, and the Camera 13:09 The Tony Nadal Perspective on Humility 15:03 Ego, Attention, and Character Development 17:05 Protecting Your Child’s Mental Health 18:54 When Social Media Becomes a Production 19:44 Scouting, Exposure, and the New Tennis World 20:56 What If Things Go Wrong? 22:01 Monetizing a Child’s Tennis the Right Way 23:39 How to Protect Kids While Using Social Media 24:10 Preview of the Next Podcast Episode 🎾 The Prodigy Maker Tennis Show (PMTS) explores the intersection of junior tennis development, cutting-edge sport science, fitness, health, and human performance. Hosted by world-renowned coach Chris Lewit — author of The Secrets of Spanish Tennis and Winning Pretty, and developer of numerous No. 1 juniors in the U.S. — PMTS brings together coaching wisdom, research, and technology to shape the future of tennis and human performance. 👉 Subscribe and listen on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-prodigy-maker-tennis-show/id1456148452 https://open.spotify.com/show/3Wu0PXf9IXneu0ogrzujZN https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR2QscfBfEs9dtttR6XNhduNlWYmZIfy- 🌐 https://shows.acast.com/the-prodigy-maker-tennis-show/about 📖 Books: The Secrets of Spanish Tennis | Winning Pretty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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🎾 Tennis Kids & Instagram: Healthy or Harmful?

More and more junior players are being featured on IG—but is it helping their development or hurting it?

Chris breaks down the positives, the pitfalls, and the ethical questions every parent and coach should be thinking about.

👇 Listen now and decide for yourself


0:00 Should You Put Your Tennis Kid on Instagram?

0:59 Is It Healthy? The Big Question

2:08 Casual Sharing vs. Dedicated Accounts

4:17 Different Types of Tennis Parent Posting

5:05 When Posting Becomes Branding

6:20 Proud Parent or Building a Business?

8:24 Why Parents Build a Brand Around a Child

10:49 Is It Healthy for Kids?

12:08 Pressure, Performance, and the Camera

13:09 The Tony Nadal Perspective on Humility

15:03 Ego, Attention, and Character Development

17:05 Protecting Your Child’s Mental Health

18:54 When Social Media Becomes a Production

19:44 Scouting, Exposure, and the New Tennis World

20:56 What If Things Go Wrong?

22:01 Monetizing a Child’s Tennis the Right Way

23:39 How to Protect Kids While Using Social Media

24:10 Preview of the Next Podcast Episode

🎾 The Prodigy Maker Tennis Show (PMTS) explores the intersection of junior tennis development, cutting-edge sport science, fitness, health, and human performance. Hosted by world-renowned coach Chris Lewit — author of The Secrets of Spanish Tennis and Winning Pretty, and developer of numerous No. 1 juniors in the U.S. — PMTS brings together coaching wisdom, research, and technology to shape the future of tennis and human performance.

👉 Subscribe and listen on

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-prodigy-maker-tennis-show/id1456148452

https://open.spotify.com/show/3Wu0PXf9IXneu0ogrzujZN

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR2QscfBfEs9dtttR6XNhduNlWYmZIfy-

🌐 https://shows.acast.com/the-prodigy-maker-tennis-show/about

📖 Books: The Secrets of Spanish Tennis | Winning Pretty


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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