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Seven days of Wimbledon 

It’s too late to consider a career change to become a ball boy (or girl) at Wimbledon but it is interesting to learn that their training to fetch balls does beyond the obvious “Fetch!” 

According to Wimbledon’s website, their training is directed by Anne Rundle, who has been involved their training for over 25 years. Training sessions begin in February and covers general fitness and movement exercises, circuits, ball skills (rolling, feeding, receiving, working on knowledge of the game), scoring (eg knowing from the score at which end the balls should be), and set pieces (marching, start and end of game, tie break, ball change, suspended play etc.). Each prospective ball boy / girl will train once a fortnight and also attend four brief court training sessions at the Covered Courts before Easter. After the Easter break all training takes place at Wimbledon until mid-June. Weekly training sessions last 2.0-2.5 hours with 50-60 children per session. Four sessions per week. 

Four teams of six are selected by Anne Rundle to be responsible for Centre and No. 1 Courts. Six teams of six rotate around the other show courts while the remainder in teams of six rotate around the rest of the courts. Their usual routine is one hour on, one hour off. 

The Race Programmer is a firm believer in the benefits of good training, which is why he’s hoping you’ve trained your horses to compete over all the distances in the Wimbledon Final WFA races. He’s served £31.50 sponsorships in 14 races. All you need to do is saddle up your horses and work on your backhand! 

The Wimbledon Final WFA races run from Monday, 27 June – Sunday, 3 July 2011. 

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