Before The Season
| Tennislink Guide: Information provided to help you navigate Tennislink. | TennisLink-How to Guide |
| Team Roster: Make sure all players are registered in Tennislink before the season begins. | Tennislink |
| Team Contact: Create a group list to email team and load team member’s cell numbers in your phone. | |
| Town of Cary: Instruct team members to pay Town of Cary court fees. TOC may not allow a player to play in a match until court fees are satisfied.
Town of Holly Springs: Pay league court fees directly to TOHS. They will send invoice to captain to pay for courts after schedule has been generated. TOHS may not allow team to play a match until court fees are satisfied. Town of Fuquay-Varina: Verify that all team members that they have paid their Town of FV court fees to FV. TOFV may not allow a player to play in a match until court fees are satisfied. |
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| Town of Apex & Morrisville: Pay team court fees utilizing the Facility Payment Form.
All players are required to complete town waivers. |
Facility Payment Form |
| Private Facilities: Contact your club representative to confirm that courts will be provided for league matches. | |
| Match Schedules: Review your match schedule prior to the start of the season. | TennisLink |
| Player Availability: After schedules are published, ask players to provide their availability for matches. Utilize a scheduling document or a team management tool to track availability. | Scheduling Document |
| Player Preference: Ask your players if they have a preferred partner for doubles courts. | |
| Rules: Familiarize yourself and your players with the USTA Central Carolina Local League Rules, Code of Conduct and the Coman TieBreak Procedure. Links are available on the WWTA website. Captains are responsible for submitting the USTA Captain’s Agreement. |
USTA Captains Agreement |
When The Season Begins
| Town of Cary Home Match: Check for your designated match location at the Cary Tennis Park Program/League Information page on their website within 24 hours of your match time. Communicate this with your players and the opposing captain! | Town of Cary Match Locations |
| Communicate with Opposing Captain: Phone, text or email the opposing captain at least two days prior to your scheduled match. If you know the court assignments, advise where you will be playing and include any additional information. | |
| Prepare for Match Day: A water bottle, towel, new can of balls an extra racquet, a pad of paper and a scorekeeper are handy items to have in your tennis bag. The home team supplies balls for the match. | |
| Print a Scorecard: A scorecard lists all the players registered from both teams that are eligible to play. If you are not going to be at a match, ask a player on your team to serve as the designated captain. | Tennislink |
| Arrive Early on Match Day: Ask players to arrive at least 15 minutes before match time. Call players who have not arrived and if you don’t get a response, call a sub. | |
| Line up Exchange: Captains simultaneously exchange a complete line up no later than the scheduled match time. Familiarize yourself with the rules before you get to the courts if weather, player injury or a default is in play. | USTA League Rules & Regulations |
| Start your Match on Time: Make certain your players on the courts at the designated time for a 5 minute warm up and get your match started on time. | |
| Scores: As players complete their match, ask them to text you their scores. Instruct them to write down their scores on the scorecard on site, as well. | |
| Score Entry: Enter scores in Tennislink as soon as you get home. Either captain may enter scores but this must be done within 48 hours of the match. Take your time entering scores and make certain you have selected the correct players in the drop down box. | Tennislink |
| Score Corrections: If you make a score/player entry error you will need to submit a request to correct a USTA match scorecard. | Request to Correct a USTA Match Scorecard |
| Make Up Matches: Please familiarize yourself with the procedure for makeup matches outlined in the USTA Central Carolina League Rules & Regulations. Communicate with the opposing captain within two days and arrange courts within 10 days. You have 4 weeks for all courts of the match to be played. | USTA Central Carolina League Rules & Regulations |
| Lineup Exchange Request: In the event of a makeup, if you would prefer to exchange lineups with another captain by submitting your lineup to the local league coordinate you may fill out the following form. Once both team’s lineups are received the local league coordinator will notify each captain of the match lineup. | Lineup Exchange Request Form |
Post Season
| Post Season Play: Some levels offer an end of season playoff. Please check the message board on the Western Wake Tennis website and be prepared – inclement weather will change dates. | Message Board |
| States: If you won the level, poll your players to determine if you can field a team for state and communicate your intentions to your Local League Coordinator. State Championship information is posted on the NC Tennis website. | nctennis.com |
| Wildcard: A wildcard invitation to state may be offered. Your Local League Coordinator will contact you if a wildcard is possible for CENTRAL and ask you to respond usually within 24hrs with your intention to go to state. |
Contact Janie Ebner, USTA Adult League Coordinator
Download the Captain’s Checklist here