SPBCWTA League InfoSouth Palm Beach County Women's Tennis Association
www.spbcwta.org
If anyone is interested in trying out for our
SPBCWTA Divison 5 or 6,
please contact the proshop at 561-243-7360 by June 30, 2011.
RULES FOR TRYOUTS
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· Deadline for exemptions will be in March 2011. You have to have played in 50% of your matches up to that point. There will be no changes to exemptions after set date. Tryouts will be held before Easter/Passover break.
· Tryouts will be done on an individual basis.
· Each player will play with each individual trying out for that team.
o It will be done in a Greg Grover Round Robin format
· All scores will be publically posted and the top scoring individuals will move up.
· After Spring tryouts, 14 players will sign the roster. The Captain and teaching Staff have the options to fill the whole roster. If player 14 and 15 are one game apart they both make it. If 15 and 16 are tied the 16th player also makes the team.
· If a player signs a team roster in the Spring, then subsequently resigns from that team, with the approval of the Team Captain and Coach, that individual will be eligible to try out again in the Fall but not for a higher division team.
· In order to sign a roster you have to be available to play 50% of the season.
· In order for a new player to try out for a team, she has to fill out an application.
· Summer tryouts will be determined by management based on the number of participants.
· New players who want to try out in the summer will be invited to play with the ladies on that particular team.
· Players must sign the roster the day of the tryout.
· If you are trying out for your existing team and do not make it, you have to try out for the team below, you cannot just walk on.
· Request can be made to tryout two teams above, but must be approved by coach and teaching staff. You must have played & won 75% of your matches in line 1.
RULES FOR EXEMPTIONS
· Each team will have 12 exemptions.
· The top 4 exempt players will be allowed to try out next season to move up.
· Bottom 4 players will have to try out to remain on existing team.
· Exemptions are determined by a weighted rating system. Wins in lines one and two give you 4 points. Wins in lines three and four give you 3 points. Wins in lines five and six give you 2 points. If you lose your match but win a set, you receive 1 point. If you win 75% or more you become the 13th exempt player. If you win 80% of your matches you can try out for the team above.
· If you get a forfeit, you are still awarded the points earned by a win.
· The total number of points is divided by the total number of matches you played. You must have played in a t least 50% of the teams matches to be exempt.
· If two or more players are tied for the 12th exemption, then both are exempt.
· Those players who are not exempt from their team have to tryout to stay on the team.
· There are no wild cards.
Cut-off date for ratings will be March 31, 2011.