| What is Impact Team Tennis? |
Impact Team Tennis is co-ed teams competing in a format that consists of 6 no-ad sets. One set each of men's and women's doubles followed by men's and women's singles, ending with 2 sets of mixed doubles. Total games won from all sets determines the winner. Substitutions and coaching are allowed during the match. Click here to view Impact Team Tennis Rules
The Impact Team Tennis Maryland league has been around since 1990 providing year end Impact Team Tennis leagues which includes three eight week outdoor leagues (May to June, July to August and September to October) and one twenty week indoor league from November to April.
Maryland's Impact Team Tennis history of providing players an oppportunitiy to play tennis and grow the sport of tennis at a recreationial level includes
*2006 League Director of the Year
*2008 to 2016 Top Ten League Director(Nationwide)
*Several National Champions and Finalists(Open Division, 4.0 Level, 3.5 Level and 3.0 Level)
*Numerous National Qualifier Champions and Finalists(3.0 Level, 3.5 Level and 4.0 Level)
*Tri-State(MD, DC, VA) Tournaments
*Cup Challenge(MD vs DC)
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| What is a Impact Team Tennis team? |
Although the limit to the number of team members is ten, the suggested number of players is three men and three women. A minimum team consists of two men and two women.
NEW CAPTAIN INCENTIVE: CAPTAINS IF YOU BRING IN A TEAM AND THE PLAYERS HAVE REGISTERED AND PAID OR YOU PAY THE TEAM FEE BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 IF YOU WILL A WILSON BAG AND A WATA GROCERY BAG!!!
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| Who can play? |
Adults (18 & over) may sign up as a team or as an individual.
Captains please register ASAP and email me your team name |
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| When do leagues start? |
LEAGUE SESSIONS(ADULTS)(ROCKVILLE):
Outdoor Session: 9/10/23 to 10/29/23 (8 Matches)
Indoor Session: Starts ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 at Georgetown Prep Tennis Bubble from 6:00pm to 8:00pm PLAY ABOUT TWICE PER MONTH FOR TEN MATCHES
Social Tennis: starts in FRIDAY 29, 2023 at Georgetown Prep Tennis Club Indoor clay courts(15 weeks on Fridays from 6:30pm to 8:30pm cost is BEFORE 9/1/23 $450 AND AFTER 9/1/23 $540(for 2 hours of doubles tennis for 15 weeks ages 40 and older) ONLY TWO SPOTS LEFT!
Singles play: For 5 weeks for one hour of play fee is $150 before 9/1 price increase after 9/1
Young professionals: For 10 weeks for two hours of play fee is $300 before 9/1 price increase after 9/1
Go to www.watatennis.org to register and pay. |
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| Sign-Up Deadline: ASAP OR BY 9/8/23 |
FINAL DEADLINE: 9/8/23 for payment of fees and team and player registration.
Captains please register ASAP and email me your team name so I can setup your team on the website to start registering your players.
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| What Divisions (levels of play) are offered? |
Adult Outdoor: 3.0 and under, 3.5/under, 4.0 TEAMS; CORPORATE, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, GOVERNMENT DIVISION
TIME:
Sundays, 5:00pm to 7:00pm; As it gets darker in the month of September and October the time changes to 4pm to 6pm, 3pm to 5pm,2pm to 4pm, 1pm to 3pm or noon to 2pm.
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| Determining Team Rating |
| The average NTRP rating of the top two men and top two women players on your team determines the team rating. |
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| Example: |
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Joe- 4.5 |
Mary- 3.5 |
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Tom- 4.5 |
Jill-3.5 |
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Bill- 4.0 |
Gail- 3.5 |
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Joe- 4.5 |
Mary- 3.5 |
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Jim- 3.5 |
Joan- 3.0 |
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| The best two men and two women are: 4.5 + 4.5 + 3.5 + 3.5 = 16. 16 divided by 4 equals 4.0. |
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| This team could register for the 4.0 division or a higher division. A team consists of a minimum of two men and two women.
Although the limit to the number of team members is ten, the suggested number of players is three men and three women.
Click here to determine your NTRP level. |
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| Where do we play? |
WHERE: Outdoors on hard courts
WHERE:
Georgetown Prep Tennis Club
10900 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
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| Can I register as an individual/substitute/team? |
| First preference is team but you can sign up as an individual and I will place you on a team based on your level of play |
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| Note to substitute players: |
All substitute players must register and pay the fee of $20 per person per match if the team fee is not paid and there are less than 6 players that have paid on the team. www.paypal.com fee is $21 which includes pp fee
A substitute is defined as only playing one to two matches during the season. If more, you must pay the fee!
A substitute player is NOT defined as someone that wants to only pay per match played!
A team and the fee is based on six players, therefore, if a team has only 4 players the league and the fees are short 2 players fees and that is why subs must pay the fee.
Note: The fee is a league fee which covers all expenses of the league and NOT just court time. FYI |
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| Why register via the Internet? |
| You are not an official league participant until you have registered online. When you register via the Internet site you will be e-mailed league information during the season and your Impact Team Tennis Member Benefits (Impact Team Tennis Point of Contact Newsletter, discounts on hotel, rental cars, 2 for 1 tickets, plus more). |
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| What is the cost? |
LEAGUE FEE PER SESSION (Rockville League only):
• Individual Fee: $145/person for all registered players for 8 weeks (Deadline: 9/10/23 or ASAP) or via paypal $153 includes paypal fee
Players fee includes permit for the tennis courts, Impact Team Tennis site license, tennis balls, Impact Team Tennis benefits, Entry fee if a team attends a Regional Championships ($400 Value), Entry fee if a team wins the RC and goes to the National Championships ($400 value).NOTE: For the winning team in each division there MUST be a minimun of 4 teams, otherwise the winning team players play the registration fee to attend the ITT regional championships and National Championships. Note All senior teams players pay their own registration fee to both tournaments.
CAPTAIN INCENTIVE AND PLAYER STIMULUS PLAN:
• Team Fee: $850 (in one amount by check, cash or credit card) Deadline: 9/10/23 or ASAP! or via paypal $900
Team must have a captain, obtain the players for the team, have all players register, enter the match results, send email reminder of match every week, ensure that 2 men and 2 women show up to the match, determine lineup for each match and any other administrative matters, if needed.
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| League winners qualify for aRegional Championship? |
| Winning teams advance to the Impact Team Tennis Regional Championship. Your team is eligible to participate in a Regional Championship for up to one year from the end date of your league.
For every four (4) teams in any official Impact Team Tennis (Impact Team Tennis) local league division, one (1) team will be eligible to participate in a Regional Championship.
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| Local League Information & Rules: |
Impact Team Tennis
NEW RULES – LOCAL LEAGUE
EFFECTIVE 11/6/05(as Amended)
To: All Impact Team Tennis players
From: Richard Gottfried, Impact Team Tennis League Director
Re: New Local League Rules
Based upon feedback from you the players in Impact Team Tennis here are some additional local league rules that will be effective November 6, 2005(to be enforced effective 11/20/05 league, 5/14/06 league, 7/23/06 league, 9/10/06 League, 11/5/06 League,5/6/07 League) for the indoor sessions and outdoor sessions. If you have any questions about the new rules (need clarification of their meaning) and/or would like some additional rules put in place (that make sense and add value to the league), please let me know. Thank you.
New Rules
1. ALL players MUST register online at www.Impact Team Tennis.com otherwise the set that the unregistered player played in will be scored as a forfeit 6-0. I will let you know who has registered for your team. Deadline: Two days before the start of the league (2 men and 2 women)…rest of the team (including substitute players before the third match in the league. After the third match in the league no more players can be added to your team (including substitute players).
2. Substitute rule: You may bring in a sub if you have only one man and or one women player for that match and you need another male/female player for the match. (If you have your regular 2 men and 2 women players show up to the match that is all you need to play a match. If you bring a substitute player in addition to your two regular players, than any set that the substitute player plays in will result in a forfeit as a 6-0 score for that set.)
A. The level of the player must be within the level of the league. (Change as follows) The substituted player must be at the same level or lower of your regular player. For example if your player is a 3.5 then the sub must be a 3.5 or lower…the sub CANNOT be higher than your regular player.
B. All substitute players MUST register online at www.Impact Team Tennis.com by Sunday at noon and call Rich at 301-717-9558 to notify him that a substitute player has registered online.
C. Once the substitute player has registered for one team that substitute player MUST play on that same team (as a sub if needed) for the rest of the league. The substitute player CANNOT play on one team one week and then another team the next week.
D. If your team has only one male/female player for the match(and you cannot find a substitute player for the match) and another team in the league has three male/female players for their match you can borrow one of their players, HOWEVER, the borrowed player's set score will result in a forfeit for that team 6-0.
3. Impact Team Tennis rule number 8. Service lets will be enforced.
4. Impact Team Tennis rule number 10. Default rules will be enforced.
5. Level of League is determined by the League Director at his discretion.
Depending on the average team NTRP rating (determined by adding up all of the levels of the paid players and dividing that number by the number of paid players) some divisions may have a team that the average is higher than the division they are playing in (because there are not enough teams entered at that level) and some teams may have an average that is lower than the division they are playing in because the team wanted to play in a higher division.
For example:
Bruce 4.0
Tammy 4.5
Dave 4.0
Steven 3.5
Sean 3.5
April 3.5
Esther 3.0
Nancy 4.0
Total = 30 divided by 8 players =3.75
Team average is 3.75. Therefore if there is no 4.0 and under division that team would be allowed to play in the 3.5 and under division.
I hope that these new rules will add value to the Impact Team Tennis local league play.
Thank you.
Rich
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| For more information contact: |
Richard Gottfried
301-717-9558(c)text
email: info@watatennis.org
www. watatennis .org
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| Click on the Registration link at the top of the page to register! |