INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCATION

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCATION
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2009-10 TENNIS RULES INTERPRETATIONS
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• WELC0ME T0
• THE IHSAA TENNIS
• RULES INTERPRETATIONS PRESENTED VIA
• POWER POINT

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• 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.

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2009-10 TENNIS RULES INTERPRETATIONS
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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 players 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

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• 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

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USTA

• Touches, hitting ball before it crosses net,
  invasion of opponents 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 opponents
  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
  players Court.
• The opponent is not entitled to make these calls
  (Code 20).

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• Inclusion of the Emergency Care Guidelines
• Emergency Numbers
• Supplies
• On-Site Emergency Care
• Universal Precautions
• Heat Illness
• Thunderstorms and Lightning

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2009-10 TENNIS RULES INTERPRETATIONS
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• 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

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• - 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 line-up
  used and your opinion of what the line-up should
  be and why.

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2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES QUESTIONS Part I
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2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES INTERPRETATIONS
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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

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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.

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• 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.

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PARTICIPATION

• DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, OUT OF SEASON
• 1. Conditioning designed to promote physical
  fitness
• 2. Open Facilities- the schools 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.

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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

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COACHING

• Considered to be instructions or advice to direct
  player performance
• Words of encouragement are not coaching, i.e.,
  lets 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.

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2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES QUESTIONS Part II
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2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES INTERPRETATIONS
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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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 teams 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

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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

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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.

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Substitution During IHSAA Tournament (cont.)

• Rounds with Two Matches (cont.)
• If for some reason, the second match is
  re-scheduled for the next available day, the
  ruling remains in effect.

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2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES QUESTIONS Part III
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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 players position.

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One Day Tournament

• In all one-day varsity tournaments that require
  three rounds of competition, all matches must use
  a 10-point match tie-break in lieu of a third
  set.
• The intermission is two minutes between the
  second set and the 10-point tie-break

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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.

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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 umpires 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.

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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 coachs
  opinion of the correct score is irrelevant.
  However, note Situation 2 below where scoring
  might be affected.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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2009-10 IHSAA TENNIS RULES QUESTIONS Part IV
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• 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.
• The coach has the responsibility for A
• Calling procedural errors to the attention of the
  players.
• Giving the correct score to the players when the
  count is lost
• Both a and b
• Neither of a and b

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• 19. The substituting process for the regular
  season allows the coach to replace an injured or
  ill player twice without moving other players up.
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• 20. Both coaches must agree to enforce Code
  violations. F

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DATES FOR 2009-2010

• IMPORTANT DATES BOYS GIRLS
• First Practice 8/3 3/15
• First Authorized Contest 8/17 3/29
• Sectional 9/30 10/3 5/19-22
• Regional 10/6-7 5/25-26
• Semi-State 10/10 5/29
• Team State 10/16-17 6/4-5
• Singles and Doubles State 10/23-24 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

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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.

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• Tennis Coaches Guide will become an on-line
  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.

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• The tennis rules books will be distributed every
  two years effective with the 2010-2011 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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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HAVE A GREAT SEASON!