An artist's rendition of an assistant tennis coach.
Seems that our brothers and sisters in Oklahoma encountered something totally new this past weekend. In an ITA tournament the assistant coach would sit in the stands with a mini-camera and take pics of the ball hitting the court. He would then check the image and then signal the player as to whether they should request an overrule. Absolutely amazing and somewhat ingenious...
Since this is a new item for our consideration, I would appreciate hearing what you think we should do.
(Personally, if they wait until they check a picture and then signal the player about what to do, he has waited too long for an overrule but then I hate to be insensitive to the needs of our coaches and players...)
6 comments:
It's all hogwash. From what I've seen, these cameras don't have the resolution to zoom in and actually see where the ball hit the court. They could be a great training tool for the chair umpire to review after the match is over to see what they could have done differently
Don't have the book in front of me, but I think there's something there about requests for overrules needing to be made immediately. Let's open a whole new can of worms and see what everyone's definition of "immediately" is. Or, perhaps ask yopur esteemed readership how long they allow after the point is completed for a collegiate overrule to be requested.
The Grape of Wrath
Its hard to believe they would come up with something new and innovative in Oklahoma.
Waiting to see if a "camshot" will help make a ruling will be taking too much time .. Appeal denied!!
Ignore it...a call made is a call made
Not sure how that would be legal, is the coach only going to the stands for a short time and then going back on court? Seems quite shady, also believe the player should immediately seek an overrule not pull and ATP overrule.
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