As you all know, my goal for my daughter was to play tournaments every weekend. But as all other families, we have other obligations. We had Chinese school on Saturdays, and piano lessons on Sundays. So I tried to reach my goal as close as possible, 2-3 tournaments every months.
Every year I would list all major tournaments I knew, even when there were no scheduled dates yet. There are about 12 to 15 tournaments in my area, within 5 hours driving distance. I would also include some important tournaments that required flying. For the weeks that didn't have major tournaments, I would try to insert some possible club tournaments. My goal was to fill in every week with 2 to 3 options.
I would keep monitoring the list all year around. If we didn't play in any tournament for a week, that's exception. You have to treat it this way, or you can never get close to your goal.
I would like to spread major tournaments once a month, if possible. I had to negotiate with the piano teacher when the time was in conflict. We tried to ask for being completely excused once a quarter. For couple of times, we just took a bye from the tournaments without alerting the piano teacher.
Our typical schedule on Sunday was like this:
We survived by doing that for four years.
Every year I would list all major tournaments I knew, even when there were no scheduled dates yet. There are about 12 to 15 tournaments in my area, within 5 hours driving distance. I would also include some important tournaments that required flying. For the weeks that didn't have major tournaments, I would try to insert some possible club tournaments. My goal was to fill in every week with 2 to 3 options.
I would keep monitoring the list all year around. If we didn't play in any tournament for a week, that's exception. You have to treat it this way, or you can never get close to your goal.
I would like to spread major tournaments once a month, if possible. I had to negotiate with the piano teacher when the time was in conflict. We tried to ask for being completely excused once a quarter. For couple of times, we just took a bye from the tournaments without alerting the piano teacher.
Our typical schedule on Sunday was like this:
- leave home at 9am
- drive one hour to Brooklyn
- take two hour piano lesson
- drive 40 minutes to Westfield, grabbing a lunch on the way
- play the Quads
- drive 45 minutes home, get home around 8:30pm
We survived by doing that for four years.
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