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Adult Tennis League
Buhl Park is excited to announce our collaboration with the Shenango Valley Tennis Club
Thank you for showing interest in playing tennis at Buhl Park! Since this league is new, we are all going to learn what is & isn't successful together. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we invent the wheel.
Dates:
For competitive players:
Wednesdays June 12, 2024 - July 17, 2024 (off July 3, 2024)
For players who only want to play and be social:
Fridays June 14, 2024 - July 19, 2024 NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Warm-up Time: 5 PM - 6 PM
Start Time: 6 PM
Location: Tennis courts near Lake Julia
Price:
Wednesdays: $20 per person for 6 weeks of scheduled play
Fridays: Free for anyone week by week to play pickup NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
$0.95 online convenience fee added at checkout.
League Rules & Regulations:
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the Start time (6 PM).
The United States Tennis Association rules will be in effect with the following exceptions:
Players
Wednesdays: Players will be put into a round-robin schedule over a 6-week period.
Fridays: There is no cost or registration. Players and the number of players may vary each week. Players will have the ability to choose which matches and how many to play upon arrival each week. Doubles matches consist of 4 players of the same sex playing each other unless both teams have one male and one female. Players may choose their doubles teammates each week.
Tennis leagues are more fun when people with similar ability levels play together. Skill levels have been assigned to certain courts so that everyone can play appropriate opponents. Intermediate beginners will use courts 3 & 4 and intermediate advanced players will use courts 1 & 2. Doubles matches will be played on courts 5 (& 6 if needed). If you are a beginner, we encourage you to come to our free Tennis Socials on Friday evenings at 6PM to play pickup matches.
Equipment
Players are responsible to bring their own racquets each week. All players should bring an unopened can of balls to each match. The winner of the match will keep the unopened can and the losers will keep the balls used during the match. Players must wear tennis or court shoes.
General Rules
1. Choice of side and right to be server or receiver shall be decided by the toss of a coin. The player winning the toss may choose:
A. to serve or receive, or B. the side of the court.
2. A match is won by winning 2 out of 3 sets. A player must win by only 1 game to win the match. Sets will consist of 4 games.
3. A game is won by the first player or team to win 4 points.
4. A set is won by the first player or team to win 4 games.
5. No-ad scoring will be used for all matches. If the score is tied at three points for each player or team, the next point wins the game. Scoring:
15 1 point
30 2 points
40 3 points
Game 4 points
6. A 45 minute time-limit is in effect for all matches. The time limit may be lifted if no one is waiting to play.
7. Server shall project the ball by hand into the air in any direction and before it hits the ground strike it with his/her racquet; the delivery shall be completed at the moment of impact of the racquet and the ball.
8. The server may not serve until the receiver is ready.
9. At the end of the first game the receiver shall become the server and the server, the receiver. Players will switch sides after each odd numbered game, i.e. 1, 3, 5.
10. In all cases where a let has to be called under the rules or to provide an interruption to play it should have the following interpretation:
A. When called solely in respect of a service that one service only should be replayed if the let serve lands within the serving area. B. When called under any other circumstances, the point should be replayed.
11. Service is a let:
A. When the ball served touches the net, strap, or band and is otherwise good, or, after touching the net, strap. B. If a service or a fault is delivered when the receiver is not ready.
12. In the case of a let, that particular service shall not count, and the server shall serve again, if the let lands within the serving area.
13. Players are to respect all opponents' calls of in or out. If in doubt whether a ball is in or out, a player should always give the opponent the favorable call.
Doubles Service
The order of serving should be decided before the beginning of the first game.
1. The pair serving in the first game of the match shall decide which partner shall do so.
2. The partner of the player who served in the first game shall serve in the third game; the partner of the player who served in the 2nd game shall serve in the 4th game.
3. In delivering the service, the server shall stand alternately behind the right and left courts, beginning from the right in every game.
4. If service from the wrong half of the court occurs and is undetected, all play resulting from such wrong service and services shall stand, but the inaccuracy of the station shall be corrected upon discovery.
5. The ball shall pass over the net and hit the ground within the service court which is diagonally opposite, or upon any line bounding such court before the receiver returns the serve.
Receiving Serve-Co Rec
6. Partners shall receive the service alternately throughout each game
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