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| Questions about SAWTA Standing Rules and By-laws, and league policy should be addressed to the SAWTA parliamentarian,Renee Wash Home: 830 257-3063 Cell: 830 370-1031 email: thequeen311@hotmail.com For questions regarding USTA League rules, contact Local League Coordinator Debbie Lowry at saleaguetennis@yahoo.com. |
| Rules Reminder If a team forfeits three lines of any match, no more than three players will be able to compete on the same team for one year (the following spring/fall leagues). |
| Cell phone rule Cell phones are not allowed to be turned on during a match. If a cell phone rings, it costs the owner a point. If it is not turned off, rings a second time, the owner will retire, forfeiting the match to the opponent. This is new for 2005. |
| With all the rainouts which have occurred this season, I want to congratulate all captains and players for keeping a cool head, using common sense and working diligently to make up cancelled matches. Although there will always be unforeseen circumstances, SAWTA's standing rules address many issues surrounding how to handle rained out or delayed matches. If the rules don't address your specific concern, please contact me and I'll do my best to help. There also has been a lot of conversation about 9:30 matches beginning late and delaying 11:00 matches. The Standing Rules state that "A 10-minute warm-up will be allowed starting at 9:30, although courts should be made available earlier for warm-up." Since the warm up is to begin at 9:30, make sure you have exchanged lineups prior to that time. Also, if you are aware that there will be an 11:00 match following your match, please play accordingly--no extra time between games or sets and begin on time. You will appreciate the courtesy when it's your turn to play at 11:00. Thanks, Renee What is the match make up policy for SAWTA? C. Weather 1. In case of bad weather (rain, temperature below 40 degrees, wind chill factor of 32 degrees or below, snow) the home captain decides whether the courts are playable. Calls to the visiting captain should be made by one and a half (1½) hours prior to match time if the conditions are questionable. 2. If courts are wet at 9:30, with a possibility of drying, players must wait one-half (1/2) hour unless both captains consent to leave earlier. When rain causes a delay during a match that begins at 9:30, players will wait 30 minutes, if there is a possibility of drying. If play cannot be resumed during this time, the completion of the match will be rescheduled. Wind is not considered a factor in determining whether the courts are playable and matches cannot be postponed or canceled because of wind. 3. When a rainout occurs, both teams must reschedule all lines of that match within one week of the unplayed match to play prior to the end of the league season. The Home Captain is responsible for reporting the mutually agreed date to their level scheduler. The Scheduler will track rescheduled matches. Once a rainout date has been reported to the level scheduler, it may be changed once if both captains agree and the scheduler is notified. USTA rules state that if a match is interrupted by rain and can no longer be continued, the makeup match should start exactly where the rain interrupted, so all parties involved in such a situation should record agreed-to-score. |
| San Antonio Women's Tennis Association |
| A Few Tennis Etiquette Reminders (from The Code): 3. Warm-up is not practice. A player should provide the opponent a 5-minute warm-up (ten minutes if there are no ballpersons). If a player refuses to warm up the opponent, the player forfeits the right to a warm-up. Some players confuse warm-up and practice. Each player should make a special effort to hit shots directly to the opponent. (If partners want to warm each other up while their opponents are warming up, they may do so.) 17. Spectators never to make calls. A player shall not enlist the aid of a spectator in making a call. No spectator has a part in the match. 28. Obvious faults. A player shall not put into play or hit over the net an obvious fault. To do so constitutes rudeness and may even be a form of gamesmanship. On the other hand, if a player does not call a serve a fault and gives the opponent the benefit of a close call, the server is not entitled to replay the point. 30. Delays during service. When the server’s second service motion is interrupted by a ball coming onto the court, the server is entitled to two serves. When there is a delay between the first and second serves: • the server gets one serve if the server was the cause of the delay; • the server gets two serves if the delay was caused by the Receiver or if there was outside interference. The time it takes to clear a ball that comes onto the court between the first and second serves is not considered sufficient time to warrant the server receiving two serves unless this time is so prolonged as to constitute an interruption. The receiver is the judge of whether the delay is sufficiently prolonged to justify giving the server two serves. |