So guys welcome to another vlog Today as you guys probably already know by Instagram Twitter Snapchat Facebook. I got a new truck yesterday Had the Jeep traded in the Jeep for the tundra's 2014 when his four-wheel drive I Mean that was a hard that was that was pretty hard to do I'm not gonna lie, but it was something that had to be done So we're gonna go get the windows to and right now. I'm gonna take you along with you Just got home. It's really loud right now. So I'm gonna kind of close the door. I'll throw a pan over Right now of the tinted windows. They look really good. I'm really clean So that's step step number two step number one. We got all the stickers off and everything All the Toyota stickers all the logos just making it clean, you know, um, like this is pretty cool It's got a seat in the middle here. So it's got six seats Pretty big only thing I don't like is this right here. I wish it was in the middle I'm just used to that. That's how my dad's is as well But yeah guys that's step number two got the windows tinted. I really can't wait till I get the ridgids It's gonna here I don't even know if you guys can see me Um, I can't I can't wait till I get the ridges.  So that should be here It should be done in the next month Let's head into the apple store. I don't know if you guys know I don't know if you guys saw one of my posts where I actually got a Mac book Which is a Mac laptop So I'm gonna be probably use them final cut which is different is the Apple program totally different Also shout out to under army Okay, new under on filming my car new under armor shoes Pretty sick man special thanks to under armor. I got tons of stuff from them It's some more coming special thanks to them. That's awesome. Here's the truck right here You just got the windows tinted put some on American flags on it. So it's looking good Go get it All right, it's probably a little loud A little bit of mule in there loving the new truck guys. It's awesome. Um, I guys said the only thing That honestly, I don't like about it. Is this right here? Yeah, I'm not used to it. It's just really really sensitive Well, yeah backup camera and everything it is a 2014 model um 2014 my dad's is 2013 So when you're new I Actually really like the body style. I looked at him a while back ago like online stuff I was like, I don't know if I like the body, but we went and looked at it. We have a buddy on that his dad It's gonna be pay. Um, that his dad works up in the mall it Mazda dealership up on the Mall of Georgia by us I mean, they're like, oh, we just got in this new tundra or not new tundra, but somewhat new I mean only has 16,000 miles on it So it's pretty new. It's just so I'm already gonna need it guys Everyone's calm.  No, why'd you get really cheap?  Well, my dad has a Toyota already and they're just really reliable and everything I know a lot of people have had it for a while But that's that's not the main reason the main reason is bass which I'm gonna be fishing for for a living and Rigid industries, they're both affiliated with Toyota So for me to get that Toyota bucks and stuff like that I'm gonna need to have a Toyota and I like my dad's tundra. And so I'm gonna go for it and I was gonna have to get this sooner or later. So When he called up and said well, we have a tundra. I was like, why not?  So Why not get it now go ahead and get used to it before I go to college and everything because there's either I get it now Or I get it down in December on my birthday Or Christmas So my went ahead and got it I mean, it's hard to it's hard to give away to give away the Jeep like that because I really liked it, you know But my parents are like, are you not sad? I'm like, no, I'm not sad.  I'm finally getting into the the real world I guess I could say I'm finally hopping in the real world only one more year in high school off the college already visited some colleges for Alabama and stuff. I'm trying to get away from my parents Some colleges in Alabama be fishing for them probably gonna go to where Auburn and stuff So let me big things. So why am I going to that Apple store? I I'm actually getting a lesson on Final Cut Pro, which is gonna be the new program. I'm gonna be using for my videos I'm still gonna mess around with Sony Vegas and stuff. You know, I want to learn some stuff about the Mac and stuff So I'll catch you guys in a bit. All right guys. Just got here So I'm gonna go handle my Apple thing and I'll catch you guys back in the car All right guys, just get out of them all get out of the Apple thing Learn some new stuff about the computer Pretty much figured out the program I'm gonna be going on telling if you guys are wondering why I got the MacBook It's pretty much because this month I'm going to world finals and I have nationals They're gonna be like week-long video thing tournament Stuff, I mean, I'm gonna be videoing for like a week long. So I'm going to need to start editing on the road and stuff and if I can edit while in the car or if I can edit in The hotel room that I want to do it. That's just I can get stuff done and get stuff uploaded I'd be freaking awesome. I can upload even live videos. What do you guys think about that comment below live videos? Um, I believe there's a way to actually live stream and stuff So if I could do some live video action of just talking about our day and stuff in the hotel room Or even on the boat, dude, that'd be pretty sick comment below what you think about that. All right guys Well, I'm doing There's a new computer he's a new Mac. There's my old computer right here if you guys are wondering This is set up. I got going on right now This is a set up. I got going on right now Sony Sony movie studio, which is pretty much like Vegas if you guys know Vegas is you guys are running on windows If you're running on windows go with like so many Vegas go with movie studio I mean, there's other options out there, but that's what I prefer to be honest Right here. I was just editing a vlog up that you guys are going to see on Friday the third That's when this vlog is gonna be out. It's pretty much just a vlog of when you have it on private right here You guys can watch it. So when we were at the Basshead quarters and visited the colleges and stuff You guys should be seeing this after this vlog You'll be seeing after this vlog. So you guys should already see if you haven't seen this go watch it Um It's a really cool thing for you guys to see I think you guys really enjoy the video And if you guys are looking at the high school fishing you haven't already seen how to sort of fishing club We made a video on that. So that's all over with but Here's a new computer Right here, and here's the new programmer here. It's called final cut. I mean, it's way Different than what I'm used to pretty yummy. It's way different than what I'm working with So I mean when I'm go out in a town, I'm on a full around with that It's gonna be something different, but I'm gonna have to deal with that. I'm gonna teach myself I know I'll learn it in a week. So that's no problem. So now let's go make some videos today. It's Tuesday I still haven't made tackle Tuesday. Gotta go make tackle Tuesday. Gotta bring that home edit that up post that for you guys I'm gonna be making a couple more tackle Tuesdays today also some unboxies in the Q&A. So let's go Look at this guys got a new GoPro really excited about so here are four silver Except this one has the built-in LCD so I can see and everything I do have an LCD like on the one that you guys Are the one that she's filming with right now. I do have an LCD Um, this one has a built-in lcd to the back. This is gonna be sick. Look at that But that is sick has where you can put the backpack on as well Man, that's sick. I can't wait to use that. I'll probably be using that today to film They're not hard plastic frogs. It's like the horny to kind of it's pretty sick horny toad You can never really see them in America Filling frogs. Yeah I'm gonna be doing unboxing. Stay tuned for that. We'll get some close-up kicks over there. So let's go ahead And get our butts to extreme disabilities Got me a wide monster Got me a wide monster. I actually haven't had I haven't been drinking them that much At least as much as I used to Pretty good and that went in a while um Some kid commented he was like, man, you've got a white jeep Why monster and you're white? What's going on man? You guys are funny.  Comment below r.i.p jeep Man do it for me do it for me r.i.p jeep comment below load it up Just got the When the doors come off I got these half Sorry for the jeep when we got taken back up to the dealership On this tackle Tuesday number 12 can end in a double ditch just getting up there number 12 Uploaded tackle Tuesday number nine Push head spin original under spin Give you some good tips in this video Be sure to go check that out. Yeah, I'm already just up only like two minutes ago So now we're gonna go drop off the doors that were to the jeep at the dealerships. Let's go. Look at the difference Look at the difference in the back into the dealership now. You got the the Half doors for the jeep Oh Got a half doors for the jeep The doors didn't even think about videotaping The guys are just gonna wrap up today's vlog. I know it was kind of boring not too much to show But I know you guys would enjoy especially when you just got the new truck So you guys at least get to see it in the video. Um, give it about a month and we'll have all the bridges and stuff I'm really excited about that. Um, just had it a day already got the windows tinted Got the windows tinted. I've got some american flags put on took all the logos off just looking more clean Um, so yeah guys, hope you guys enjoyed the video. Please give it a thumbs up and comment below what you think See you guys next time


characterized teaching as being the oldest profession based on the kind of critters that we are. You know human beings have so few instincts, there's so little that comes to us pre-programmed and all of the rest of it, everything that we need to survive, has to be taught to us. So that means from the very first those adults who are responsible for us, our siblings, are teaching us how to be a human being, and how to be safe, and how to get fed, and all of the basic things that we need to know. That is always a reciprocal arrangement. Not only are parents expected to teach their children, parents are constantly learning from their children. They're learning to be parents. The siblings are learning to be caring, moral, and participants in the life of another human being. And so teaching has never been a set, it can't be a set-aside activity. It's absolutely required for the continuation of the species. But I was thinking about small-scale societies and how there are always some members who are very good at teaching, because they're very good storytellers, where they've lived through many winters and they know where to find deep roots when it's hungry out. And so that transmission of special knowledge has led to some folks being acknowledged as better teachers, perhaps, or more fulsome teachers than others. For many of the world's people, there is a special transition from being an adolescent, a child, and taking on adult responsibility. So, yes, it's the oldest profession. It is the profession that we absolutely rely on to exist. Is it a privilege? Well, yeah, it is a privilege, because in the very complex world in which we live, there's a great, as you know, distribution of the tasks that need to be done. And I'm well aware that most people's lives don't allow them the luxury of contemplation, reflection, lifelong learning as their profession, because they are carrying the water. They are finding the firewood. They are winnowing the grain. They are dealing with the immediacy of taking care of the needs of the society and do not have the very great privilege of spending one's life energy in pursuit of knowledge, both for oneself and for the students that wander through your purview.


Hi, I'm Emily Chan and I'm part of a group of students that went to Rwanda last summer and now we've organized a conference about our learning and you can read more about that in FPA Voices.


The month of Ramadan marked by Muslims across the world with fasting has begun. In Gaza, the month commences amid concerns over a looming famine. UN agencies have time and again warned of the impact of hunger on people, especially children. We already have reports of children dying due to hunger and the number of that is likely to increase. The situation has been made worse by Israel's active blocking of aid trucks. We go to Abdul for more details. Abdul, thank you so much for joining us as Ramadan begins a very difficult situation in Gaza. There is of course a question of the attacks, the continuous attacks that take place. But the hunger situation is what is on the minds of a lot of people. Could you talk a bit about that first? Well Prashant, the hunger situation has been highlighted by United Nations agencies, several of them. Of course, in the last few months at least, particularly pointing out how the humanitarian aid which should have increased in the, as per the international code of justice instructions, as per the Israel's own commitments, Israel has made, as per US claims and so on and so forth, as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions. All those international moves basically assure increased humanitarian aid. But on the ground, none of those assurances have been taken a concrete shape. And what has happened that humanitarian aid, particularly food has gone and the availability of it has gone down tremendously. All the attempts to kind of portray that some of the countries are air dropping food and other essential commodities have also not helped in kind of improving the situation and that basically is reflected in the number of kids. Palestinian children dying of hunger has increased to 25 as per the latest count. And if you include all the people who have died because of the reported starvation, that number has increased to 28. And as per the UN agencies claim, international, sorry, World Food Program and other people, other groups have claimed that out of every six children inside Gaza, at least one of them is basically in a very, basically on the verge of famine. It shows that the overall situation when it comes to humanitarian condition, availability of food, particularly at the time of Ramadan, as you rightly pointed out, is kind of has in a very critical situation. And that basically questions the overall commitment which several agencies and the United Nations and the US has basically talking about. So overall situation in terms of humanitarian aid, in terms of food, in terms of other essential commodity is basically every day becoming bad to us. And it is as agencies were saying, any day, any minute, famine will be a reality. This is already the numbers are increasing and reports are coming from all over Gaza. And this is going to be beyond anybody's control if this condition continues the way it is at this moment. The key point also, I guess, is that Israel has been deliberately blocking aid. Could you maybe talk a bit about that and also how the international community, so to speak, is responding to the situation? Well, Prashant, ever since International Court of Justice asked specifically that there should be increased access to humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza, from that moment onward instead of kind of increasing the availability of humanitarian aid. What Israel has done that has, it has bureaucratized whatever process was available before for the reach for the humanitarian aid. Earlier there were around 200 trucks reaching on a daily basis on an average to Gaza from different crossing, particularly for crossing. But the number of trucks going to Gaza has come down almost less than 100 as per the latest comments, claims made by the UNRWA and other agencies in working in Gaza. And that has primarily happened because, as I said, bureaucratization, Israel has imposed different barriers, multiple checks for the trucks have been introduced. Some of the borders which were, which basically supplies the aid to Gaza has been blocked. Some of the trucks which basically were about to reach Gaza were looted by there are reports from the extremist settlers from Israel. There are reports also that Israel has basically kind of denied permission to some of the agencies to kind of basically carry the delivery of aid while introducing one mechanism or another. And because the war continues inside Gaza, even if whatever aid is reaching to the territory, it is difficult to distribute them to different parts of Gaza because of the bombings and because of the ground offensive, because of the roadblocks created by the Israeli forces at different points. So also, of course, when we talk about in the nature of the humanitarian aid, of course, as I said, the food availability of food items is precarious. But at the same time, the fuel, which basically makes it possible to distribute the food into different parts of Gaza through vehicles and all, that is also not available adequately. So all of this combined basically and all of this, of course, because of the Israeli war has kind of led to a very bad situation in terms of the availability of all basic commodities, but particularly the food inside Gaza. Thank you so much for that update. The latest round of negotiations on the controversial pandemic treaty has concluded, even as another round is set to begin in about a week. The upcoming discussions will be the final round before the text is discussed at the World Health Assembly in May. Now, as regular viewers of this show would know, the pandemic treaty is supposed to be a response from our lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its aim is to prepare humanity for further pandemics in the future maybe. However, from the very beginning, critics have said it does not address many concerns raised by countries of the global south. So did the latest round of discussions manage to do that? What is in the new draft? We go to Joel's now for the details. Joel, thanks so much for joining us. So discussions on the pandemic treaty, at least one round of discussions. Having come to an end, another round I think coming up soon before it comes up for discussion finally in May. So what were the highlights of this round of discussions? Yeah, hi Prashant. So the most importantly, the latest text of the pandemic treaty, which will be discussed from March 18th to 28th came out on Friday. And it is for the first time that the negotiations will be text based negotiations. So just to explain briefly, usually when in the World Health Organizations an important accord or treaty like this is being discussed, usually the secretary or the bureau for the negotiations, they prepare a text and countries come and they specify things that they don't like or they want additions or deletions and improvements, etc. And that starts after a couple of negotiating meetings already which have happened. But in this particular case, eight rounds of negotiations have already happened and there has been no text based negotiations so far. So just for the first time in the ninth round of the meeting that we will actually have the text based negotiations. So what has happened so far is asking the countries to actually talk at the level of concepts and not talking about a specific clauses. So it will be interesting to see what kind of additions and deletions we will be seeing in the text during those 10 days. But also to mention this is only the penultimate round of negotiations because the idea is by the time it is World Health Assembly in the month of May, the text which is going to be accepted should be ready. So countries have been pushed to really negotiate and ask about their real demands only in a very, very limited period. So that is the thing. Now talking about the text itself, there is a feeling that it does not really reflect the concerns of developing countries so much that have been raised from the very beginning when the negotiations started two years ago. There are some improvements from the initial text too, which I can talk about. For example, regarding intellectual property clauses, there were, it was very, very diluted there were as of the intellectual property barriers are the norm to go about. But we are seeing some language which makes it compulsory or mandatory on the parties to share to limit the intellectual property barriers. But there also there is one major issue which we faced a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is the parties, especially the big pharmaceutical companies, it will boil down to that are not really, it is not mandatory for them to share the know how of making the drugs etc. Till you do not have this the other forms of better clauses become null and void almost because till you do not share, do not have technology transfer etc. It doesn't help. So the, but the language is slightly better. That is one thing. And there are a couple of other clauses in which you similar things. But if you see the two major concerns which in our show also we have talked about before where the developed countries are not letting go of their demands and not accepting what developing countries have said. And unfortunately, it seems that the WHO secretariat and the Bureau which prepared the text have succumbed to what developed countries wants is access and benefit sharing. There is a lot of focus. There is a very strong language which will ask the countries and mostly developing countries to share information about emerging pathogens and pathogens which can be of concern to stop the pandemic from a pandemic like situation happening. I mean, sharing that so that from beforehand the medical tools can be prepared. They're also supposed to contain any disease spread of disease at the local level. And again, in developing countries that will have a lot of impact. But there is no obligation to ensure that the kind of loss, livelihood loss and economic loss that the country will face because of this prevention. How will that be mitigated? What will the international community do about that because it is a very big responsibility to put. So surveillance of pathogens and it actually the kind of surveillance which is being expected has not been seen before because there have been those mechanisms. There is monitoring that happens, but this is a different level of monitoring. So that has been made obligatory. But on the other hand, once after using this information that after seeing the genetic material which the countries are supposed to put in the public domain, by the way. How will the country's benefit in terms of or share the benefits that pharmaceutical companies will be able to make by actually producing vaccines and medicines after taking this information. Now that reverse in terms of getting benefited after sharing this information does not exist. It is absolutely voluntary. So this is a major issue. This leads to another level of inequality rather than equality which the preamble of pandemic treaty talks about. So that's one. The other is financing. There is no mechanism for sustainable financing that has been charted out. There is some language, but it says it talks about a financial pool that has to be created. But again, it does not put any obligation on the developed countries to put the money in that pool. Now, where will the money come from? And we do and it also goes against the entire idea of common but differentiated responsibilities where the people with the kind of capacities that country have to pool in developed countries will should be pooling in more money. So we have references from before the CBD the convention on biological diversity that does talk about it where the developed countries are supposed to put in more money for the developing countries to use. So we are not seeing any of that. And I believe if these two things are not fixed, then we will be very close to seeing the same devastation as we saw during covid because I can share all the information. But if I do not get the vaccines, I need my livelihood and everything is gone. And there is no support financially also because that mechanism is also in problem. So yeah, that is where we are. Let's see what happens from 18 to 28. The on these issues that developing countries have talked about before. I would say we just hope that if these issues are not solved, then the text should not come in place. It is better to not have a text than a bad text, which will lead to similar problems that we faced earlier. But also what is the scope for developing countries to push back both in the coming round as well as the discussions at the World Health Assembly where I presume once again these might come up. Yes, I mean, I mean, there you have positive signs in terms of solidarity of the countries. In fact, on the second last or last day of the air throne which just finished on 1st of March, we actually saw that developing countries, they walked out of the negotiations because they were not being heard and they realize they are. So the meeting was suspended for a few hours and then they came back and started these discussions again. So the, the solidarity if it is maintained and African group is leading these negotiations really well. And they are saying that we will stand by our demands and we won't give in at least as far as the access and benefit sharing proposal is concerned. If they go forward with this solidarity and not allow this text to continue the way it is, then we do have hopes, but so far what we see, and that is why certain provisions in intellectual property. There is, there are better clauses of things which are voluntary some have been made obligatory and mandatory. So they have been certain. So if they stick together, we hope to have a better text. And that's the only hope at the moment. Thank you so much Joseph for that update. And that's all we have in this daily deep briefing. We will be back with a fresh episode tomorrow. Meanwhile, do visit our website peoplesdispatch.org, follow us on all the social media platforms. And if you are watching this on YouTube, please hit the subscribe button.


Do you feel like your leg strength is a flat lining and you kind of feel that lack of power in your throw as well? We're going to talk about a simple way to add shot put leg strength in this video. So check it out. Hey guys, what's going on? It's Eric Johnson from AirTay throws nation. And in today's video, we are going to talk about leg strength for the shot put. Now one of the things that we get a lot of questions, Hey coach, can you help me? How do I improve my strength? And specifically we see a lot of people there. They say their squat is stuck. Now there's going to be multiple things that we want to think about. There's two types of strength that we can deal with. And perhaps one of the reasons why you're stuck is you're focused on bilateral strength, which means you're doing squats, both feet on the ground and you're doing lots of squats. And that's what people see. You see, you know, these monsters out there like Joe Kovacs or NCAA champion, uh, Tripp Paperi. These guys are consistent 70 plus footers, the young gun, the, the legend and everybody's like, I got to go squat and you're spending a lot of time on your squat. And then what you're noticing is your gains are actually happening slow. So that's because you need probably some variation in your training. And one of the things if you're just squatting, which is good, but how much time do you spend on accessory movements like hamstrings, hip flexors, glutes, working on your mobility and range of motion. These are all things that create limitations. So what I'm going to do is kind of talk about today, really simplified thing that I know you know, but maybe you're overlooking how effective it can be for helping you bust through some of these plateaus and kind of add that extra dimension that you're missing from your shot put strength, or that you need for to increase your distance and improve your shot put specific strength. So what am I talking about? I said squats are bilateral due to legs. So what do we want to do? We want to add something simple. We can talk about adding a lunge. A lunge is an easy way to work unilateral strength. Obviously when I'm sitting here and I'm moving forward in this position and I'm moving back, I'm going to try to keep everything nice and aligned. And this motion is extremely beneficial. Why? Because in the throw, we talk about as we have our pillar one, we have our pillar two, we start to move on to that single leg position in pillar two. And then that's through pillar three. So we have two pillars that basically have that one leg and that's the single support is the big technical term biomechanics wise. And we simplify those, that language, right? To make understanding the complexities of throwing easier. That's what our six pillar systems all about. So the next phase that you have in your throw is the landing. When I'm coming through here and I'm on a single leg and you're going to see that right there, I'm on that single leg position as I'm going to move into the power position. So one of the reasons that you want to add something in like a lunge. So one of the things that we talk about is the value of adding in the lunge. And one of the simple things that you can do, again, this isn't like some, oh my God, I've never heard of a lunge. I'm not saying, and I don't think that, but what I want to do is make sure that you understand that small lifts like this actually can carry a ton of upside for doing something like this and doing it consistently. And as you get stronger, being able to increase the weight. So a couple of things we like to, we talked about, we want to make sure alignment is critical. I see so many kids, they do stuff, they step in, they step narrow, they're wobbly, they bend, their feet kind of turn, they're, they're stepping here, their foot kind of turns out. I see a lot of that kind of stuff. What you want to do is make sure you feel that nice control, the line position. You're going to feel this. A lot of people are weird about the knee. I learned a long time ago from strength training legend, Charles Pollack when to push the knee forward. This is going to help develop that VMO, that teardrop muscle. And that's going to be really key for developing and adding explosive ability into your throwing, but also it's going to help you with your bigger movements like front squats and back squats. So when I'm working this unilateral strength that I'm seeing in here, I'm getting my hip is usually going to be coming down as I push here. I can try to continue to push for, and I'm going to keep that heel kind of down, but I can get that heel elevated and that can be beneficial as well. So simple thing, adding unilateral strength focus is a great way to mix up your training. And if you find yourself that you're plateaued, definitely add in some of this type of movement. A couple of the variations that you can do, like we said, you can step forward and step back. You can do a walking lunge. You can do dumbbell carries. You can do barbell carries. You can do a whole bunch of different things. You can move laterally. So there's a lot of benefit to adding in this unilateral movement into your throw. So keep that in mind. If you find yourself that you're struggling and you need to develop single leg strength is really important. You have single leg squats. You have Bulgarian split squats. You have a lot of different things, but if what I see with so many developing athletes, so for coaches that are watching your athletes, if you're watching and you just want to emulate the top guys, that's great. But remember the top guys, they put up those big lifts because they're exciting, but those top guys don't forget and don't think for a second that they're not doing all kinds of small important lifts that are going to help them stay healthy so that they can put up those big numbers. So remember utilize something as simple as a lunge. It's going to help. Again, it's great for unilateral strength. If you're low on weights, walk for a minute. Do lunges for a minute straight or two minutes straight or three minutes straight and watch how your legs will just balloon up so you can bust through those plateaus and improve that throwing specific strength by adding in something as simple as a lunge. So again, hopefully you guys enjoyed today's video. We find it. Hopefully it was helpful. We will see you on the next video.


The tennis back underway after the Australian Open. We had some big tournaments happening this week And some big names actually playing as well both for the men and the women's tours Well, let's go over look at the results because we did have five tournaments over the two tours starting on the ATP side in Dallas We had Tommy Paul beating Giron 7 6 5 7 6 3 to lift his second career trophy over in Marseille We had umbear beating Dmitriov in straight set 6 4 6 3 to lift another trophy in his backyard And on the clay the first clay court event of the year in Cordoba We had a battle of the qualifiers and Dadaeri beat Bagnus 6 1 6 4 in that qualifiers final And all those players got a big boost in the rankings because of their wins over on the WTA side We had in Romania the Transylvania Open and Pliscava getting her first win in a while beating Bogdan 6 4 6 3 to win her 17th trophy in her career and in Abu Dhabi the biggest tournament of them all WTA 500 event Rabakina wins her second trophy the year beating Kazakina in the finals 6 1 6 4 adding to the Brisbane trophy She won to start the season so Rabakina looking really good to start 2024 and heading into next week's 1,000 event She is definitely the biggest threat Let's have a look at the players outside the top 10 of the rankings and see who's gone up and down in the rankings Umbear after winning a trophy at home goes up three spots number 18 in the world Which is actually a career high for him and also becomes the highest ranked Frenchman overtaking Manorino Dadaeri he goes up 60 spots number 76 in the world another career high for him after winning Cordoba as a qualifier so huge rankings boost for him and Pliscava She goes up 19 spots number 59 in the world after winning in Romania So the winners this week really getting a boost in the rankings especially those players that were outside the top 20 Really getting a good chunk of points to their rankings plays that have dropped down in the rankings over the last week Potipova she dropped down seven spots number 34 in the world after dropping the points from last year's lintz open Bench it she goes down 14 spots to 36 in the world Of course not playing due to being pregnant She was the defending champion of Abu Dhabi so all those points disappeared and woo who won the Dallas Open last year in Dramatic fashion he goes down 109 spots to 248 in the world So that one win even though it was only 250 really affected his ranking that he wasn't able to back it up in 2024 All right, let's start with the WTA rankings for this week and not too much to speak of because we didn't have too many players playing Triantech she stays at number one with Sabalenka at number two Goffin number three, but there was a little bit of a change in the middle with Rabakina overtaking Pagula to go to number four which means that the top four players in the world are the slam Champions in the world as well So if you want to say there's a big four that is probably the big four of the WTA right now Jabir stays at number six with Zhang at number seven Rondrucifer at eight Sakurai at nine and Mukova rounds out the top ten for this week But we do have a lot of those players playing next week in the 1000 event in Qatar So we should see a few more rankings changes next week because there's so many points up for grabs over to the race of the Finals and things are starting to take a little bit of shape with no change up the top with Sabalenka at the top Zhang at second, OstaPenko staying at number three But another little change in the middle with Rabakina going up two spots to number four after winning her second trophy The year pushing Goff and Yastremska down to five and six. They didn't play or at least Goff didn't play last week Coming in number seven, Kazakina after making her second final of the year She's into the top ten for the first time in the race of the finals coming in at number seven Pushing Shriontek down to number nine and Noskova staying in the middle there at number eight Kostruc, she gets pushed down to number ten with Kalinskaya getting pushed out of the top ten Completely for the race of the finals So a lot of familiar names there that have either played the WTA finals in the past or are currently in the top ten So it's good to see we're starting to see a little bit of shape to the finals race as early as February Going over to the men's rankings now and we had no change to the top ten because there wasn't that many points up for grabs Djokovic, he stays at number one with Elkres at number two Mevvedev staying at number three with Yannik Sinner at number four and you can see there the gap between those guys And the rest of the pack is three thousand points Which is more than a slam because remember a slam is worth two thousand So those guys separated themselves from the rest Rubelev He's at number five with Zverev at number six very close in the rankings between those two Runa comes in at seven with her catcher number eight Fritz at number nine and city pass He stays at number ten for now But few of those guys are playing this week in different events Of course Rotterdam being the big one on the men's side of things Guys like Sinner, Rubelev and Runa are playing that one And then you've got guys that are playing the other smaller events like Fritz is playing in Delray beach And Elkres actually playing on the clay So we might be able to see some changes over the next week But I wouldn't expect too many massive changes until Indian Wells in March heading over to the race of the finals now and Again, no real big changes because most of the guys didn't play Sinner Still at number one with Mevvedev at number two after they made the astronaut open final, of course Zverev at three Djokovic at four Rubelev stays at number five with her catch at number six But we do have a change to the bottom part of the top 10 with Demetrov getting to the final of Marseille He goes up five spots into the top 10 for the first time coming at number seven After making his second final of the season and unfortunately couldn't win the title Not like he did in Brisbane a couple weeks ago, but great to see him back in the rankings He pushes Dimin or down to number eight Fritz down to number nine Elkres down to number 10 And Tobillo falls out of the top 10 completely and just such a shame. Hopefully he can come back We want to see Tobillo back in the top 10 It's been fun the last few weeks to see his name floating around But he has dropped out of the top 10 completely to the race of the finals So there you have it They are the rankings not too many changes of course not too many big names are playing Over the last couple of weeks post Australian open Usually a lot of those players don't play until the big events come back and of course this week We have one of the biggest events on the wta and most of the big names are playing So expect some changes because the 1000 events are worth a thousand points all of them this year on the wta And of course brought it down on the men's side the biggest tournament since the Australian open and Yannick sin is coming back So that should be fun. Let me know down in the comments below Who are you most excited to watch next week because we have a lot of the ladies are playing A few of the big names of the men are playing as well I'm so keen to see how Sinner looks because he just won his first grand slam He beats Jockoot in the process to do it.  How does he now back it up as a grand slam champion? They added pressure the expectation How does he do in Rotterdam because he was the finalist last year as well? So i'm really keen to see how he does in Rotterdam But let me know down in the comments below who are you most excited to watch next week They're the rankings for this week things are starting to take shape in the race of the finals