Sunday, July 1, 2018 (Court Day #165)
I arrived at Derby at 8:50. For a change, I was the first arrival. Stuart arrived second, followed by Mara, then George. They all helped set up.
I played a variety of games. Some stronger than others.
Grita and I beat Oleg and visor Tom decisively, 11-3 or thereabouts. We did a couple or rematches but lose those. So much for our setting he tone with our first game!
Dean showed up for a while, but my hopes of playing against him went unfulfilled.
The last two games were Eric and me against Oleg and Jeff. All the other nets were already down. Both games were over 20 minutes long. Real battles. We lost both games by 2 points.
Dead sprint for a short ball.
Here’s the first time game:
And the second game:
Bye, bye Derby. See you soon!
Jeff and Eric after a fun morning of play.
At 1:10, we were done. Eric and I headed to La Cabana for lunch and Oleg and Olga opted to tag along. Pickleball was the discussion theme.
Monday, July 2, 2018
The USAPA sent out an email message announcing the implementation of their new player rating system, UTPR. It’s a start. While it takes into account your opponent’s rating in revising your own, it doesn’t take into account the score of a game. An 11-0 is treated the same as an 11-9 game. In other words, it’s a lost opportunity to better grade players. Hopefully, someday, they’ll improve it.
Here is their FAQ for their new system:
https://www.usapa.org/usapa-tournament-player-ratings-faq/
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
I was reading the Official Casebook for USAPA Referees and came across and interesting scenario. As a result, I posted the following on the Facebook Pickleball Forum:
Random tournament tip:
If your team isn’t sure if you or your partner is the correct receiver, BOTH of you should raise your paddle/hand to indicate not ready. Since only the receiver may signal “not ready”, if you are in the wrong position (baseline) signaling not ready, play can proceed regardless! If you both raise your paddles, by rule, play cannot proceed and you are A-ok. Always raising both paddles is a good habit to get into.
Someone pointed out that the referee can still start the point if he/she feels that the receiver has had adequate time to get into position. This, of course, is correct. I should have include the word “immediately” between “cannot” and “proceed”.
I emailed Eric the links for the games videos and we’ll get together soon to review them before the tournament.
Number of days on a court: 165
Number of total hours: 453.5
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