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- Written by: Coach Jay James
Fellow Coaches,
I know that there is NO perfect system that has been created for North Carolina High School Tennis but this NCHSAA RPI system is clearly not any better than the previous dual team seeding systems. There has to be some sort of input from actual tennis coaches who know what they are looking at when it comes to seeding teams in the dual team state playoffs! I mean its fine to keep the RPI but let a panel of actual tennis coaches go through and discuss changes that need to made. Does anyone really believe the 2 time defending 3A state champs are the 9th best team in the East? If so, we may have one of the strongest high school tennis regions in the country!
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- Written by: Kevin Kirk
No-ad scoring has been a part of tennis for long time now. I'm not sure what it's original purpose was, other than to keep matches from going on forever. Now, it's used in the competitions I'm involved in when it's important to keep lots of matches progressing at the same rate. But it's certainly become a standard format even when time isn't an issue. All of the pro doubles tournaments use it (as well as the 10 point matchbreaker instead of a third set). It's the scoring system for college matches. And I think it's high time that we adopt it for high school tennis as well. It's already an option if both coaches agree. In the matches we've played that way, it has made little (probably no) difference in the outcome of the match or any individual line. I will continue to ask opponents if they'd like to use it, but I'd like to see it become the standard.