League Courts / Rules
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League Overview/Rules Matches are scheduled by captains at a mutually agreed upon time between Sunday and the following Saturday of the scheduled match. In order to assist with scheduling courts in advance, each team may designate a preferred time for their home matches, however every effort should be made to accommodate the visiting team should the home teams preferred time not be possible. The location is set by the scheduled home team. Makeup games should be scheduled prior to the next week’s match or as agreed upon by both team captains at the earliest possible date. In the event that a match is not able to be scheduled or a postponed match is not able to be rescheduled, the match shall be considered a draw, unless one team has already won 5 total games, in which case the match shall be considered as final. All Matches must be completed by the Saturday of the final week of the schedule. The league is governed by all team captains. The host team must coordinate court reservations, gate access, and any other instructions for play, usually handled captain to captain. Rosters will be comprised of 10 players that reside within the team’s development, however for the Summer league seasons there shall be no limit roster size, though all players shall reside in the teams development. Exception to this rule is if 2 developments combine to form a team, in which case players may reside in either development, however no more then 2 communities may combine to form a team. All teams (Combination of one male and one female) shall have a Maximum rating of 7.0. Players ratings shall be rounded down to the nearest .5 point, ex. a 3.8 player shall be considered a 3.5. The league understands that several players play in 4.0 tournaments (to get better) but they still have rating under 4.0. It is the responsibility of each captain to monitor their own players’ ratings. Each team is permitted to bring an extra Male and Female player to the match in case of injury to a starting player, however, once the player has been replaced, They cannot re-enter the match. Rosters for all teams shall be completed and emailed to the designated league email or facebook page prior to the start of the first season match. The roster can be revised to add an additional player to replace an injured player within the regular season or for a player that has moved out of the area (temporarily or permanently). Revised rosters need to be posted to the designated email or on the league Facebook page. Once a player has been replaced on the roster, he can not be added back until the next season (Summer excepted) For the Summer season Captains may mutually agree to allow non-roster players to compete in order that a match may proceed. Every effort should be made to use a player from your home community, however a team may use a rostered player from another community.
Match Format: Each squad shall compete with 2 male players and 2 female players and form 2 teams of one male and one female player. These 2 teams will remain intact for the duration of the match. Each team will play 2 games to 11 against each of the other teams (4 total games per player). If at the end of the match the game scores are tied 4-4 a final tiebreaker game to 11 will be played, The team combination for the playoff can not be the same as the combination of players that played in the match, example you can choose the Female from team 1 and the Male from team 2, All games with the exception of a tiebreaker are played to 11, win by two or first team to score 15 points. The visiting team can select the side or serve for the start of each two-game set and sides switch after the first game. All tiebreaker games switch sides when one team reaches the score of 6 points. The home team is responsible for reporting the match results/scores to Greg Costigan promptly after a match. Send a text message to Greg (312.292.1849) briefly summarizing the match winner and forward a picture of the signed and completed score sheet. We will use the USAPA official rules set (https://www.usapa.org/docs/ifp/USAPA-Rulebook.pdf) as our guide, but provided this is a fun league, sportsmanship and discretion is encouraged. Captains are responsible for confirming their players do not surpass a 7.0 combined rating. Player ratings are considered firm from the date of the first match, in the event a player rating increases during the course of the season, they may continue competing for the duration of the season at their rating as of the seasons first match. The official league ball is the Franklin X40, the home team is required to provide two new balls for each match (one per court). Playoffs: Only roster players who have played in a minimum of one regular-season match are eligible for the playoffs, even if they are on the roster. This will prevent playoff day ringers. Playoffs Format: The same rules will be used for the playoffs. Playoff times and dates will be determined once we know how many teams will be competing. *Regular season team place is decided by the following order: win / loss match record, head-to-head win/ losses of teams in a tie, total games won in regular season games, not including tie breaker games. If the tie still exists is shall be decided by a coin flip.
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