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Every summer, the Wimbledon Championships<\/a> provides fans worldwide with the best players and produces the best tennis, but the people who work behind the scenes make it all happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these are the Championships’ Ball Boys and Girls (BBGs), trained with military-level discipline to operate on-court under the pressure of the players and the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarlett Parker, 20, was one of the few selected from a pool of over 1,000 teenagers, and she still remembers the socks. \u201cI had 23 pairs of Ralph Lauren socks. Six years later, I still wear them,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wimbledon<\/a> 2025 kicks off on Monday 30 June and will carry on until Sunday 13 July.<\/strong> But for the ball boys and girls, preparation begins almost nine months earlier.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Training kicks off each October in a handful of South West London schools, invited by Wimbledon. Only Year 9 and 10 students can apply, and they\u2019re first coached not by pros, but by former BBGs still in school themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt my school, cuts [from the group] happened weekly,\u201d Scarlett says. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just about skill, your attitude, fitness, and even your shirt being tucked in mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After months of after-school and lunchtime training, 10 children from each school gather for Wimbledon\u2019s official trials. The trials are an audition to supply balls to the best in the tennis world, and the standards are brutal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo chewing gum, shirts tucked in, double-knotted laces, no jewellery. We were given a number and never called by name. Everything was by the book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidates are judged on four things: fitness, knowledge of tennis rules, court positioning, and ball-handling precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fitness part nearly killed me,\u201d Scarlett says. Warmups alone involved laps, burpees, and sprint circuits. \u201cI nearly passed out once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the pressure wasn\u2019t just physical. \u201cThe mental side was intense. The fear of getting cut never really left,\u201d Scarlett says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once selected, training continues weekly at Raynes Park, building up to a grass court week – the only chance BBGs get to step onto the same lawns as the pros before match day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then comes the real thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each morning during the tournament, a coach picks up the kids at 9:30 a.m. and drops them off at their own private Wimbledon base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole thing\u2019s long, about 11 hours a day,\u201d Scarlett says. \u201cNot knowing when you\u2019re going on adds to the thrill. You\u2019re always ready to run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phones are locked away, schedules are unknown, and everyone waits to be called up by their team captain, checking the assignment board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarlett was on court around three to four times daily, but some teams, like AA and BB, cover Centre Court and Court 1, meaning double shifts and less rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Being on court is surreal,” Scarlett says. \u201cBy then, the nerves are gone. You\u2019ve trained so hard, it\u2019s second nature. The crowd\u2019s huge, but you\u2019re locked in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off-court, the kids are well-fed, and downtime involves card games, naps on beanbags, or helping out on admin runs, like delivering bananas and water to players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The players’ requests don\u2019t stop there. \u201cThere\u2019s a book with all the players that tells you about their specific quirks,\u201d Scarlett says. “Some players want balls placed on their racket faces, or from a specific side, or even insist on using the same ball they used to win a point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about player performance analysis in tennis, check out this story:<\/em> Strings, stats and stretching – Sidelines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a real togetherness among staff. \u201cThey\u2019re strict, but they care. Once the tournament starts, they relax. Some even remember your number years later,\u201d Scarlett says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff receive a full Ralph Lauren kit worth over \u00a31,000, make around \u00a3200, and parents are awarded tickets to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After finishing work as a ballgirl, Scarlett now works in court services, but says what sticks with her is: \u201cPride. That I did something so intense, so exclusive and got through it. For that moment, we were the best-trained ball kids in the world. That\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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