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In the toilet for 9 minutes

posted 2 years ago by OvertonPendulum (4026)
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The movie implied this was kind of cheating. But how? They both have equal rest times, how did it help her opponent?

Iced her

[–] OvertonPendulum (4026) 2 years ago

What does that mean?

In sports, if a player is hot. The opponent will try to cause a delay to try to cool them off.

They also do this in football when a kicker is about to kick a field goal, the other team will call a time out to try to ice him.

[–] orangeflava (1726) 2 years ago

I have heard this term in football. Makes sense in this tennis case with that momentum building but why is it called "icing the kicker" if the kicker is on the sidelines and cold to begin with and not playing on the field until the moment they are to kick the goal?

[–] tonganprince (565) 2 years ago

You call the timeout just as the play is about to start.

[–] AngelThMan (125) 2 years ago

It's not exactly cheating, but in tennis, especially on the women's side, it has become a problem the last couple of decades. They're allowed 2 bathroom breaks, but often players take breaks when they're losing to break their opponents' momentum and regroup. It's all legal. There's been much discussion about this problem but nothing has been done.

[–] FilmBoy (1082) 2 years ago

There's a 5 min time limit now.