The Princess of Wales celebrated Wimbledon's Ball Boys and Girls
, especially tennis, so it's not surprising she is shining a light on the unsung heroes involved in the game.
The film sees Kate take part in a doubles rally with Roger on the No.3 Court before she joins the BBGs on court to participate in a training session. Together, Kate, Roger and the BBGs discuss what it's like to be a BBG, the experience of going through the training programme and the lasting impacts of the skills learned.
I used to be a ball kid in Basel when I was 9 or 10 and as I have always said: Once a ball kid always a ball kid."The Princess of Wales participated in a training session for Ball Boys and Girls at Wimbledon Approximately 250 BBGs eventually take to the courts at Wimbledon following several months of regimented training sessions, learning a variety of skills from signalling to ball changes, rolling balls up to the net and the correct techniques to bounce the balls to players.The final cohort of BBGs that are selected are comprised of approximately 170 new participants, with around 80 BBGs returning from previous years.
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