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Daily Mail
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jack Draper reveals bizarre ritual he has copied from cycling to help his Wimbledon bid - and opens up on quitting social media
Jack Draper and his coach James Trotman are big believers in the little details, known in the cycling world as marginal gains, and so it should come as no surprise that the British No 1 is copying Tour de France riders in shaving his legs. Although in his case, the reasons are more down to pain prevention than aerodynamism. 'A lot of a lot of athletes do it, it's because of the band work we do,' explained Draper, referring to the exercises in which a player will do sidesteps with a resistance band strapped around both legs. 'I'm fed up of getting in-grows and getting slapped with a band – it hurts a lot. 'When I'm putting the bands around my leg it pulls on your hair and it rips off. And the massages as well. In-growing hairs. It's not ideal, but if I am going to be in less pain then it's worth it.' That this matter came up for discussion will be a lesson to Draper, if any were needed, that for two weeks a year for the foreseeable future he will be national property. He is only a round into Wimbledon and already we are scrutinising his legs. His hairstyle was under the microscope, too, and for a man whose watchwords are consistency and routine, Draper is embracing one of his few areas of creativity. 'I'm not going to get it cut,' he said of the trim which caused a social media hubbub before the French Open, being compared to the styles in TV show Peaky Blinders. 'I'm probably going to get rid of the highlights at some point. 'But one thing you will see with me over the years is a lot of different hairstyles, a lot of different a lot of different things. Because I'm very experimental with that sort of stuff. I get bored - there will be a lot of different things. My brother doesn't like it but there will be a lot.' Will all this scrutiny of his every move, it is little surprise Draper has decided to switch off from social media. He still posts occasionally, mainly on Instagram, but generally steers well clear. 'I don't do the socials,' he said. 'I don't go on it. I think it's really draining, especially as a professional athlete. I made decision a couple months ago that I was going to get away from it all, and focus on the important things in my life. Which is my tennis, my relationships with people, the important things.'
Forbes
18-06-2025
- Health
- Forbes
NFL Alum Dr. Myron Rolle Launches Health Is Wealth Show On PlayersTV
Dr. Myron Rolle poses for a picture with Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame player Ken Griffey Sr in ... More episode two of Health is Wealth. On June 19, season one of PlayersTV's new series and show Health is Wealth with Dr. Myron Rolle premieres on PlayersTV, a first of its kind network owned by professional athletes. PlayersTV is adding another unique convergence of sport and health to their lineup with the addition of the new talk show where Dr. Rolle sits down with former and current athletes, as well as industry leading health experts to talk about long-term and life-span health and wellness. The show centers Dr. Rolle, a former NFL athlete who played for the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers after an All-American career at Florida State. Rolle left football behind to return to FSU where he completed his medical degree and then went on to train at Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and now serves as a Pediatric Neurosurgery Resident at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Rolle's background is beyond engaging and unique as someone who has walked life as an elite athlete, but also has distinct medical training, knowledge, and expertise. Thus, his show encapsulates this juxtaposition and allows for athletes some of the most influential and compelling storytellers in our society to be raw, open, and vulnerable about challenges, diseases, and issues that affect all of us. Rolle said, 'I think Health is Wealth, is so important because as former athletes, as people who have influence, when you think about the game that you love playing, it's going to leave you. There's an expiration date at the end of it and on the other side of that comes the rest of your life, where you have to be of impact to your family, to your community, to society in general. And the best way to do that is by being active, mobile, and having good health. And so if we can just sort of drive the messages home of proper maintenance and health, better behaviors and choices, decision-making, better preventative measures, screenings, all the sort of things we can do to optimize our life here as humans. And if that message can be driven home by people who already have social capital like athletes, then all of us will benefit from it.' PlayersTV, a professional athlete owned and driven network was well-suited for this show model that intersects sports and health as Rolle described the relationship and fit, 'I thought they were wonderful. They've already proved that they work with profile athletes and know how to deliver content in the best way possible. And so we thought it was a slam dunk, no pun intended. But we thought it was a sure thing to go with this group that has a pedigree for putting out successful material and doing it with class, integrity in the best way possible.' PlayersTV athlete investors include some big names in the sport world: Kyrie Irving, Chris Paul, ... More Dwyane Wade, Damian Lillard, Deandre Jordan, and Carmelo Anthony, Travis Kelce, Vernon Davis, AJ Andrews, Natasha Cloud, and Angel McCoughtry. As stated above the show will combine interviewing former and current athletes about their personal journeys along with health experts to ensure proper health resources are distributed and in an age of misinformation, Rolle will lead with facts but in a digestible manner. He said,'That's where we're gonna separate ourselves and that's where we're gonna lean into the real. The real talk, the real evidence, the real information, and then we're going to encourage our listeners and our viewers to go and do research on their own from some of these reputable sources. Not talking, just for entertainment, we're talking to push and move forward a generation that needs to be optimized in their health, because we know what the poor outcomes of health can do to a family, to a town, to a community, to a society.' Again, Rolle will lean in on former and current athletes to help shine a light on big issues. In season one, viewers can expect to hear about journeys with cancer, mental health, and the importance of daily lifestyle changes on long-term health. Season one guests will include Sheryl Swoopes, four time WNBA champion and the inspiration behind the WNBA logo (episode one) and Ken Griffey Sr., Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame baseball player (episode two). Dr. Myron Rolle sits down with WNBA and USA Basketball legend Sheryl Swoopes in the first episode of ... More Health is Wealth. For Rolle, the show and the conversations and transparency it provides is the larger mission and goal, 'I want people to think about their health and how they can prioritize that with a premium, with a focus, with an energy and effort that matches other aspects in our life in the same kind of way. And if we do that, I do feel that cost will go down, morbidity will go down, stress will go down, disruption of life will go down, and disruption of families will go down.' Rolle continued that measuring the success of the show isn't simply viewers and quantitative metrics, but based on empowering people to take charge of their health, 'I don't have a quantitative metric that I'm trying to reach but I do think that these conversations and this platform and this show is the beginning of that wave. That's why I am ambitious about what our thought leaders and our influencers can do for the general population. That's looking for ways to stay around, stay active, and be present in a world that needs us. We need to be here.' Follow me on X, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
