SCENARIO
In a women's ITA dual match (line #6), player A had been overruled once and also cautioned about inappropriate comments. When she was walking up to the service line to serve, the chair official cautioned her about the third ball which was about nine feet behind her. Since the wind was blowing strongly, the chair official wanted to protect the player and said, "Watch out for the third ball behind you. It might roll up into your area of play."
Upon hearing the caution by the chair official, player A turned and looked at the ball (which was not moving) and said sarcastically, "its just fine where it is" and then turned around to serve.
As play began the ball began to roll into player A's baseline area.
What would you do?
OPTIONS
1. Do nothing since the player said it was alright and refused to move it.
2. Call a let and replay the point.
3. Pray that the obstinate player doesn't fall and break her argumentative neck.
COMING TOMORROW: A blog post about what to do when the ITA coaches are getting coded.
14 comments:
In windy condtitins with balls rolling around on court were I the chair, in response to server saying the ball was ok where it is, I would have stopped play before the serve and directed the server to remove the ball on the grounds that it was a dangerous ball. If server refused then a code violation for unsportsman conduct or any of the variations thereof.
Great idea!
#1.
#2
I Agree with Anonymous.
If the balls are rolling around in the wind and the player deliberately refuses to pick it up, doesn't it become part of the court? Also, since they caused the hindrance (along with the wind) can they expect a let from something they themselves percipitated?
Agree with 1 but if I didn't direct the ball being pick up before the serve then I'd call the let and warn the player about securing balls.
I think I would have phrased my question a bit different to the server. I tend to ask ( Is that ball ok?). It let's the player or players know that there is a ball near by, and they have the option of moving it, or say it's ok. If they say it's ok then I'm not going to play a let should it get in the way. This way it is a question and not a direction to the players..
I've had better response this way!
I think that YOU are responsible for the court - tell them to move it - if they don't code them. SIMPLE!
At Tulsa, the chair umpire (if he's the Referee) would default the player and kick the opposing coach out of the facility.
That actually happened to TCU this past Sunday.
I'm curious about the last comment about the TCU - Tulsa match. Rumors on what happened are propagating like wildfire. Are any truths to what actually did occur during the match?
Be patient. We will probably post something about the TCU-Tulsa match as soon as we get all the verified information.
.....We will probably post something about the TCU-Tulsa match as soon as we get all the verified information......
Since when does having verified information been a criteria for RM posting?
Its always been a criteria for my posting. Show me a post that I didn't do that...
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