CAPTAINS’ INFORMATION & SITE RESPONSIBILITIES

Important Note to Captains: Any player's NTRP Rating that has been double-bumped must play at the middle level. (For example, a 3.0 player on your roster has a published Year-end rating of 4.0). Captains are responsible for going to find a rating in Tennislink, checking team rosters and notifying your State League Coordinator if you have a team player that has been double-bumped. Matches will revert to losses if players are ineligible.

The following includes information and responsibilities for each team captain.  Please review this information carefully and relay all information to your team members! The captain is responsible for checking his/her team in at the site of the match. Do not check in with the site desk until ALL players are present and ready for play. You will turn in your lineup at the site desk at this time using one of the scorecards in your registration packet. A fifteen-minute default time will be strictly enforced, as will the point penalty system. 

You will be given the court assignments for your team match and it is your responsibility to pass these on to your team.  MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PLAYERS ARE PLAYING AGAINST THE CORRECT OPPONENTS. TELL YOUR PLAYERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND GIVE THE POSITION THEY ARE PLAYING!  Winners of individual matches will take the balls and report the score IMMEDIATELY to the site desk.

·  SCORING:  Each team will receive 1 point for each team match won.  These points are posted on the official scoreboards.  In the event of a tie, the tiebreak procedures will be total of individual matches, then least sets lost, then least games lost, then head to head, then a coin toss.  A Match Tiebreak will be played in lieu of a third set.
 
·  All teams are expected to play all scheduled matches!  Any team not complying will be subject to grievance procedures.  In accordance with Combo Doubles Southern Regulations, any team forfeiting an entire team match for ANY REASON will result in all matches of that team previously played or to be played to be declared null and void.  If all teams in contention for the Championships have already played the forfeiting team in good faith, the matches stand as played.
 
· Grievances & Grievance Appeals: Forms are available at each of the sites at the tournament desk.  A copy of any grievance must be given to the opposing team captain by the captain of the team filing the grievance.  Completed grievance forms are to be presented to the Site Director at the site of the match within 30 minutes of the completion of the team match.  The committees involved will handle all Grievances and Appeals as promptly as possible.  Unless requested by the committee involved, only the captain and the player(s) involved will be permitted at any hearings.
 
· Awards will be given to the champions and finalists. 
 
· All matches will observe a 10-minute warm-up, including serves.  In matches where players or teams split sets, the match tiebreak in lieu of a third set shall be played (first to ten points by a margin of two points).  Play is continuous.  Coaching is not permitted at any time.
 
· Medical Conditions: Medical conditions include but are not limited to an injury, illness, and heat-related condition or cramping.
 
· Medical Time-Out: A medical time-out consists of evaluation time as determined by the referee plus a maximum of three minutes treatment time.
 
· Request for a medical time-out.  A request for a medical time-out may be made by a player to the court monitor or at the tournament desk.  During the match or warm-up, if a player suffers from a medical condition or believes that medical diagnosis or treatment is required, the player may request a one-time medical time-out for that medical condition.  Subsequently, he may request another medical time-out for a different medical condition.  Only one medical time-out shall be permitted for heat-related conditions and cramping in any match, even if the heat-related condition or cramping occurs to different parts of the body.
 
·  In the event of rain, the Site Director on site will stop play and players will report their score in progress to the site desk.  Players will not be allowed to leave the site until released by the Site Director on site.  If needed, play will continue under lights if necessary, to keep on schedule.