Tennis skirts

[hamadryad]

Why is it that women still have to wear tennis skirts or skorts in tennis? Why is it ok ?

They don’t have to. Not even at Wimbledon which has famously strict rules on clothing.

Well that de escalated quickly

They don't have to?

@Shadedog

They don’t have to. Not even at Wimbledon which has famously strict rules on clothing.

This. Martina Navratilova wore shorts at Wimbledon for years.

Best thread I have read on here - can I nominate for classics

Nice try.

They don’t. They can basically wear whatever they want, (as long as it’s white at Wimbledon). Martina used to play in shorts toward the end of her career.

A quick google would have told you that they didn’t have to 🙄

None starter

Why do they wear the skirt though? It not even really a skirt, just a bit of flappy material over their shorts. No point to it other than they like the way it looks I suppose.

This article gives the Wimbledon requirements. www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2018/07/13/can-female-tennis-players-wear-shorts-wimbledon-wear-skirts-7711535/amp/

I found it really strange watching the US Open final last night and them not being in white. (I’m not a tennis fan but usually watch a bit of Wimbledon.)

They don’t.

@Cactu

Why do they wear the skirt though? It not even really a skirt, just a bit of flappy material over their shorts. No point to it other than they like the way it looks I suppose.

Why do they wear the skirt though?

they like the way it looks

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They don't have to. Even at Wimbledon all players may wear shorts.

Most female players choose skirts. Maybe because a tennis skirt with lycra shorts underneath or attached is actually more comfortable and less restrictive of movement. (I imagine they might feel a bit too exposed in the lycra hotpants alone.)

I like tennis skirts! I think tennis generally has the best outfits of all the sports.

Queen Martina double shorting

I love how this is asked and answered in two parts posts 😆

Martina is life.

Also, see this:

She looks like Charles Hawtry there

Venus raised a few eyebrows with this outfit :

Are you coming back OP?

What’s wrong with wearing skirts?

I'm pretty sure serena Williams wore leggings or a catsuit once.

No point to it other than they like the way it looks I suppose

Unlike the rest of us who wear practical sackcloth overalls

I remember reading a glosswitch article ages ago about some rich famous man (bill gates or similar) who announced that he would be wearing the same suit/shirt/tie combo for work (and possibly everywhere) forever because it was practical and glossy was “aye, right, it’s not actually as practical as a easycare jersey dress and ballet flats for the office. You wear it because you look good and like the image it projects.”

It’s always fine for old blokes to wear things that “coincidently” look nice though, 18yo girls, well, they must just be vacuous.

Dd1 plays hockey in a skort. She prefers skorts to shorts as they look nicer. Not the same as it’s an actual team strip but if she had the choice of picking her own clothes like tennis players or gymnasts do she would pick a skort. It’s the cultural norm in that environment, it’s practical, it looks nice. It’s fine to want to look nice.