How Would You Rule on Medical Time Out?

Another interesting scenario and question from the recent ITA Webinar...

SCENARIO

In a Division I women's singles match, Player A requests a medical timeout as soon as a changeover begins and the trainer is already seated at her bench.  What do you do?

1.  Announce a medical timeout and then allow the player 90 seconds for the changeover plus two minutes to diagnose and three minutes to treat.

2.  Announce a medical timeout and then give the player two minutes to diagnose and three minutes to treat. 

3.  Tell the player she has to wait until a set break.

4.  Hope noone in the crowd is timing anything.

How would you rule?

Fresh New Questions After Webinar Experience

Well, I finished my required ITA Webinar last night (in a mere 123 minutes), and it was quite the experience.  Here is a summary of the moments:

*  Great technique and knowledge of the leader.  He knew his facts and expressed them well and succinctly.
*  Spent way too long listening to endless questioning and rabbit-chasing by an official asking incessant questions.
*  After listening to some of the questions, we now know that more training is needed for some officials.
*  A tad too much time to given to MTO's and bathroom breaks.
*  Overall, I would give them an A- for the webinar.

After I was able to clear my mind and head, I wanted to put this "How Would You Rule" question before you...

SCENARIO

In a men's Division I singles match, player A alerts the chair official that he would like the trainer to come out and treat him on the next changover (perfectly legitimate request) and the chair agrees to do so.

The fans for Player B have already been given an official warning for spectator conduct before the changeover.

As the trainer for Player A comes out onto the court, the fans for Player B began to boo and yell catcalls directly specifically at the trainer.

What would you do?

1.  Do nothing since the trainer is not one of the players involved in the match.

2.  Give a point penalty to Player B for crowd misconduct.

3.  Give a warning to the crowd about abusing the trainer.

ITA Officials--Don't Forget To Get Your Webinar Done!

It seems like the certification process for the USTA and ITA is getting longer and longer and more and more cumbersome--but its something that has to be done...

Right now, noone seems to know what the USTA wants but we know what is required in the ITA world.  You need to pay your dues, take your tests, and the do the webinar so you are ready to go.

There seemed to be a little glitch in the system last week because you could take your test and then there was no link to do the webinar but that's been fixed.

If you have taken and passed your test, just do the following:

Login to ZebraWeb.
Click on "Zebra Secretary-Console"
Click on "ITA Officials 2017 Certification Webinar"

Once you do this, they will give you a bunch of available dates and you can get it done...