Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Collin College: On The Cutting Edge of Tennis Scheduling

Tournament desk at Collin College.

Computer bank at the tournament desk.

Head coach (Marty Berryman) on the left and assistant coach (Rod Coltman) on the right. Under their direction, Collin College has become one of the premier tennis programs in America.

Easy viewing for players and spectators alike.

Updated draws posted for all to view.

Two words quickly come to mind when considering the tennis program at Collin College in Plano--cutting edge and user friendly. Under the direction of head coach, Marty Berryman, and assistant coach, Rod Coltman, the college has taken huge strides in making their tennis program one of the elite programs in America.

Collin College has been the host for the men's national junior college tennis tournament (NJCAA) for the past 10 years and it is now one of the finest tournaments in the land. The tournament features a Texas Section Chair Academy taught by national and state instructors and now chairs all the matches in the tournament. In 2012, the NJCAA national tournament will also feature the Big 12 Chair Academy in conjunction with the tournament. The Collin College men's team was tri-national champions in 2010.

This year Collin College has made another step in modern technology with the addition of their computerized desk. The tournament desk features screens that show updated matches and scores as well as updated draws for all players and spectators. These new additions are featured above.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

how big are those monitors on the outside?

Anonymous said...

What is the Big 12 Chair Academy? Is that different from the Texas Section Chair Academy?

Ernest P. Worrell said...

Didn't Collin County lose all draw scores when someone uploaded the incorrect file? Be careful of modern technology.

Wally said...

Question:
BUT, How many INDOOR COURTS do they have?


Baylor will have 4-indoor courts sometime in the future.

TCU already has 5-indoor courts.

SMU has 6 brand new outdoor courts, that they plan on demolishing and then building 6 new-new outdoor courts. Let's pray they get a different designer/contractor and a bigger piece of land to build those courts on.

Anonymous said...

Adding to Wally's comments ref SMU...let's hope they put some dividers bewteen the new-new courts, which are not to be confused with the new indoor courts, that we also hope have dividers between them. Let's also hope the new-new courts don't have the same gale force winds the old-new courts have.

Kim Temple said...

you guys are too funny and need to travel a bit......Texas (and their schools) have facilities which put all others to shame.....

Go TEXAS!

And, kudos getting the Big 12 Chair Academy down here as well!

Everything is better in Texas!

Anonymous said...

What is this Big 12 chair academy? Does anyone know or is it some secret?

RM said...

The Big 12 Chair Academy is a chair academy taught by national instructors and is a requirement for all Big 12 officials. At some point in their officiating lives they must have gone to a chair academy. I'm not sure how many this means but I think its quite a few. It is only for Big 12 officials and not for the general officiating public.

Anonymous said...

"...and not for the general officiating public."....or for Big 12 aspirants (wannabees)?

Anonymous said...

So does this mean that there are big 12 officials who have not passed a chair school in the past? So what are the criteria to be one if chair school has not be required?

Ernest P. Worrell said...

If Collin County is on the cutting edge of technology, why do their tournaments still drag out like a bad case of gas?

Anonymous said...

Hey Billy, I really like your style.