started out as a joke. A security guard living in a slum accidentally discovered that a tennis player's bonus for a four-day match was equivalent to his year's salary! In an instant, he understood what "men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession."
Now switch to tennis? It felt a little too late. If you are poor, you want to change, and if you change, you can adapt. He decided to have another child with his wife, and then train the child to become a tennis champion. Wouldn't he also make money? I am so happy to think that I will never have to be a security guard again! To be on the safe side, I might as well have two more children.
just did what he said. While letting his wife, who was a nurse, give birth to the child, he made some practical preparations: for example, he taught himself tennis knowledge while working the night shift. After all, he couldn't afford a coach to teach the child, so he would have to play by himself. More importantly, he developed a 78-page champion development plan for his two children!
Everything was ready and perfect, all that was left was execution, and in the end both children became world tennis champions! This is not a cool article on the Internet, no one dares to make it up like this, but it is all true!
This witty security guard is called Richard Williams. Not many people know him, but his two daughters have long been famous all over the world - Venus Williams and Serre Na Williams , because they are two sisters, everyone prefers to call them Dawei and Serena .
Serena and Venus
The plans that the security dad made for his daughters in the small house in the slums later almost all came true. Venus is 41 years old (2022). She has won Wimbledon five times and has won 7 Grand Slams. She is the first African-American woman to rank first in the world in the open era. The 40-year-old Withelina has won 23 Grand Slams and is considered by many to be the greatest player in tennis history. Just as their father predicted.
The Wimbledon Championships (Wimbledon Championships, or simply " Wimbledon ") is named after it is held in Wimbledon, a small town on the outskirts of London, England. It is the oldest and most prestigious world tennis open event. It was founded in 1877 by the All England Club and the British Lawn Tennis Association. It is one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
The security dad has already realized his dream and is now the manager of his two children. In the past 2021, Serena Williams ranked second in the annual female athlete income list, with a whopping 45.9 million U.S. dollars. Most of her income came from off-court, and she has many business investment activities. Sister Venus ranks third, with an income of US$11.3 million in 2021.
Most of the content above comes from the newly released biographical movie "King Richard", in which the security dad Richard Williams is played by Will Smith.
After watching this movie, I brought my mother and children together, and we watched it again as a family, and then we started a family discussion. What interests me is not tennis, but how a layman father raised one, no, two world tennis professional champions.
has a few thoughts that I would like to share with you first. Several wonderful scenes in the play are in the second half of the article.
- Reasonable plan
Before the child was born, he made a 78-page champion development plan. Not to mention, in the play, his five daughters made a plan for the next day before going to bed every day. "If you don't set a plan, , we can only go with the flow."
Richard's family in the play
Our ancestors have also warned us long ago: Everything will be done if you are prepared, and if you are not prepared, it will be ruined. When the child was still very young, I also made a rough plan for him. I also wrote two articles about this:
The Godfather of Tennis and His Two Daughters
- Firm Faith
I am not an idealist, but the belief is The power is truly immense. Because I believe, I see, even things that have not happened in the future. The security father is convinced that his child will be a tennis superstar in the future, as are the five children and their mother.
When they first met with the coach, the coach asked them what they wanted. Venus said she wanted to win Wimbledon and tie the historical record. Serena Williams said she hopes others will imitate her style of play. And they believe they can do it.
There is a huge advantage in doing this: because the goal is ambitious, it is like having a lighthouse guiding the way forward. Children will not be disturbed by small things as they grow up, and they will become more determined and courageous.
As far as Han Xin is concerned, he is willing to be humiliated and does not fight with the gangsters. Can he be defeated? Certainly not! Because he knew very well in his heart that he would definitely become a general in the future. Fighting with rogues was meaningless and not worth it.
The most recent teacher is Mr. Ma. When he was seeking investment funds in Beijing, he was often looked down upon and was ridiculed as a "madman". Mr. Ma was not discouraged and even asked someone to record the incident when he came back. The more powerful ones, like our countless martyrs, are able to be unyielding and look forward to death because their faith allows them to see an extremely bright future.
So after watching the movie, I also told my child the specific goals. I hope he can see further and establish a firm belief. Will this prevent you from becoming dejected because of a slight setback, or muttering about running away from home just because someone said something to you? You won’t be depressed in the future, and you won’t risk your life for some strange woman, right?
Serena, Venus and Will
- Remitting efforts
Having plans and beliefs, the rest is of course hard work, which is actually not much to say. When our children are young, the hardest part is actually for us as parents.
In the play, Richard, the security dad, urges his children to go to bed at 10 o'clock every night, and then he goes to work the night shift, taking time to learn the theoretical knowledge of tennis during his shift. During the day, he has to be his child's coach, find a venue for his child to practice, and find time to lobby tennis professionals in every possible way so that they can provide free professional guidance to his children. Because
lives in a slum, for the safety of his five daughters and to find a golf course for them, he often conflicts with hooligans, and is threatened and beaten from time to time. At one point, he had a gun pointed at his head, and at one point he wanted to point a gun at someone else's head.
When he once protected his eldest daughter from being harassed by gangsters and was beaten by them in front of the children, he told his five daughters:
When I was your age, I had to fight every day, either with the Ku Klux Klan or the police. Or the white boy from the next town over, there was always someone hitting me for different reasons. I don't have a father to protect me, and the world has never respected me, Richard Williams, but the world will respect you.
This may be the reason why he never slacks off.
Will Smith plays Richard in the play
- Several interesting scenes
Scene 1
Once after training with two children in the rain at night, Richard happily opened the door and found the police at home! It turns out that the neighbor next door who was lying flat felt that he was too strict with his children and was completely abusing them, so he called the police! In an instant, our king Richard became angry. He pointed at his three daughters and said:
They are all number one in the class. We have a future doctor and a lawyer in our family, as well as two rising stars in tennis. I don't even mind if you criticize us for being tough on our kids, why? Because we are very strict, that is our duty to ensure that they do not go astray. You want to arrest us for this, come on, but you'll never get the chance to knock on our door and tell us the police have to shoot them in the street because they're hanging out with gangs and abusing drugs and committing crimes, and that's something that will never happen in our family. It can't happen either.
When Venus was only 11 years old, with their family's own efforts, they finally escaped from the slums. Except for the eldest sister who has graduated, their family has moved into a villa. The sisters go to the best schools. Venus and Serena receive personal coaching from top coaches on the best courts. Richard has also changed his job.
Scene 2
When Venus was 11 years old, Richard took the advice of her first free professional coach and entered the Junior Tennis Open. In less than a year, she never lost a match. , won more than 10 championship titles and became famous in one fell swoop.
When an agent came to the door to sign Venus, Richard made a decision that everyone could not understand. He directly refused to sign the contract, terminated the cooperation with the coach, and did not allow Venus to participate in any Contest!
Because he is worried that his daughter will be harassed by other forces, worried that her daughter will only focus on competitions and will not be able to enjoy her childhood, worried that she will not be able to resist the erosion of money and fame, and of course he is also worried that his failure in education will become the target of public criticism...
He made it very clear that compared to To become famous at a young age, patience, family and education are more important. For the entire three years after Venus became famous, she kept her children away from competitions so that they could have time to go to school, go to church, go to Disney, go to training, and do whatever they liked.
Scene 3
Venus Williams played her first match at the age of 14. Her opponent was Swedish professional player Hingis , who was known as a genius. On the eve of the match, advertisers came with a $3 million contract. Well, in the mid-1990s, a 14-year-old kid’s first contract was $3 million!
Her head coach and sponsor thought a big pie was falling from the sky, but Richard let Venus make her own decision. Of course Venus is very happy, but she did not sign the contract!
Shortly thereafter, she signed her first contract, another one worth $12 million.
There are many conflicts in educational concepts in the play, between Richard and his children, between him and his wife, and his children's coaches, and more importantly, between him and the environment. Every decision he makes is not perfect, and sometimes it even seems stubborn and unreasonable, but every decision reveals his deep love for the children and his foresight, which is worthy of our reference and imitation.
- A question:
Are Venus Williams and Serena Williams geniuses? If so, it is difficult to explain. After all, Richard decided to raise tennis champions first and then have two children. Coincidentally, the father in "Dangal" can also train his two daughters to become wrestling champions. The difference is that Richard not only has no professional background, but also has achieved greater success.
Is black people born with a physical constitution? On the contrary, tennis has always been a world dominated by white people, and Venus Williams was the first to break this pattern. Therefore, the efforts made the day after tomorrow can better explain this problem.
Every child is born a genius, but their dreams of genius are slowly stifled by us as they grow up.
When Gu Ailing said that the secret of her success is to sleep for 10 hours a day, some netizens ridiculed: Is the gap between her and me just a few hours of sleep? It is a mother who did not graduate from Stanford, a father who graduated from Harvard , and a grandmother who graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...
sounds reasonable, but if these are believed to be true, it will be a tragedy for the children.
- written at the end
This movie scored 7.4 on Douban, which is not low. I specifically read the movie reviews, and many people said that Richard controlled his children too much! This is certainly not a comment to make from a parent.
In short, this is a good movie that the whole family should watch together. It is far warmer than "The Pursuit of Happiness" and more inspiring than "Dangal". A man who works as a security guard brings you a different educational philosophy.
Watch it tonight with the whole family! "King Richard".
