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When young athletes feel trapped by family investment in their success

My tennis player is ranked nationally but she told me yesterday that she hates the sport and only continues because her parents sacrificed everything for her career.

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Your player is great at the sport but hates it, and only keeps going so she won't let her parents down.

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