That Was The Week That Was In The UIL.

Well, we finally finished the infamous "week of UIL district tennis tournaments" in which we saw hundreds of matches, hundreds of hours worked, and lots of happy winners and sad losers--but that's what makes the Texas UIL tennis season the absolute best in the nation!

I personally scheduled 13 UIL district tournaments and utilized the many gifts and talents of over 25 different officials--and what a great job they did!  The brought order to a chaotic world and even spiced it up with some really strange rulings--but then, that's UIL tennis at its best...

Here are a few of the fun moments of last week:

*  Officials and coaches wondering if they could default a player for using an E-cig during his break.  (Thankfully they didn't.)

*  Some of our collegiate officials putting a far side-linesperson in a UIL match.

*  Some coaches and officials got to enjoy a feast at noon from Hard 8 BBQ.  Sadly, I wasn't one of them.

*  We don't keep stats but there were a lot of footfaults called but very few code violations issued.  Just goes to show that parents and coaches are doing a good job.

*  A female played enjoyed a nice long text from her Dad during a changeover while the official on the court saw nothing.

*  An unhappy Mother was permitted to totally interrupt a match (see previous blog post.)

*  An official invented a rule that it is a code violation to cheer with your teammates after you win a point.

And all of that is just from a week of district tennis tournaments.  Imagine what will happen when the regional tournaments begin on April 17th.  We'll be sure to keep you posted...