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Notes for USTA Team Players:
Warm-Ups; Practices; Scrimmages
Vt USTA Rules, Para. 3.3: "Warm-up time limit:
10 minutes including serves begins at the
scheduled time the match is to be played."
Players should realize that Para 3.3 is followed strictly
at Districts and Sectionals, even though commonly in VT play Captains
and Clubs allow flexibility.
"MIT" does not accept reservations for team practices an hour or
less before an official match in order to maximize the opportunity of
our non-team customers to play on match days. However, extra practice
(warm-up-like) on a court that happens to be open is allowed 15
minutes prior to a match without a fee additional to the match
fee. The Team Captains are to sort out court and time assignments.
By USTA Rule the match fee is $10.00 per person if one team is an
MIT Home Team; plus $18.00 per court if neither team is an
MIT Home Team.
All other practices are subject to the standard MIT fee schedule -
in brief, no charge to Members,
an $20.00 court fee per non-Member, singles or doubles.
For short practices immediately previous to a match (pre-warm-ups) the
published fee schedule can be replaced by an alternate system: $10
per each block of 10 court-minutes, regardless of how many people are
on the court.
A "Scrimmage" is a non-official match (mostly) involving
members of official teams. The court fee follows the standard MIT
schedule ($20/non-Member) not the rates determined by USTA-VT.
Printed Jan 25, 2011