Serena Williams is of African American heritage and began playing Tennis at the age of four. Both Serena and her sister Venus were home schooled, which means effectively that her father was her first Tennis coach. When Serena was nine years old, the family moved to West Palm Beach so that Serena could attend the Rick Macci Tennis Academy. In 1995, Richard Williams pulled both Venus and Serena out of the Academy and took on their coaching himself, full time.
Whilst at the Academy, Rick and Richard sometimes clashed and did not always agree. Rick did however, respect that Richard 'treated his daughters like kids, allowing them to be little girls'.
Richard stopped sending both Serena and Venus to national tournaments when Serena was ten years old as Richard wanted the girls to slow down and focus on school work.
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