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== Coaching ==

Price's coaching has arguably been overshadowed by her role as mother, but as a coach she has been called underappreciated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/string_theory/miami_2008/page/2/|title=TENNIS.com – Blogs – String Theory by Tom Perrotta|year=2008|page=2}}</ref> Price is not a coach in a traditional sense (though she did learn tennis herself to help teach her daughters the technical aspects of the game) and is instead credited, along with Richard Williams, in keeping her daughters focused and disciplined. and forFor helping to build a solid foundation of self-esteem and outside interests for her daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/2007_entries/|title=TENNIS.com – Blogs – Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor|access-date=March 11, 2009}}</ref>

Venus and Serena's "poise under pressure"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/french/2014/05/19/serena-williams-tennis-usta-pressure-title/9305391/|title=Serena Williams poised despite mounting pressure|date=May 19, 2014|access-date=August 30, 2015|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> is often credited to the self-belief instilled in them by their mother. "There's no such thing as pressure," says Price. "As black Americans, that's all we've ever had. It's life. So where's the pressure?"<ref>{{cite news|access-date=March 12, 2009 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/williams/flashback/daddy |title=Who's Your Daddy? |agency=CNN |work=Sports Illustrated |author=S. L. Price |date=May 31, 1999 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629122324/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/williams/flashback/daddy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> This approach was coupled with, according to noted tennis coach [[Nick Bollettieri]], a respect that meant that neither Price nor Richard Williams raised their voices to their daughters.<ref>[http://www.nickbollettieri.com/aboutNick/article.cfm?artID=626 "Bollettieri had a hand in grooming 10 players who hit No. 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714181155/http://www.nickbollettieri.com/aboutNick/article.cfm?artID=626 |date=July 14, 2011 }}. Retrieved March 11, 2009.</ref> Journalist Bonnie D. Ford has said that the longevity exhibited by the Williams sisters is directly attributable to their parents and the way that Richard Williams and Price have helped them manage their careers and lives. Ford believes it is especially admirable that Price and her former husband have continued to remain jointly supportive despite their separation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen08/columns/story?columnist=ford_bonnie_d&id=3556008|title=Williams sisters' parents deserve accolades for job well-done|work=ESPN.com|access-date=March 11, 2009|date=August 27, 2008}}</ref>