Three Skills to be a Tennis Ball Crew

As the U.S. Grand Slam tournament approaches, ball crews are gearing up. They need to demonstrate agility, attentiveness, and flat teamwork. During tryouts, ball crew candidates are put through the wringer to be tested on three key skills; retrieval, rolling, and ball servicing. Retrieval involves swiftly chasing down balls that hit the net, picking them up, and returning to position promptly. Rolling requires accuracy even amid intense moments. Lastly, servicing balls to the player demands both ball-handling and intuitive skills, as crew members must accurately tap balls back to the player and read the player's needs.

*Vocabularies; grand slam, chase sb/sth down, stoic, agile, agility, attentive, flat, tap, go through the wringer, put sb through the wringer

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