Why do doubles tennis players

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  1. Sca

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    Have to fist bump every time they play a point, regardless of whether they win or lose it. Tw ATs
     
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    It is rather odd, wondered that for ages.
     
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    It's the bubble, same as team mates referring to each other by, eg, Diggers (Digby) etc.
     
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    I'm just glad it's over tomorrow
     
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    There's a huge difference between having a nickname!e for somebody and doing what they do
     
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    It is bonding. Team building.

    If the point is won, it is saying good shot - well done.

    If the point is lost, it is saying never mind - I forgive you - let's win the next.

    It is annoying though.
     
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    It is stupid though. What really happened is that they are sheep
     
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    It's deeper than the actual nickname I'm trying to get at but I can't be arsed to explain tbh.
     
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    It is more like a player messing up a pass and his teammates running over to bump fists with him every time. Doesn't happen.

    It's popular in tennis because the players are sheep. One team did it and the next and next until you're at the point where they do it because if they don't people will think they aren't a team like the rest.

    I bet if they were being perfectly honest half the players hate it but darent not do it
     
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    In my secondary modern school Digby would have been just Digger ,Dagnall would have been Dagger, Redfearn would have been Red. Phillip Tuffnell would have been Tuffy etc.
    Now we get Diggers,Daggers,Redders, Tuffers etc it's flippin middle-class cringeworthy imo
     
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    They are trying to punch each other but , due to them being supreme atheletes with exceptional reflexes, they always manage to block with their own counter punch .
     

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