skatingfan wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 9:06 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 8:54 pm
It's legal now so there is nothing to do about it, but it was not only Carlitos or Kudermetova being coached through the entire match. I noticed there were several such matches this week.
It is the new way. We have to accept it.
Just to be clear this was always happening - now it's done in such a way that you don't have to spend most of your time at a live match trying to crain you neck to see the signs.
FOR sure. I've mentioned this before....I was at the Mike Bryan/Jack Sock US Open final that they won, near their coaches. The amount of coaching gong on was so beyond ridiculous. One of many, many examples of the coaching that had always been going on.
Nevertheless, I'm in the Kicking & Screaming group. I am all about letting what has always been special about tennis remain. That, you should have to figure out on your own how to win tennis matches. Just because coaching has "always" been going on doesn't mean IMO to go ahead and, rule-wise, condone and encourage this. Plenty of champion players have taken pride on not relying on on-court coaching to win.
But, yup- that train has clearly already left the station. The Tennis Muckety-Mucks ain't gonna care about what we think.
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