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the ballboys and ballgirls are fat in iw and miami

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#1 ·
only in america! :haha: :haha:
 
#3 ·
:haha: :rolls:
I guess they aren't strict about the recruiting of ball-boys. I remember when I applied to be a ball boy at Roland Garros there were physical condition to be met.

They wanted teenagers who weren't taller than 1.75 m (which I find to be disgrace as I was automatically disqualified before entering the physical tests. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with having a ball boy who is taller than most of the players) and there were going to be fitness tests like 40 minutes of aerobic activities and they would also test your ball throwing/receiving skills. Anyways point being, during these physical tests, all the fatties will easily eliminated and you avoid ending up with chubby and clumsy looking ball boys/girls for your tournament. They should do the same in America.
 
#8 ·
I'm not sure if they can do that in Miami and Indian Wells simply because they don't get a lot of volunteers. Spring break for school age children is a different time than spring break for the college students, and I know that IW has had problems in the past covering all of the courts. I was there this year, didn't notice anyone that stood out. Actually, some of their ball kids were impressive with their speed and professionalism. LA has tryouts each year, but it's a summer tournament and many more children are available to work there.
 
#6 ·
Flopmerica.
 
#52 ·
Germany is the fattest country in the EU and there isn't much space between the USA and Germany if you're looking world-wide at it.
 
#9 ·
I like how all the Eurotrash posters take shots at USA while the reverse almost never happens save in defense :D
 
#13 ·
its funny to hear this since I'm currently a ballboy at the Sony Ericsson Open. Yea there are no physical conditions to be met at this tournament. I think they got about 100 more ballboys then they needed this year. So I don't know.
 
#25 ·
:worship:

The people talking all that smack, post pictures of your abs and buns of steel ASAP, 'kay? :wavey:
 
#18 ·
The USO is where its at.

Even the ball kids in New Haven are in good shape. We have tryouts too, like most of the summer events like Fee said because of school.
 
#24 ·
Start eating vegetables and drop those hamburgers already, for god's sake...
 
#27 ·
They did an experiment on Tyra where they did a physical fitness test with a woman who was 220 pounds against a woman who was 110. The "out of shape" and "lazy" bigger woman outran, outswam, outlifted, and performed miles better than the "healthy" and "in shape" thin woman. :p
 
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#30 ·
I don't think fat people should be persecuted, but trying to picture excessive body weight as an advantage is downright silly.
 
#36 ·
For ballkids, it's more important that they are alerted on the court and have the sense in what they are doing. In IW, I spent lots of time in the outside smaller courts and some of them, fat, thin, tall or short, drove the umpire crazy as they were running around the court without truly understand what need to be done.
 
#41 ·
I dunno... the ballgirls seem fit enough for me and the red outfit looks really nice on them. About half of the boys seem overweight for their age, though, and I'd have liked to see them wear all red as well.

Not a big issue by any means, they do their job in a fine manner.
 
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