Junior tennis star Maria Shishkina and IMG Performance Institute's Yutaka Nakamura

[coPurple11ok]

her thighs are so muscular!

[6060thetennis]

Shes never gonna make it cuz she has lordosis

[MrPang2011]

u is the best girl

[thenextbigthingbeast]

that girl is such a cheater. she has been 11 for like 3 years now. she is totally on steroids. its so unhealthy for a girl that young and little to be that strong.

[MariLuvsU2]

@thenextbigthingbeast God gave her that strength.. if you'd be nice you'd get some 2.

[YugiohDuelz]

@MariLuvsU2 "god" didnt give her anything. money did.

[Orixx4ever]

give her a break she's just a kid and she is very talented I've seen her playing tennis.. she is amazing for a girl of her age !

[usrocket]

I hate the owner of Pendelton, he's money greedy.

[jayess]

She wears a size 9-1/2 shoe at age 11.  She might wind up close to 6ft tall before she's finished growing.

[vazovp]

What about the music???? Who knows????

[NaziKosmonaut]

Wow... she's hot.

[trexinvert]

Her baseball swing looks strange. The rear hand is dominating almost like swinging with one hand.  Cross training with golf club will correct that. Other than that cross training for balance and power transfer is always great idea. I am improving my serve by teaching my left hand(tossing) to be able to throw like my right. Most would think it's not tennis and waste of time. How often do you make a perfect serve toss?

[FantasticCorn]

shes flippin ripped

[nikolasafin]

dude she's been 11 for 2 years now

[74Anika1]

@nikolasafin

LOL

[TheNicolettttt]

@nikolasafin agree

[MariLuvsU2]

@nikolasafin and u've been 6.. i could tell after reading ur child like comment

[synecdoche2]

Excellent example of some of the types of cross-training techniques being applied at forward-thinking junior training centers like IMG. Despite what observers might think, tennis is a lower-body game. Actual stroke mechanics are only about 25% of the physical picture for current and future champions. A tip: stability balls are an excellent way to improve dynamic balance for people of all ages, but don't try at home what you see Maria doing here. You'll fall. :-) Look for BOSU balls to start.

[gopher3737]

saw the espn the magazine article about her too, I just hope she doesn't burn out...

[ucdnick]

I thought this was supposed to be about tennis.

[katknows]

i like what her trainer said in the ESPN magazine: she could get injured or she could meet a boy. haha. it may sound sexist that a boy can crush her dreams, but in reality, it does happen...

[rodman182]

I just read about her in ESPN the magazine. Sounds like a lot of promise. Hope she follows through.

[jodeer1]

I believe in you! I could have just blown my professional career but you will make it! (I undertrained)

[dramlje]

in few years a chick and half!!!

[jmg999]

Ah, to have a childhood stolen from you...what a dream come true!

[VitualTennis]

may not be the most effective everything but remember she is 11 she needs to feel she is also having fun

[k66shogun]

good luck!

[scorreggiadifica]

But if tennis were only a sport, I mean without money (only for glory),they would do all that stuff ?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[DashaCullen]

SHE is m BEST FRIEND EVER!!!!!!!

[PooPooPerson]

i wish MY balls were between her legs :D

[TeppTennis]

Many children goes souless due to overtraining in tennis. She seems like shes real happy and loves what she does at the academy. I like that!!

[MUDI444]

HER LEGS MAKE ME FUCK HER

[powercise]

She is amazing. The stuff on the ball is silly though. New research shows that unstable surface training is not worth the effort.

[bjorncerovsek]

they are building a champion in florida... and her name is maria shishkina

[TheNicolettttt]

@bjorncerovsek shes no champion, and never will be..

only if u knew her in person...

[mo12russo]

@TheNicolettttt youre an idiot

[TheNicolettttt]

@mo12russo if u only new her in person i swear ull b calling sum1 else an idiot not meee

uve nvr trained wit her lik i hav or in fact been in the same school and homeclassroom with her

so STFUUUU