Captain

This is your page of information. Please check on the Forms page for all your information, documents, and forms that you might need for the league.

2008 Friend at Court:

Please contact the NEOTA office if you would like to order the 2008 Friend at Court. The cost is $7.00 (including shipping) Send email to: NEOTA OFFICE for further details (explanation of FAC).

Captains - travel distances

Please say thank you to our league chairwoman: Vickie Medlar for putting together the distance chart.

CLICK HERE for Distance Chart

Captains seeking players will be able to:
- Register and then post a team ad describing what type of player they are seeking for their USTA League team (including NTRP level, division, gender, day of week, time of year etc.)
- Search the database of available players who are looking to join a team

2008 Captain Incentive:

The USTA/Midwest Section Adult Division is excited to announce the USTA/Midwest Section will again offer the 2008

League Captain US Open Trip. The trip includes the following: airfare*, meal stipends, hotel accommodations for two nights, USTA bus passes from the hotel to the US Open, and two tickets for night matches on Saturday, August 30, and day matches on Sunday, August 31 (great Labor Day weekend package).

"How can I win?”…VERY EASY!

Every time you have two new players join the USTA and sign up for your 2008 USTA League team, or have two former players renew their membership (not an active member since June 2007), and sign up for your 2008 team, we will submit your name for the USTA/Midwest Section USTA League Captain US Open Trip contest. And….for every two additional new players you sign up by August 1, 2008, you get more chances to win.

* airfare: maximum reimbursement for two is $600.00

New Captains:

Please read the new captain reference - download from the link on the right.

Captains meeting (for the 2008 league season): has been done online - contact level coordinator for details

1.) Will be held on March 9, 2008 at Roswell Kent Middle School (Akron) at 1:00 PM. Captains will need to bring: copy of rules from NEOTA and Midwest; and other items that your flight coordinator may request. Please contact your flight coordinator for further details and questions.

2.) Make-up meeting will be April 2008 at Roswell Kent Middle School (Akron) at 5:30 PM. Captains will need to bring: copy of rules from NEOTA and Midwest; and other items that your flight coordinator may request. Please contact your flight coordinator for further details and questions.

Roswell Kent Middle School, 1445 Hammel Street, Akron, Ohio 44306.

Needed for the League Captains meeting (all forms/rules available at our league website):

1.) Rules: NEOTA and Midwest (National rule book available in print at meeting).

2.) Team Information Sheet

3.) Captain Waiver Form

4.) Coman Tiebreak Rule

You should also have:

1.) pen/pencil/paper (for notes)

2.) questions/problems/suggestions for the flight coordinators

3.) captain's phone number/email address

4.) facility phone number/email address

5.) other items specified by your level flight coordinator (please check with your level FC)

Captains: It is your responsibility to ensure that the match are correctly scheduled and you have a confirmed email from your opposing team captain. If there is a problem - you need to contact your flight coordinator as soon as possible (by email and phone). Home team captain must contact the opposing captain at least ten (10) days prior to the match to discuss if there are any changes of the time or place of a match (Internet scheduled times are assumed to be correct – unless agreed upon by both captains in writing and notice of change sent to Flight Coordinator); and the proper order of teams playing if other than all at once.  For those matches that will be the second or third at a particular club and/or site – individual courts will be called based on court availability after the agreed upon team match scheduled-starting time. Courts will be called from the top down in singles and/or doubles (see note below). This is especially important for captains of facilities with fewer than five (5) courts.

Captains: Please be sure to communicate with the other captains in your subflights/flights. Please be sure to use email - that way you have electronic proof of your communications.

COMAN TIEBREAK: The John B. Coman Tiebreak is the same as the present Tiebreak except that ends are changed after the first point, then after every four points, and at the conclusion of the Tiebreak.  This is used for both the set and match break. < If you have questions regarding this; please contact your flight coordinator or the NEOTA Office> *** exact rule***

Important information for all team captains and team members: Beginning with the 2008 league season - those ratings
earned for play in any championship will not be appealable when the 2008 league season ratings are posted in November
of 2008.

This means that if your match that you have played is listed in the championship section of TennisLink; you will be
affected. If you do participate in a match in the championship you will earn a bench mark rating; thus will not
be able to appeal your rating for one year.

Any quetions about this; please contact your level coordinator.

Things to know:

• New Captain Reference
• Understanding NTRP
• Forms
• Protocal for Filing a Elite Player Grievance
• Illegal equipment