History for Marto

Reading through all of this and watching behaviours of many female sports women, I think many of them let being pro go to their heads. 

The British tennis player Raducanu is a classic case in point. She's an ambassador for my company and I've met her a few times. She thinks her farts smell of roses and when pressed as to why she has been bang average since her win at Wimbeldon, gets very defensive and starts deflecting, blaming everybody under the sun but herself (I also think the UK media "bigged her up" pumping up her ego well beyond her ability).

I get the distinct impression that this attitude is rife in certain women's pro team sports, especially those that have only recently turned pro (ie football and rugby). I think a lot of these players have not had the grounding that the men have had (having to compete against thousands of others for an academy place, giving up their teenage lives to train etc) yet now that they are professional (due a serious lack of competition for places), think they are god's gift even when bang average. See NZ's rugby and football teams for evidence.

All too often you see the coaches blamed. I'm sure most of them, even Jitka, are more then good enough but the players are not.