Now that the ITA season is in full swing we are encountering more and more questions concerning a medical time out. Here are some scenarios and we would welcome your wise and learned opinions on the matter...
SCENARIO ONE
In an ITA tournament, the player calls for a trainer to the court for a MTO. It takes the trainer 10 minutes to get to the court and then the player says that he doesn't need the MTO after all.
What would you do?
1. Charge him with a medical timeout since the trainer came to the court.
2. Do not charge him with the medical timeout since he told them he didn't want one.
3. Tell the trainer to get to the court a little faster.
4. Tell him he can take a medical timeout/bathroom break next time he needs a medical timeout.
SCENARIO TWO
In an ITA tournament, the player calls for a trainer to the court for a MTO. When the trainer arrives and diagnoses the problem he tells the player that he's sorry but there's nothing he can do for him.
What would you do?
1. Charge the player with a MTO since the trainer came to the court.
2. Give him a free ride on the MTO since they couldn't do anything to help him.
3. Hope noone is watching and just pat him on the butt and tell him to play on.
SCENARIO THREE
In an ITA tournament, the player has already had a medical timeout for cramping. He begins to have problems with another issue so how would you advise him?
1. Keep playing since you've already had a MTO and you're out of luck.
2. Use your bathroom break-MTO to take care of it.
12 comments:
Scenario#1 Answer #1
Scenario#2 Answer #1
Scenario#3 Answer #1
Please mix up the answers so it won't be so easy
Charge him a MTO since he requested, the official authorized it and play was interupted. No take backs.
Scenario II, Charge MTO and let self treat if the player wishes to or resume play. Should there be a violation for requesting a MTO for an untreatable condition according to the trainer?
SCENARIO THREE
Div I Tennis, play must continue or the player must retire if the previous MTO was during the match if the MTO was during the warm up then all the MTO. Div II & III MTO allowed for each differnt treatable condition.
I actually had this happen to me in a recent USTA/ITA Regional Tournament. The trainer took about 10 minutes to get to the court. Before she arrived the player said he wanted to continue. After the trainer arrived she stayed until the next change over and treated the player. I had heard that the player had thrown up on court in his earlier match! (1) Considering that the player was treated, I considered it a MTO and informed the player and his coach that they had received an MTO for cramping. They were both fine with that. (2) Had the player NOT received any treatment I would not have considered it an MTO. (3) I guess there are players dumb enough to think they are immune to cramps and don't have to hydrate. In Texas... (4) If the tournament is going to have a trainer available, shouldn't that mean they are AVAILABLE!?
Its my understanding that once the trainer comes to the court they are credited with a medical timeout.
I wouldn't charge the player for a MTO if the trainer tells him there is nothing he can for him after the evaluation period. Remember, the MTO starts AFTER the evaluation period. If the player gets injured later in the match, he should be able to take an MTO at that point. The problem is there is only one MTO per match which complicates the issue.
1. Ask trainer to get to the court faster... maybe even stand by for a little while..
2. A medical timeout consist of evaluation time + three minutes treatment...
3. tell the player he/she can have treatment - if treatable - on changeovers.
Why do most of you guys think in scenario #1 he chould be charged with a MTO - it was not the players fault the trainer took so long - or do know something I do not know?
Not sure, but doesn't the "treatment" phase of the MTO start after the trainer's evaluation, and doesn't the "treatment" phase last no longer than 3 minutes of the MTO?
According to Joe Buys, the MTO ONLY starts when treatment begins. "Evaulation without treatment an MTO not make"
It is not the players fault if the trainer is slow to the court; nor if the trainer has to go back for their bag.
Many times I have seen a player requesting a trainer while the trainer is already on a MTO with another player. The trainer treats one player and then moves on to the next. Depending on the injury, this extra time may or may not be helpful. That's just the way it is.
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