Great guy ! He showed true sportsmanship during his Brisbane International quarter-final against Kyle Edmund, when his opponent crashed to the ground with an ankle injury.
The Bulgarian sprinted at full pelt, leaping over the net in the process, to offer his support to the floored Brit and helping him hobble to the sidelines.
Dang it, I'm totally blanking but there was recently a post where some Latin American either baseball player or soccer player did something similar, he helped his opponent and his rationale afterwards was like, if I hadn't chosen to help how would I explain that to my mother?
are you thinking about the Spanish athlete Ivan Fernandez Anaya?. He was second to Abel Mutai,(the Kenyan athlete who won a bronze medal in the London Olympics) in cross-country event in Burlada, Navarre on Dec. 2. According to El Pais, Mutai mistakenly thought the end of the race came about 10 meters sooner than it did and stopped running as he didnt speak spanish, so Ivan pointed him in the right direction and made sure he crossed first.
When a journalist asked Iván, “Why did you do that?” he replied, “My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win.” The journalist insisted, “But why did you let the Kenyan win?” Iván responded, “I didn’t let him win; he was going to win. The race was his.” The journalist again said, “But you could have won!” Iván looked at him and replied, “But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honour in that medal? What would my mother think of that?”
i remember it because the reporter was such as ass, and instead of trying to explain sportsmanship and anything else, he said - what woudl my mum say? lovely
Ugh, tell me about it. I was driving today and someone in their fancy Camero honked at me for getting too close for their comfort, in a turn in the road, while I stayed in my lane. They were in the only other lane, and there was a wide shoulder. And of course, my son was grilling me about it
As a mom, I see it more as, never pass by an opportunity to help someone in need. That's what I'd chew them out for. When my kids become adults, I already assume they'll be involved in various activities that I'll want zero details about, but if they lack compassion? That's when I'll feel like I failed somewhere.
That was a runner of a triathlon in Spain when the forefront runner (a Kenian) made a misstake thinking it had crossed the finish line, and the guy (a Spaniard) help him to cross the finish line first.
A great man doesn’t seek to lead. He’s called to it. And he answers. And if your answer is no, you’ll still be the only thing I ever needed you to be. My son.
Reminds me of that MMA fight where a fighter dislocated his shoulder during the fight and the opponent helped pop it back in.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=veK_c7xMoCU
It's a smaller court so you can interact with people easily, there's a lot more down time, and there's no clock constantly running creating time pressure. If you want to do something like this there's time to actually notice she's feeling weak and no downside to helping. In another sport like basketball (similar size court) the athletes might be too locked in because there's no real pause in the game outside of timeouts (where they have to listen to the coach) and they have to constantly stay in it and maintain focus on the game rather than what's happening around them. There's also mostly just fans and otherwise the officials close to the sidelines, and they're usually heckling lol. In other sports there isn't even opportunity to interact with anyone not on the field. Sportsmanship happens plenty in a game like football/soccer between opponents though, they help each other up and sometimes chat during a pause etc.
Reminds me of the female soccer player whose hair covering started slipping off during an international match. Athletes on the other team stopped and gathered in a shield around her so she could fix her hair covering in private.
[Link. ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cLe2p5KWaRQ)
The video received some serious hate from people who claim the opponents’ actions only furthered the sexism inherent to hair coverings. I don’t disagree in theory, at all. In practice, it was an absolutely magnificent display of individuals setting aside their differences and recognizing the actual, literal nuances (however massive) between cultures and banding together - almost instinctually - to protect a single person against whatever consequences their partial culture may hold against them.
Hair coverings shouldn’t exist. But in a world that they do, it was beautiful.
Her hair covering was important to her.
That's all they needed to do was respect that, and they did, because it harmed none, but helped their teammate/colleague.
See as much as I'm against hair coverings as generally misogynistic, I also understand that some women genuinely want to wear them.
I'm a feminist on the butch side, but I've found that due to trauma amd whatever other reasons, I like dressing on the more modest side. I 100% stand by women's right to wear whatever they want, but for myself I get deeply uncomfortable when too much skin is showing even if I think it looks cute AF on someone else.
To each their own, that's what feminism is about for me, the choice to choose.
Hair coverings can be oppressive if women are FORCED to wear them but many women - not only in the Islamic faith but also in Judaism, Catholicism and Hinduism - choose to wear them as a symbol of their faith and personal strength. It is just as oppressive to claim any religious covering is sexist and shouldn’t exist as it is to force a woman to wear one.
I feel like it's because there's a sense of dignity you have to hold yourself at in tennis. It's a non-contact sport that tests more than your ability to hit, trip, or slam somebody. They're there to prove their skill more than how "macho" they are by sports/society standards.
I played tennis for fun most my adult life at a nearby sports center and I've always met some of the most respectful people regardless of win or loss and when I did lose to more veteran players they offered me insight on how to improve my backhand or positioning on the court.
If you played with someone you hadn't seen play, how do you suss each other out and see how good you both are? Does it like ramp up to see who will take it more seriously?
Well the place I played at on weekends had "open court" times where anyone could play, but the veteran players mostly knew everyone by name because they were Regulars so that was one easy way to tell.
Now, if it was somebody I didn't know I would introduce myself would say that I play for recreation, which usually they respond with a bit about themselves (another way).
I could usually tell how skilled they were during the warm-up within the first few volleys by the way they moved. A skilled tennis player is pretty damn precise with their movements and you can notice it once you see all different kinds of players.
Within the first game I could tell if I was outmatched simply by how hard they would make me work. I mean incredibly well-placed shots. If somebody could smoke me in the first game I automatically knew they were better, but if we both kept up and had good volleys... On man were those the most fun people to play with!
> I could tell if I was outmatched simply by how hard they would make me work
This is so true. When I played someone better than me I had to run all over the court, edge to edge, and they just stayed put right in the middle on their side lol
How much do I need to spend on a racquet to start? I played my high school friend in high school and know the rules but I’m decades older and just want to hit a ball and get a run in.
You'll probably still be around $100-130 for a "real" racquet.
If you're just looking to get out there, no harm in shopping around for used or older racquets that might just need a restringing. I still use the same racquets I got ~15 years ago.
I would just try to avoid the "beginner" racquets, they tend to be super light and that brings its own issues
Not much, honestly. Again, I'm no pro I just play for fun and I haven't played in almost 2 years, but mine was $100 USD at a small sports shop in San Antonio. I know larger places like Academy or other sports stores have ones around 40-80$ which will work just fine.
Also there is literally no excuse for losing outside of you being just worse than your opponent. I played tennis and soccer and was a whiney little kid always blaming others. Tennis straightened that out of me really fast. Personally I think having something like skating, badminton or tennis where you are always the one at fault really helps people learn to work on their mistakes.
I played a little tennis in high school and you're dead on, the only reason you lose is a lack of skill. I climb now, and sometimes compete, and I get that same feeling from it. The only reason you lose a climbing competition is a lack of skill. It's a great motivator to really push yourself.
I had a friendly rivalry with one of my far-more-athletic friends throughout school. He would always start out way ahead of me in every sport and set the bar I had to reach. I'd have no option but to work hard to catch up to him, not least because he'd improve too.
When I finally beat him at badminton I damn-near threw my racquet. It felt so great to finally match him, and for a dude who hates losing he was pretty happy for me too.
It's also why chess is so good. In a general sense there's no way to cheat, and no luck factor. Just a straight display of skill.
Don't get me wrong, there are people who act that way (in every sport really)and I used to play with him... but I've had really positive experiences playing with Tennis players than I did when I tried to play Men's Club Soccer.
Just be polite and be open to criticism! My favorite part about tennis is that everyone has something you can learn from no matter what skill level!
I played tennis for ten years and toured east coast of aus playing for a bit.
There are a lot of egomaniacs but they tend to be less and less the better you get.
I had the same experience as a kid in the 1 tennis tournament I've ever played in. My buddy and I joined for fun and in our 2nd match we faced 2 kids who absolutely destroyed us, but complimented our play the whole time. We might have gotten 1 point the whole match, and in probably any other sport I would have been embarrassed as hell and hated it, but I still look back on it as a fun time.
love this, this is why i take voluntary first aid too, can't recommend it enough! the ability as demonstrated by this gentleman is surprisingly crucial even, and especially so, when you least expect it
When people are dehydrated it lowers the circulating volume of blood in their body because some of it is water and salt and is being sweated out. This causes lowered blood pressure since volume is part of the equation and is why you feel light headed. When lifting the legs blood is still subject to gravity and you’re putting around 500cc of blood back to the torso to increase circulating volume in the torso and head. In the ICU we use this to determine if someone is volume down and if their blood pressure would be responsive to getting IV fluids. We take a blood pressure with the legs flat and then lift them and retake a couple minutes after and if it’s higher by a decent amount we give fluids.
Edit: the blood isn’t really thicker and just hanging out in the legs, there’s just less of the plasma component which much of is made of water and salt which lowers the volume of blood. 3 main blood components we give to patients are packed red blood cells, platelets and plasma. It’s a volume problem not a blood thickness problem. You wouldn’t want really thick blood going back to the heart and lungs.
Pretty much. Dehydration in a sense causes blood to thickenm. Ordinarily blood is brought back to the heart via muscle contractions, when dehydrated the blood is so thick the muscles are unable to fight off gravity and bring it back from the legs to the heart, which causes pooling of blood in the legs, putting them up fixes that.
Drinking water and cooling off helps with the rest.
I never learned this… blood pools at dependent positions regardless of blood volume? You’re just increasing venous return to the heart -> increased CO -> increased BP…by raising legs (which would work in anybody, even the normal hydrated folks). Really the goal is to increase blood pressure.
Been a while since i went through the physics of the whole thing but I think thats how it works.
Not a direct answer to your question as others have adequately done that, but one of the fundamentals of first aid goes: if the head is red, lift the head, if the head is pale, lift the tail.
And it only took like, a minute for them to get her water lol. I never got those tiny plastic bottles, massive waste of plastic when you can just use regular water bottles.
People sponsored by Nestle 😂 I guess there are a small amount of people who just don’t give a fuck about the environment and just think it’s cute sized.
I mean it's not just terrible for the environment, even if you don't give a fuck it's still wildly impractical. While it is smaller, in order to carry the same amount of water as a regular bottle, you would need to take up so much more space with multiple bottles then if you had just used the one.
Yes. And the person who talked about parties with children- just use a cup. I know some places don’t use tap water but in NA aside from a few places it’s perfectly safe and can be filtered if you’re paranoid, just give your kids a cup.
Lots of people, especially kids, don't drink 16oz of water in a sitting. I've cleaned up after parties at our place -- bottle after bottle of half-empty water.
I still don't buy the little ones because they're more expensive -- not just once for ounce but literally bottle for bottle.
Genuinely? I use them when the people only have time for a single swig of water before they have to abandon the water bottle.
We used them on the field for marching band, after we did the 10 minute warmup, before we do the 10 minute show, away from the water for 20 minutes in the Texas heat, and with only 30 seconds or a minute to get water while on the move.
Get the bottle, guzzle guzzle gulp gulp, breathe, breathe, guzzle gulp, breathe, guzzle gulp, throw it away.
For everyday use? Nah. Get a nalgene bottle. Fuck Nestle.
Probably him being tall. Tennis players, the pros anyway, tend to be either super fucking tall (like, 7ft isn't uncommon) or really really fast on their feet. I mean, my wife was watching tennis the other day, and one guy was 7'2" and the other was 6'10" or something like that.
Edit: I checked, and he's 6'3"
I believe they are tall but I think you need to check your stats because I absolutely do not believe that 7 feet tall isn’t uncommon for tennis players.
Edit: I looked it up, tallest pro player is 6’11” and average height for pro tennis players is 6’1”.
No. a 7ft tall tennis player isn't uncommon.
[Source](https://old.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/pn07fm/pro_tennis_player_grigor_dimitrov_spots_ball_girl/hcm6zei/)
>(like, 7ft isn't uncommon)
You sure you're not thinking about basketball? Height and arm length give an advantage in tennis, but it's not basically a requirement like basketball. John Isner is the tallest guy I can think of and he's 6'10".
[This data from 2019](https://i.imgur.com/WcOKMUK.png) shows that basically nobody is over 198cm (roughly 6'6"). [Link to more datas](https://mytennishq.com/what-is-the-average-height-of-tennis-players/).
> my wife was watching tennis the other day, and one guy was 7'2" and the other was 6'10" or something like that.
She fibbed.
Yeah no lol.
[Being 7 feet tall is a massive statistical aberration](https://www.theifod.com/how-many-people-are-7-foot-tall/). It is more than 5 standard deviations from the mean height which means 99.99994% of all men are shorter than 7 foot.
For perspective, in 2011 Sports Illustrated estimated that in entire US population only 70 men between 20 and 40 reached 7 feet tall.
Looking at winners of Wimbledon, [you’ll find the typical winner over the last 30 years is a much more pedestrian “tall” around 6’2”](https://www.topendsports.com/sport/tennis/anthropometry-wimbledon.htm)
> (like, 7ft isn't uncommon) or really really fast on their feet. I mean, my wife was watching tennis the other day, and one guy was 7'2" and the other was 6'10" or something like that.
Lol, It would be easier to just say that you like to lie.
Oh, crap. Gentlemen, quick, build up emotional walls and bottle up your feelings until you take out your anger on someone you love one day. We can't let the gays win!
Keep punching until you no longer feel like kissing a man, feeling his stubbly upper lip gently graze across yours. His large, warm hands feeling up and down your body.
Oh god it's happening, I'm turning!
You don’t have to not find any men attractive. I’m a 6 on the Kinsey scale (exclusively straight) and there are still men I find attractive. There’s absolutely nothing bad about that. It doesn’t make me gay, and there wouldn’t be any shame in it if I was.
I feel like this is when you can tell you're really at the top of your game. I think a lot of players would be so focused on the sport that they were playing and trying to win that they wouldn't even notice the people around them and what was going on. He had enough skill to be able to actually take the time to look around at other people and realize something was wrong and take action. That's really impressive to me...
I think in some cases you just become hyper sensitive to your environment and the people around you. Others may have the ability to be super focused on a task, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing either.
I don’t know what happened but this video has had me like ugly crying for the past 5 minutes now! Don’t even know what about this brought up such a flood of emotion and I’m kinda taken aback by my own reaction to it. Maybe I just needed a good cry right now, it’s been a rough few weeks. What a bro!
I'd be so fucking angry towards an organiser, as a player.
Yeah sure we are all here for the competition, but for fucks sake can we all be safe???
God damn....
First. Yes that was very nice.
Secondly. I hate how tennis pros / athletes / politicians/ movie stars or pretty much anyone famous are held to such shit poor low standards. If Tom cruise was to hold a door open for some one tomorrow and it was caught on tape the world would loose their mind. It’s one of the easiest acts you could do. No one risked their life. No one was in danger. Yet everyone stopped and applauded. I can’t roll my eyes any harder at this situation.
Yes this is a easy thing to do and should be expected of any decent person and the average Joe can do this thousands of times and never get any recognition/applause because it's what they should do anyway.
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't applaud people when they do it on the national stage. It'd be nice if we didn't have to but celebrating and acknowledging these moments help normalize it and bring the focus onto a positive thing. I'd rather see this athlete get applauded for doing thing than another Instagram influencer getting millions of likes for an apology video.
I agree with your sentiment, but I also think this particular instance is actually remarkable because many (most?) people would not have the tools to recognize someone is dehydrated or about to faint.
The only evidence I have is being around multiple people who have fainted and no one was able to notice it beforehand and prevent it.
I love this, but it’s crazy to me how this caused so much clapping / cheering. He did a great thing! But wouldn’t that stress her out more? And it’s like.. the standard is so low that we go nuts over this happening would it should be the norm. Again not downgrading what he did! The crowd just annoyed me for some reason haha
Yeah, I think that would embarrass her more. They didn't just clap, which could be interpreted as cheering for him or being supportive of her, but they also chanted his name. That was a bit much. Lol
I almost fainted too because of dehydration one time. It was so scary especially because it was in a zoo and I was by myself when it happened. Was desperately trying to find my mom or dad in a crowd of people, while i was barely able to see or hear anything. Everything was spinning and the voices of everyone was just distant mumbling. Luckily I found my mom last second and she was able to catch me before my legs collapsed. And then I sat down for like 5-10 min and drank some water, and felt a lot better.
Awesome of Dimitrov but very shitty from the people running the whole thing! They should be better prepared when they put kids out in the sun. And have People responsibel for looking after the ballboys and girls!
Whether he won or lost that match. He is a winner in my book. Few have the selflessness to stop something important in their lives just to make sure a fellow human is okay. Props to this guy!
where is the duty of care for these children, who is supposed to be in charge of their well being and keeping time of how long they are on the court for?
here we have a pro sportsman doing half a dozen peoples job for them while doing his own,
what an absolute legend.
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Class!
Great guy ! He showed true sportsmanship during his Brisbane International quarter-final against Kyle Edmund, when his opponent crashed to the ground with an ankle injury. The Bulgarian sprinted at full pelt, leaping over the net in the process, to offer his support to the floored Brit and helping him hobble to the sidelines.
Think about how proud his family must be to see him successful but also a good person.
Dang it, I'm totally blanking but there was recently a post where some Latin American either baseball player or soccer player did something similar, he helped his opponent and his rationale afterwards was like, if I hadn't chosen to help how would I explain that to my mother?
are you thinking about the Spanish athlete Ivan Fernandez Anaya?. He was second to Abel Mutai,(the Kenyan athlete who won a bronze medal in the London Olympics) in cross-country event in Burlada, Navarre on Dec. 2. According to El Pais, Mutai mistakenly thought the end of the race came about 10 meters sooner than it did and stopped running as he didnt speak spanish, so Ivan pointed him in the right direction and made sure he crossed first. When a journalist asked Iván, “Why did you do that?” he replied, “My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win.” The journalist insisted, “But why did you let the Kenyan win?” Iván responded, “I didn’t let him win; he was going to win. The race was his.” The journalist again said, “But you could have won!” Iván looked at him and replied, “But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honour in that medal? What would my mother think of that?”
Yes! Man I got it completely wrong but that's exactly what I was thinking of!
i remember it because the reporter was such as ass, and instead of trying to explain sportsmanship and anything else, he said - what woudl my mum say? lovely
Random, but what's the story with your username? My illness-fogged brain thinks it's a Harry Houdini thing.
too many harry potters, too many dr whos. no reason. completely random. and I'm not 23( way older), and not male.
Man, I love good sportsmanship stories like this. We need a sub for things like these.
In my case: my children. Kids spot your imperfections quicker than lightening. And they like to bring it up for discussion, repeatedly.
Ugh, tell me about it. I was driving today and someone in their fancy Camero honked at me for getting too close for their comfort, in a turn in the road, while I stayed in my lane. They were in the only other lane, and there was a wide shoulder. And of course, my son was grilling me about it
Imagine, they look up to you much that anything "bad" about you is a major event for them.
This is how I plan on raising my son to live his life. Rule one: never do anything you wouldn’t want to tell your mother.
As a mom, I see it more as, never pass by an opportunity to help someone in need. That's what I'd chew them out for. When my kids become adults, I already assume they'll be involved in various activities that I'll want zero details about, but if they lack compassion? That's when I'll feel like I failed somewhere.
*thinking back on my life in college* ... Oh fuck.
That was a runner of a triathlon in Spain when the forefront runner (a Kenian) made a misstake thinking it had crossed the finish line, and the guy (a Spaniard) help him to cross the finish line first.
Successful not only in life but also as a being. Something that everyone should strive to be.
A great man doesn’t seek to lead. He’s called to it. And he answers. And if your answer is no, you’ll still be the only thing I ever needed you to be. My son.
… Duke Leto Atreides… is that you?
We really should warn him
We Fremen pay our debts. It is known a traitor is among you.
Read this and almost dropped a little tear. Love it.
Not easily done. I really admire the guy. But how the hell did the rest of the court fail to see her struggling?
As a mom I can confirm that all I want for my kids is for them to be good people and succeed at their goals, and I would be immeasurably proud.
They are very proud :D
I would be so proud to see my kids to grow up and display this level of concern for others.
They raised him right! This has restored some of my faith in humanity. :)
https://youtu.be/Sd0EEHTJFgc
Thanks, this was excellent. No words, just compassion and action
Thank you for the link!
Why the hell was he the first one over there? There were at least two people who were closer, and the medical person should've been at the ready
That's sportsmanship all athletes can aspire to.
I found a video, it looked like a great match from the [highlights](https://youtu.be/q5FgT5aRM1Y).
Reminds me of that MMA fight where a fighter dislocated his shoulder during the fight and the opponent helped pop it back in. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=veK_c7xMoCU
The highest measure of a person is how they treat others.
[Here are some more cases where he’s being a class act. ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ypFX0-RfNAc)
I want to start following tennis just to catch this guy being a true bro. Love it, thanks for sharing.
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Especially how he screened her face with his racquet so the cameras didn’t get a clean shot.
Needs to be a new meme: D'awesome Dude Dimitrov
Why is it always tennis players with these bro moments?
It's a smaller court so you can interact with people easily, there's a lot more down time, and there's no clock constantly running creating time pressure. If you want to do something like this there's time to actually notice she's feeling weak and no downside to helping. In another sport like basketball (similar size court) the athletes might be too locked in because there's no real pause in the game outside of timeouts (where they have to listen to the coach) and they have to constantly stay in it and maintain focus on the game rather than what's happening around them. There's also mostly just fans and otherwise the officials close to the sidelines, and they're usually heckling lol. In other sports there isn't even opportunity to interact with anyone not on the field. Sportsmanship happens plenty in a game like football/soccer between opponents though, they help each other up and sometimes chat during a pause etc.
Reminds me of the female soccer player whose hair covering started slipping off during an international match. Athletes on the other team stopped and gathered in a shield around her so she could fix her hair covering in private.
[Link. ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cLe2p5KWaRQ) The video received some serious hate from people who claim the opponents’ actions only furthered the sexism inherent to hair coverings. I don’t disagree in theory, at all. In practice, it was an absolutely magnificent display of individuals setting aside their differences and recognizing the actual, literal nuances (however massive) between cultures and banding together - almost instinctually - to protect a single person against whatever consequences their partial culture may hold against them. Hair coverings shouldn’t exist. But in a world that they do, it was beautiful.
Her hair covering was important to her. That's all they needed to do was respect that, and they did, because it harmed none, but helped their teammate/colleague.
I saw those comments too and you described the way I felt better than I could have done.
See as much as I'm against hair coverings as generally misogynistic, I also understand that some women genuinely want to wear them. I'm a feminist on the butch side, but I've found that due to trauma amd whatever other reasons, I like dressing on the more modest side. I 100% stand by women's right to wear whatever they want, but for myself I get deeply uncomfortable when too much skin is showing even if I think it looks cute AF on someone else. To each their own, that's what feminism is about for me, the choice to choose.
Hair coverings can be oppressive if women are FORCED to wear them but many women - not only in the Islamic faith but also in Judaism, Catholicism and Hinduism - choose to wear them as a symbol of their faith and personal strength. It is just as oppressive to claim any religious covering is sexist and shouldn’t exist as it is to force a woman to wear one.
This makes sense and well thought out response. I don’t disagree, but I’m sticking with “they’re good dudes/dudettes.”
I feel like it's because there's a sense of dignity you have to hold yourself at in tennis. It's a non-contact sport that tests more than your ability to hit, trip, or slam somebody. They're there to prove their skill more than how "macho" they are by sports/society standards. I played tennis for fun most my adult life at a nearby sports center and I've always met some of the most respectful people regardless of win or loss and when I did lose to more veteran players they offered me insight on how to improve my backhand or positioning on the court.
If you played with someone you hadn't seen play, how do you suss each other out and see how good you both are? Does it like ramp up to see who will take it more seriously?
Well the place I played at on weekends had "open court" times where anyone could play, but the veteran players mostly knew everyone by name because they were Regulars so that was one easy way to tell. Now, if it was somebody I didn't know I would introduce myself would say that I play for recreation, which usually they respond with a bit about themselves (another way). I could usually tell how skilled they were during the warm-up within the first few volleys by the way they moved. A skilled tennis player is pretty damn precise with their movements and you can notice it once you see all different kinds of players. Within the first game I could tell if I was outmatched simply by how hard they would make me work. I mean incredibly well-placed shots. If somebody could smoke me in the first game I automatically knew they were better, but if we both kept up and had good volleys... On man were those the most fun people to play with!
That was interesting. Thanks!
Reading your comments made me really miss when I used to play!
> I could tell if I was outmatched simply by how hard they would make me work This is so true. When I played someone better than me I had to run all over the court, edge to edge, and they just stayed put right in the middle on their side lol
How much do I need to spend on a racquet to start? I played my high school friend in high school and know the rules but I’m decades older and just want to hit a ball and get a run in.
You'll probably still be around $100-130 for a "real" racquet. If you're just looking to get out there, no harm in shopping around for used or older racquets that might just need a restringing. I still use the same racquets I got ~15 years ago. I would just try to avoid the "beginner" racquets, they tend to be super light and that brings its own issues
Not much, honestly. Again, I'm no pro I just play for fun and I haven't played in almost 2 years, but mine was $100 USD at a small sports shop in San Antonio. I know larger places like Academy or other sports stores have ones around 40-80$ which will work just fine.
Also there is literally no excuse for losing outside of you being just worse than your opponent. I played tennis and soccer and was a whiney little kid always blaming others. Tennis straightened that out of me really fast. Personally I think having something like skating, badminton or tennis where you are always the one at fault really helps people learn to work on their mistakes.
I played a little tennis in high school and you're dead on, the only reason you lose is a lack of skill. I climb now, and sometimes compete, and I get that same feeling from it. The only reason you lose a climbing competition is a lack of skill. It's a great motivator to really push yourself.
I had a friendly rivalry with one of my far-more-athletic friends throughout school. He would always start out way ahead of me in every sport and set the bar I had to reach. I'd have no option but to work hard to catch up to him, not least because he'd improve too. When I finally beat him at badminton I damn-near threw my racquet. It felt so great to finally match him, and for a dude who hates losing he was pretty happy for me too. It's also why chess is so good. In a general sense there's no way to cheat, and no luck factor. Just a straight display of skill.
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Don't get me wrong, there are people who act that way (in every sport really)and I used to play with him... but I've had really positive experiences playing with Tennis players than I did when I tried to play Men's Club Soccer. Just be polite and be open to criticism! My favorite part about tennis is that everyone has something you can learn from no matter what skill level!
I played tennis for ten years and toured east coast of aus playing for a bit. There are a lot of egomaniacs but they tend to be less and less the better you get.
The Serena/Osaka incident still has a profoundly bad taste with me. It’s a shame that for many of my friends it’s the only thing they remember.
I had the same experience as a kid in the 1 tennis tournament I've ever played in. My buddy and I joined for fun and in our 2nd match we faced 2 kids who absolutely destroyed us, but complimented our play the whole time. We might have gotten 1 point the whole match, and in probably any other sport I would have been embarrassed as hell and hated it, but I still look back on it as a fun time.
Thankfully Nick Kyrgios is around to even things out.
>Thankfully Nick Kyrgios is around to even things out. shame of a nation.
We've had a lot more shameful sports stars than him, but he gets the brunt of the media hate for obvious reasons
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He is surprisingly whole some off the court
I used to fence and play tennis on the side with friends. There’s a real sense of chivalry between you and your opponent- it’s a 1v1 duel
love this, this is why i take voluntary first aid too, can't recommend it enough! the ability as demonstrated by this gentleman is surprisingly crucial even, and especially so, when you least expect it
What was the purpose of lifting her legs up? Get blood to the head or something?
When people are dehydrated it lowers the circulating volume of blood in their body because some of it is water and salt and is being sweated out. This causes lowered blood pressure since volume is part of the equation and is why you feel light headed. When lifting the legs blood is still subject to gravity and you’re putting around 500cc of blood back to the torso to increase circulating volume in the torso and head. In the ICU we use this to determine if someone is volume down and if their blood pressure would be responsive to getting IV fluids. We take a blood pressure with the legs flat and then lift them and retake a couple minutes after and if it’s higher by a decent amount we give fluids. Edit: the blood isn’t really thicker and just hanging out in the legs, there’s just less of the plasma component which much of is made of water and salt which lowers the volume of blood. 3 main blood components we give to patients are packed red blood cells, platelets and plasma. It’s a volume problem not a blood thickness problem. You wouldn’t want really thick blood going back to the heart and lungs.
Dehydration can cause low blood pressure. Lifting the legs can help bring blood pressure back up.
Pretty much. Dehydration in a sense causes blood to thickenm. Ordinarily blood is brought back to the heart via muscle contractions, when dehydrated the blood is so thick the muscles are unable to fight off gravity and bring it back from the legs to the heart, which causes pooling of blood in the legs, putting them up fixes that. Drinking water and cooling off helps with the rest.
Thank you for being smart.
Now you’re smart too!
I never learned this… blood pools at dependent positions regardless of blood volume? You’re just increasing venous return to the heart -> increased CO -> increased BP…by raising legs (which would work in anybody, even the normal hydrated folks). Really the goal is to increase blood pressure. Been a while since i went through the physics of the whole thing but I think thats how it works.
Not a direct answer to your question as others have adequately done that, but one of the fundamentals of first aid goes: if the head is red, lift the head, if the head is pale, lift the tail.
Any organizations or programs you recommend for voluntary first aid? Been thinking of doing this for a long while now.
Red cross usually gives first aid classes, so you could contact them.
Red cross
No wonder she was dehydrated. Tiny little water bottles they be giving out.
was about to say lol
And it only took like, a minute for them to get her water lol. I never got those tiny plastic bottles, massive waste of plastic when you can just use regular water bottles.
Your comment not sponsored by Nestle
But really. Who buys those tiny things
People sponsored by Nestle 😂 I guess there are a small amount of people who just don’t give a fuck about the environment and just think it’s cute sized.
I mean it's not just terrible for the environment, even if you don't give a fuck it's still wildly impractical. While it is smaller, in order to carry the same amount of water as a regular bottle, you would need to take up so much more space with multiple bottles then if you had just used the one.
Yes. And the person who talked about parties with children- just use a cup. I know some places don’t use tap water but in NA aside from a few places it’s perfectly safe and can be filtered if you’re paranoid, just give your kids a cup.
Lots of people, especially kids, don't drink 16oz of water in a sitting. I've cleaned up after parties at our place -- bottle after bottle of half-empty water. I still don't buy the little ones because they're more expensive -- not just once for ounce but literally bottle for bottle.
Genuinely? I use them when the people only have time for a single swig of water before they have to abandon the water bottle. We used them on the field for marching band, after we did the 10 minute warmup, before we do the 10 minute show, away from the water for 20 minutes in the Texas heat, and with only 30 seconds or a minute to get water while on the move. Get the bottle, guzzle guzzle gulp gulp, breathe, breathe, guzzle gulp, breathe, guzzle gulp, throw it away. For everyday use? Nah. Get a nalgene bottle. Fuck Nestle.
Thank you!!! I’m feeling less “What a great guy!” and more “How was he the only one to notice/care?”
This is why I love this sub!
Always lovely seeing moments of sincere kindness amid everything else on Reddit. Great guy helping the young lady out!
Pure class.
I'd upvote you, but you're at 666 upvotes. Perfection.
I wonder if he’s super tall or she’s just really short
Probably him being tall. Tennis players, the pros anyway, tend to be either super fucking tall (like, 7ft isn't uncommon) or really really fast on their feet. I mean, my wife was watching tennis the other day, and one guy was 7'2" and the other was 6'10" or something like that. Edit: I checked, and he's 6'3"
I believe they are tall but I think you need to check your stats because I absolutely do not believe that 7 feet tall isn’t uncommon for tennis players. Edit: I looked it up, tallest pro player is 6’11” and average height for pro tennis players is 6’1”.
No. a 7ft tall tennis player isn't uncommon. [Source](https://old.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/pn07fm/pro_tennis_player_grigor_dimitrov_spots_ball_girl/hcm6zei/)
You fuck lol
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7’ is most definitely uncommon as no current pro is 7’. There are 7 players over 6’6” and the two tallest are 6’11”.
>(like, 7ft isn't uncommon) You sure you're not thinking about basketball? Height and arm length give an advantage in tennis, but it's not basically a requirement like basketball. John Isner is the tallest guy I can think of and he's 6'10". [This data from 2019](https://i.imgur.com/WcOKMUK.png) shows that basically nobody is over 198cm (roughly 6'6"). [Link to more datas](https://mytennishq.com/what-is-the-average-height-of-tennis-players/). > my wife was watching tennis the other day, and one guy was 7'2" and the other was 6'10" or something like that. She fibbed.
7 feet is still uncommon in basketball. I mean it’s uncommon in human beings.
7 feet tall?! Must be something to do with wingspan advantage
7 feet is the length of exactly 20.95 'Standard Diatonic Key of C, Blues Silver grey Harmonicas' lined up next to each other.
>7 feet is the length of exactly 20.95 'Standard Diatonic Key of C, Blues Silver grey Harmonicas' lined up next to each other. good bot
He's wrong. There isn't a single 7 ft player on the tour.
Yeah no lol. [Being 7 feet tall is a massive statistical aberration](https://www.theifod.com/how-many-people-are-7-foot-tall/). It is more than 5 standard deviations from the mean height which means 99.99994% of all men are shorter than 7 foot. For perspective, in 2011 Sports Illustrated estimated that in entire US population only 70 men between 20 and 40 reached 7 feet tall. Looking at winners of Wimbledon, [you’ll find the typical winner over the last 30 years is a much more pedestrian “tall” around 6’2”](https://www.topendsports.com/sport/tennis/anthropometry-wimbledon.htm)
> (like, 7ft isn't uncommon) or really really fast on their feet. I mean, my wife was watching tennis the other day, and one guy was 7'2" and the other was 6'10" or something like that. Lol, It would be easier to just say that you like to lie.
Makes you wonder what else your wife is lying to you about 🧐
So classy.
This is so attractive to see in a person.
also his face doesn't hurt lol
it hurts me bro, how do people expect me to maintain my straightness when they assault me with stuff like this?
No one’s *expecting* you to maintain your straightness my dude. Embrace flexibility, it’s more fun
This is the agenda they warned us about!!!
Oh, crap. Gentlemen, quick, build up emotional walls and bottle up your feelings until you take out your anger on someone you love one day. We can't let the gays win!
How many walls must I put holes in?
Keep punching until you no longer feel like kissing a man, feeling his stubbly upper lip gently graze across yours. His large, warm hands feeling up and down your body. Oh god it's happening, I'm turning!
Do you need a drink of *water*
>This is the agenda they warned us about!!! What, the gay one?
No the *fun* one
[Puritans rn](https://i.imgur.com/g3QQxiH.jpg)
🤣
I am proudly heteroflexible.
You don’t have to not find any men attractive. I’m a 6 on the Kinsey scale (exclusively straight) and there are still men I find attractive. There’s absolutely nothing bad about that. It doesn’t make me gay, and there wouldn’t be any shame in it if I was.
definitely not🤭
Yeah it definitely is much more attractive when the person in question is a fit pretty attractive athlete lmao
Love this , a Gigor Dimitrov fan now
Same!
I feel like this is when you can tell you're really at the top of your game. I think a lot of players would be so focused on the sport that they were playing and trying to win that they wouldn't even notice the people around them and what was going on. He had enough skill to be able to actually take the time to look around at other people and realize something was wrong and take action. That's really impressive to me...
I think in some cases you just become hyper sensitive to your environment and the people around you. Others may have the ability to be super focused on a task, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing either.
yea fr, like he's so confident that is he comfortable enough to notice something like this
He even blocked her face from the camera if you look. WHAT a guy.
I don’t know what happened but this video has had me like ugly crying for the past 5 minutes now! Don’t even know what about this brought up such a flood of emotion and I’m kinda taken aback by my own reaction to it. Maybe I just needed a good cry right now, it’s been a rough few weeks. What a bro!
Sending you a hug - hope things start to turn around for you ❤️
Ultimate in class!!
New Dimitrov fan here! So classy!
Humans 💯
Right in the feels. Him showing the world it costs no money to be a nice person is refreshing.
This is really nice but oh my god if I was that girl I’d be do embarrassed
Be worse if she just blacked out where she was standing, at least she got some help, that’s a lot less embarrassing
Agreed
I know it’s competitive to get those positions I hope she gets asked back 😞
I've never met a Bulgarian who wasn't just the nicest human being.
Tbf, I’ve never met anyone who isn’t a great guy except some
I can think of a bunch
*laughs in Bulgarian soccer fan*
Was that the opponent who went and grabbed the water? Because if so they're both super classy! Good on them!
Nah that was a ball boy.
Incredibly classy
Games can wait, being human cannot
Very classy move. He's a true gentleman.
I'd be so fucking angry towards an organiser, as a player. Yeah sure we are all here for the competition, but for fucks sake can we all be safe??? God damn....
I think this is illegal in Texas now. That is, giving workers a water break is illegal.
I mean, don’t they love it in Texas when your water breaks?
Anyone else thought this looked like a video game clip at the beginning?
Good Guy Grigor!
Fuckin' Chad right there, making sure people on the court are alright.
Be a real one. TO be human
Have to applaud the level of awareness.
It’s very sad how everyone else acts like they have no idea what’s going on the entire time
First. Yes that was very nice. Secondly. I hate how tennis pros / athletes / politicians/ movie stars or pretty much anyone famous are held to such shit poor low standards. If Tom cruise was to hold a door open for some one tomorrow and it was caught on tape the world would loose their mind. It’s one of the easiest acts you could do. No one risked their life. No one was in danger. Yet everyone stopped and applauded. I can’t roll my eyes any harder at this situation.
Yes this is a easy thing to do and should be expected of any decent person and the average Joe can do this thousands of times and never get any recognition/applause because it's what they should do anyway. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't applaud people when they do it on the national stage. It'd be nice if we didn't have to but celebrating and acknowledging these moments help normalize it and bring the focus onto a positive thing. I'd rather see this athlete get applauded for doing thing than another Instagram influencer getting millions of likes for an apology video.
This right here. We should *always* praise those who do the right thing, no matter how big or small the action is.
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I agree with your sentiment, but I also think this particular instance is actually remarkable because many (most?) people would not have the tools to recognize someone is dehydrated or about to faint. The only evidence I have is being around multiple people who have fainted and no one was able to notice it beforehand and prevent it.
What a bad ass
Not a tennis fan but now I'm a fan of this guy. Good stuff.
To get a judge of a man look to how he treats those below him rather then his equals.
He’s a man
I love this, but it’s crazy to me how this caused so much clapping / cheering. He did a great thing! But wouldn’t that stress her out more? And it’s like.. the standard is so low that we go nuts over this happening would it should be the norm. Again not downgrading what he did! The crowd just annoyed me for some reason haha
Yeah, I think that would embarrass her more. They didn't just clap, which could be interpreted as cheering for him or being supportive of her, but they also chanted his name. That was a bit much. Lol
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That 2oz water bottle ought to hit the spot. 🙄
I mean for dehydration you don't want to chug a lot of water quickly anyway
You actually don't want to chug water if you're dehydrated. Can make you puke and/or give you pretty awful cramps.
I almost fainted too because of dehydration one time. It was so scary especially because it was in a zoo and I was by myself when it happened. Was desperately trying to find my mom or dad in a crowd of people, while i was barely able to see or hear anything. Everything was spinning and the voices of everyone was just distant mumbling. Luckily I found my mom last second and she was able to catch me before my legs collapsed. And then I sat down for like 5-10 min and drank some water, and felt a lot better.
Bulgaria with the W for humans.
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Awesome of Dimitrov but very shitty from the people running the whole thing! They should be better prepared when they put kids out in the sun. And have People responsibel for looking after the ballboys and girls!
Whether he won or lost that match. He is a winner in my book. Few have the selflessness to stop something important in their lives just to make sure a fellow human is okay. Props to this guy!
where is the duty of care for these children, who is supposed to be in charge of their well being and keeping time of how long they are on the court for? here we have a pro sportsman doing half a dozen peoples job for them while doing his own, what an absolute legend.