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The tradition of a country or ethnic group within a country also must surely play a part. You don't see many coloured British snooker players either.
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snooker has had a rapid decline in popularity of late in britain. rory mcleod is one black british snooker player. interestingly it's taken off in asia.
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Just thinking about it but this thread is actually bizarre. There's not many British tennis players full stop. Andy Murray is a bit of a freak in that respect. There isn't another British male player worthy of the name. Aljaz Bedene is British number 2 and he recently changed nationality from Slovenia.
The British Women's number 1 is Heather Watson and she is mixed race. Laura Robson is 2nd best and she was born in Australia. As for the crowd it seems mostly made up of middle class folk. They should take this thread down like they did the previous 2! |
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When I worked on Canary Wharf, one of the office cleaners had a son who played tennis at school.
He was 12 years old, and from what we heard he was pretty good. Not many played against him at school, but those who did were beaten quite easily. Somebody said to ask the management if they would sponsor him by paying for his coaching. They turned him down without ever seeing him play. |
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So are we all agreed then its extremely difficult in sports such as golf and golf to become a top professional even if you have shown an early talent in those games, a talent for which most children don't even have the opportunity to find out if they have it or not in the first place.
Which is why I maintain many of these top golfers and tennis players achievements in the world of sport needs to be put in context that they come from a small pool of players with the same opportunities as they did and the money they earn is a reflection of the kind of sponsorships these sports can win from big companies selling products to the better offs in society who were no good at other sports so took up tennis and golf when they had a few bob in their pockets. You could not help make a great footballer where you need to be born with a natural talent in the same way you could help make a Serena Williams or Tiger Woods. It just could not happen even if you had an unlimited amount of both money and time as a parent. |