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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCATION
2009-10 TENNIS RULES
INTERPRETATIONS
WELC0ME T0
THE IHSAA TENNIS
RULES INTERPRETATIONS PRESENTED VIA
POWER POINT
Attendance of coaches for men and women
tennis is mandated for this meeting by the
IHSAA with the support of ICGSA and
IHSTeCA.
Discussions are for clarification of existing
rules and are not subject for debate in this
format.
2009-10 TENNIS RULES
INTERPRETATIONS
USTA CHANGES
USTA CHANGES
• Clarifies who may call a let- only an official or player may
call a let. A player may call a let only on the player’s
court (Comment 23.4, page 17 Rules of Tennis)
• Expands the definition of Electronic devices that a player
can not bring to the court - A player may bring to the
Court written notes that were prepared before the start of
the match and may read these notes during the match.
A player may not use electronic devises such as cell
phones, digital messaging systems, radios, mp3 players
CD and DVD players , cassette players, and any device
capable of receiving communication. Hearing aids and
watches not capable of receiving messages are
permitted. A player desiring to use any other electronic
device should first ask the coach and/or referee if the
device may be used, Comment 30.1, page 26
• Lets called when balls roll on the Court –
clarifies which players may call a let when
a ball rolls into the court. When a ball
from an adjacent court enters the playing
area, any player on the court affected may
call a let as soon as the player becomes
aware of the ball. The player loses the
right to call a let if the player unreasonably
delays in making the call, Code 19
USTA
Touches, hitting ball before it crosses net, invasion of
opponent’s court, double hits, and double bounces –
clarifies who makes the call. A player shall promptly
acknowledge when:
a. A ball in play touches the player;
b. The player touches the net or opponent’s Court while
the ball is in play;
c. The player hits a ball before it crosses the net;
d. The player deliberately carries or double hits the ball;
or
e. The ball bounces more than once in the player’s
Court.
The opponent is not entitled to make these calls (Code 20).
• Inclusion of the Emergency Care
Guidelines
– Emergency Numbers
– Supplies
– On-Site Emergency Care
– Universal Precautions
– Heat Illness
– Thunderstorms and Lightning
2009-10 TENNIS RULES
INTERPRETATIONS
SCHEDULE OPTIONS (NEW)
Schools may determine the combination of
dual matches and season tournaments as
long as they meet the following
requirements:
- 16 dual matches maximum
- 5 regular season tournaments
maximum-every opportunity to play
must be counted as a match
- The maximum number of contests, total dual
matches and tournament opportunities, for the
regular season for the team and each individual
shall not exceed 22 total.
The new rule gives flexibility in scheduling for the
season while providing a maximum number of
total matches for the team and each player.
STACKING
- Defined as juggling the tennis line-up to
gain an advantage. In a stacking situation,
the singles 1, 2 and 3 players would not be
played in positions equivalent to their
ability level; i.e., #1 highest ability level
followed by #2 and #3 players in that
order.
STACKING Continued…
- Grievance Procedure: the form in the
back of the Tennis Coaches Guidebook
should be completed and forwarded to the
IHSAA and the other school involved.
- Information should be given about the lineup used and your opinion of what the lineup should be and why.
2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES
QUESTIONS – Part I
2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES
INTERPRETATIONS
PARTICIPATION
DURING THE SEASON
1. May receive private non-school instruction as long as:
a. not mandated, scheduled or paid for by the
school
b. school practices and competitions are not missed
c. no student from another school is participating in
the same session
d. NEW – high school coaches may not provide
paid private lessons to students who are a part of
their high school team
Participation (cont.)
2. Student-athletes may practice in the
same facility as other athletes as long
as they are separated.
3. Student-athletes may receive group
lessons so long as all the students in
the group are from the same school
and it is outside of the normal practice.
4. A student who is competing for his/her
high school team may hit with a
student who is not competing.
5. NEW – A professional coach who also
coaches a high school team may not give
private lessons on Sunday to his players
from the high school team.
PARTICIPATION
DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, OUT OF SEASON
1. Conditioning – designed to promote physical fitness
2. Open Facilities- the school’s tennis courts, school gym, or tennis
courts used for competition are open to all students in the school.
a. No more 3 times a week; exception the month
prior to the official practice
b. Member school coaches may supervise the
facility
3. There can be no conditioning or open facility sessions on
Sunday.
PARTICIPATION
DURING THE SUMMER
1. Begins Monday of week 49 ( June 7, 2010) or the close of school
whichever comes first; ends at the end of the day on Sunday of
week 4 (July 25, 2010).
2. Participation during the summer is voluntary
3. Awards may not be acceptable except those of a symbolic
nature.
4. Participation in Camps and Clinics should end at the end of the
day on Sunday of week 4 (July 25, 2010)
5. Moratorium – week that include July 4 from Monday to Sunday
(June 28 – July 4) – absolutely no contact between coaching staff
and student-athletes, and no activities
COACHING
- Considered to be instructions or advice to direct player
performance
- Words of encouragement are not coaching, i.e., “let’s go”
- Only the head coach and one designated assistant coach can
coach the team on odd games during the 90-second
changeover period and during the 10-minute intermission
between 2nd and 3rd sets.
- Parents, spectators and professional coaches (who are not
employed by the school system) are forbidden to coach or
offer advice at any time during the march, including the break
at split sets.
2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES
QUESTIONS – Part II
2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES
INTERPRETATIONS
Pre-Match Instructions
• Should be given by the Host coach or
administrator; Review
– Format
– Point Penalty System
– Responsibilities of players
– Responsibilities of coaches
– Expectation for Exemplary Behavior
Instructions (cont.)
• Option for Junior Varsity Competition
– May play 8-game pro set or another agreed upon format
during one team match
– No JV player is allowed to participate in a second 8-game
format or other agreed upon format, unless the second set
is against an opponent who would not have otherwise had
an opportunity to compete
– A player who participates in the varsity match is not
eligible to participate at the JV level during the same team
match,
– All individual matches played must be counted in the team
score for that session.
PRACTICES
• Students who are absent from school for 5 consecutive days or
more due to illness or injury, or are physically unable to practice for
5 consecutive days or more due to illness or injury, upon return and
prior to return to participation, shall present to the principal or
designee a statement from a physician, who holds an unlimited
license to practice medicine, stating the player is again physically fit
to participate in interschool athletics.
• Prior to stating competition, the player then shall participate in the
designated number of practices based on the days missed
– 5 – 10 days missed – 4 practices required
– 10 or more days missed – 6 practices required
• Special practices set up for this player alone are not allowed
Tournament Entry Forms
• Electronic form to be sent to the AD who
will submit it
• Top 7 players shall be listed in the singles
and doubles positions for the tournament
series
• Lesser skilled players shall be listed as
alternates
• The line-up shall not be shuffle after the
Sectional Draw
IHSAA Tournament
• Doubles 50% Rule – To qualify for the doubles tournament series,
both participants shall have played in a doubles position for a
minimum of 50% of their team’s total playing opportunities (dual and
season tournament matches)
• The IHSAA has the authority to grant a waiver to the 50% rule if
satisfactory proof is presented to the Commissioner
– Compliance was missed by a minimal number of contest
and;
– Failure to meet compliance was for clear, verifiable reasons,
such as a debilitating injury and;
– Failure to meet compliance was the result of reasons
beyond the control of the athlete, coach, school and parents
Substitution During
IHSAA Tournament
• Rounds With One Match Per Day
– Substitution may be made until actual play has
begun or between rounds
– Substitutes may compete in either singles or
doubles, not both for that session
– A player for whom a substitute was made in
rounds 1 or 2 may play in round 3 (sectional and
regional only)
– If a player cannot complete a match for some
reason, he/she shall default that match
Substitution During
IHSAA Tournament (cont.)
• Rounds With Two Matches Per Day
– At any level of the IHSAA Post-Season Tournament (sectional,
regional, semi-state or state) any player who fails to finish a first
match cannot return to the lineup for a second match that is
played on the same day.
– If the player Retired from the first match due to personal injury or
health emergency; to be allowed to return to play the second
match
• The personal injury or health emergency incurred in the first
match shall be evaluated by an athletic trainer/doctor and
• An official written release from the athletic trainer/doctor shall
be presented to the tournament director indicating the player
is physically able to return to competition before the player
will be allowed to compete in the second match.
Substitution During
IHSAA Tournament (cont.)
• Rounds with Two Matches (cont.)
– If for some reason, the second match is rescheduled for the next available day, the
ruling remains in effect.
2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES
QUESTIONS – Part III
Substitutions during
the Regular Season
- Coaches have the option to use the IHSAA
Tournament format for injuries or illness (for a limit
of two consecutive dual matches or one one-day
tournament) or
- During the regular season if a player misses a third
time for the same injury or illness, then the coach
must move the line-up up.
- If a player misses for disciplinary reasons during the
regular season, the lineup must adjusted by moving
other players up instead of by substituting in the
affected player’s position.
One Day Tournament
• In all one-day varsity tournaments that
require three rounds of competition, all
matches must use a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of a third set.
• The intermission is two minutes between
the second set and the 10-point tie-break
Scrimmages
• The prescribed format for scrimmages has
changed. The document is located at
www.ihsaa.org under Tennis for each
gender.
• The new format is set and should not be
altered.
Making the Tough Call
Guiding principles:
In matches where there is no chair umpire, The Code governs the
dual role which must be played by a player in a match,
specifically that of a player and an “official.” Similarly, the IHSAA
Tennis Coaches Guidebook governs the dual role which must
be played by the coach, the simultaneous responsibilities of coach
and match official. This is true in all IHSAA sponsored events
whether or not there is a roving umpire. (If there is a roving
umpire, the coach must follow the umpire’s directives given before
the match.) The coach is not a passive observer whose main
mission is to “let them play.” In general, the principle to follow is that
the coach must not only help to solve problems once they occur, but
to also forestall difficulties just as a roving umpire or chair umpire
would. In addition, the coach is to give any warnings called for and
assess any penalties due, and then immediately (to the extent that it
is practical) fully inform the roving umpire and the other coach or
coaches involved.
Situations
• Situation 1: A player announces a wrong score
and play continues.
• Solution: Take no action unless players
disagree about the score. If players seek help,
instruct players to follow the three-step protocol
given in The Code. In this situation, the coach’s
opinion of the correct score is irrelevant.
However, note Situation 2 below where scoring
might be affected.
• Situation 2: Players are about to make a
procedural error. Examples include players’
failure to change ends when games total an odd
number, a player is about to serve from the
wrong court, a player is about to receive out of
order, the wrong team (or member of a team) is
about to serve, or a procedural error in a
tiebreak is imminent.
• Solution: The coach must stop play, clarify what
the procedural problem is, and instruct players
what to do. The ensuing discussion could affect
players’ opinions about the stated score.
• Situation 3: A player slams the court with the racket in
exasperation after making an error, potentially damaging
the court and/or the racket.
• Solution: This is clearly racquet abuse, assess a point
penalty; if the situation occurs again assess a game,
then default the match.
• Situation 4: The coach points out to the
opposing coach that his or her player is
committing a Codeable offense, but the coach of
the offending player does nothing about it.
• Solution: Assess the penalty. (Both coaches
are officials.) In the end, any dispute which
results between coaches may be referred to the
IHSAA Assistant Commissioner of Tennis.
• Situation 5: A player stops playing because of muscle
cramps or injury.
• Solution: The coach first needs to seek medical help.
Once help arrives, start a clock immediately in order to
follow the directive that up to three minutes may be
taken for evaluation after medical help arrives. Up to 2
minutes more are allowed to treat the condition. After
two minutes, either coach is to direct players to resume
play. Play must resume within 30 seconds. Delays after
30 seconds are Codeable, but there is no legitimacy to a
complaint if a clock has not been started.
2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES
QUESTIONS – Part IV
•
17. It is racket abuse to
B
a. Tap the ground with the racquet
b. Slam the ground with the racquet
c. Twirl the racquet
d. Cause a string to break while playing the ball.
18. The coach has the responsibility for A
a. Calling procedural errors to the attention of the players.
b. Giving the correct score to the players when the count is
lost
c. Both a and b
d. Neither of a and b
• 19. The substituting process for the
regular season allows the coach to replace
an injured or ill player twice without
moving other players up. T
• 20. Both coaches must agree to enforce
Code violations. F
DATES FOR
2009-2010
IMPORTANT DATES
BOYS
GIRLS
First Practice
First Authorized Contest
Sectional
Regional
Semi-State
Team State
Singles and Doubles State
8/3
8/17
9/30 – 10/3
10/6-7
10/10
10/16-17
10/23-24
3/15
3/29
5/19-22
5/25-26
5/29
6/4-5
6/11-12
The Fall Bulletin for 2009-10 will be posted on the IHSAA website with
additional information for the tournament series or you can get this
information from your local athletic director
ADDITONAL
INFORMATION
• Coaching Ethics – It is the responsibility of
every IHSAA coach to learn the rules of
his/her sport, teach the sport to the
athletes and then execute the rules in the
manner in which they were intended to be
enforced.
• Tennis Coaches Guide will become an online document which coaches will need to
pull from the website beginning with
January 2010 calendar year. It will be a
printable document. Coaches will be
notified when the document is ready in
2010.
• The tennis rules books will be distributed
every two years effective with the 20102011 school year. Coaches will need to
hold onto the rule book provided by the
IHSAA for two years. These books will not
be replaced if lost.
• FINALLY…
• The IHSAA Board of Directors voted to expand
the number of schools that will be brought to the
State Tournament for Tennis from four to eight.
• The format will be a two-day format with play
beginning on Friday afternoon much like with the
singles and doubles state tournament.
• The semi-state will become a four team format
with two teams advancing from each of four
sites.
• The team draw, to determine who will play
whom at the semi-state and state levels,
will be held at the IHSAA office in the
morning the same day as the sectional
draws which are held at the host sites
• The Singles and Doubles Regional format
will be regionalized at four sites with one
winner, in singles and doubles, advancing
from each of four sites to the state
• The singles and doubles draw will take
place in conjunction with the team draw to
determine regional pairings.
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