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Welcome to the USA League Tennis, Southern Crescent League, serving the counties of Fayette, Coweta, Henry, Clayton and Spalding. We strive to provide USTA tennis programs from the beginner level to advanced competition. League play is available for adult men and women, adult mixed doubles, adult combo, and juniors.

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.

 

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