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Southern Level 3s: One Parent’s Take on the New Format
187 months ago
We are more than 6 months into the new format for our Southern Level 3 tournaments, and, given that the Southern Section is often a testing-ground for policies that are later rolled out nationwide – and after spending yet another weekend at one of these events – I thought I would share my thoughts and experiences in hopes of generating some constructive dialog between us parents and USTA.
A quick recap on how the format changed in 2012 . . . the tournaments now have two 16-player draws for each age group with the brackets arranged by “waterfall” – for an explanation of exactly what that means, click here. These tournaments must be played and completed on Saturday and Sunday with the goal of reducing missed school days. Players are More >
New Rules for the New Year
21 year ago
For those of you living in USTA’s Southern section, some new rules went into effect January 1st. For those of you living in other USTA sections, these rules are probably coming to you soon since Southern tends to pilot changes that are then rolled out nationwide.
The rule that I want to address today concerns Southern Level 3 tournaments. Even though my son has been playing USTA Southern tournaments for several years now, we got no notice of this rule change. How did I find out about it? I went to a Southern Level 3 tournament website to register my son and found the new rules posted there. I took the following directly from the tournament’s website (typos are on the part of the tournament):
As of Jan. 2012 all USTA Southern Junior More >