League Play and Etiquette

Now that the USTA season has begun, please remember that occasionally a match will run over two hours.  We have had a couple incidents in the last couple of weeks concerning this issue.  If a USTA match is running late, players that are booked next on that court need to wait for the match end.  Now….. I have been captain many times and I tell my team to take only a 10-minute warm up and 90-second change over.  You have heard me say this especially during the Fall Classic when we are pressed for time.  Matches need to move along and it’s the captains who are responsible for this.  A captain can be proactive.  For example, when I know one of my teams is running over, I go over to that court to make sure that I greet the people coming on next to explain what is happening.  I also check to see if there might be an empty court available for the waiting players. It’s courteous and also lets the team who has been playing their hearts out for two hours concentrate only on the match and not get distracted.

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