The 2009 year-end ratings have been published. Captains,
you must check to see if any of your players'
ratings have gone up prior to registering them for a
team. Click
here to check ratings on the
TennisLink website. These ratings will be used for
leagues where the next level of play (state
championship) will be held in 2010. See below
for important information regarding the 2009
year-end ratings.
The 2009 Year End
Ratings have now been published . . . What is
different about this year?
Who
is adjusting the ratings, why, and what
is going to happen?
WHO:
The National Oversight Group (NOG) is charged
with maintaining the integrity of the National
Tennis Rating Program.
NOG continually monitors and reviews the accuracy by
which the NTRP operates in all aspects of USTA
League Tennis. NOG utilizes feedback from
National Championship Observers, staff,
volunteers, team captains, and
players each year as part of its analysis of the
results, patterns, and trends of this primarily
automated system.
WHY:
Recently, heavy concern has been raised
over a
growing disconnect
between the
standards used in the Self Rating and NTRP
guidelines and the actual
characteristics of players on court at various
levels.
WHAT:
To combat this increasing discrepancy between the
NTRP guidelines and player ratings, there will be
nationwide movement of a higher percentage of
players upward this year. This movement will
be approximately double that experienced in recent
years, however approximately 70% of all players will
remain unchanged in their NTRP level. Players will
continue to have compatible and competitive matches
although many will now be playing at a different
level.
What will be the final results?
·
While
more players will be moved up than in previous
years, the majority of the players will have NO
CHANGE in their ratings.
·
Such
moves will tend to push entire teams up together
rather than isolate specific players.
·
Players
and teams that have seemed to dominate local leagues
year after year will be moved up and allow others to
have more opportunity.
·
The 3.0,
3.5, and 4.0 levels will be less saturated, and play
will be more compatible and competitive among teams.
·
There
will be more players at the 4.5 and 5.0 levels, so
there will be more opportunity for local play in
these divisions.
·
Level of
play will begin to more accurately reflect skill
descriptors.
·
You’ll
see a lot of new faces across the net and at the
championships.
