Primary Parent-Coach: In most cases, this parent is or has been a player with excellent expertise and has the capabilities to serve as the child’s main coach/trainer. In most cases, this parent is actually a teaching professional and conducts the player’s private and group instruction. The parent is in charge of not only planning a tennis schedule (warm-ups, drills, practice matches), but also feeding drills, supervising drills, watching and critiquing matches, determining which tournaments the child will enter, scouting opponents, off-season workout plans, training, conditioning and all off-court responsibilities. The primary parent-coach is more results-oriented, discusses tennis with the child even off the court, provides advice on all elements of the game, and might defer only to other high-performance coaches or experts for further advice.