Sunday, January 2, 2022
MTOA General Board Meeting December 16, 2021
MTOA General Meeting December 16, 2021 Meeting called to order at 7:24 p.m. Members attending: Dwayne Enderle (President), Jerry Prohaska, Marvin Smith, Jeannette Escutia, Satish Chukka, Mary Lynn Satur, Myron Krueger, Randy McDonald, and Randall Edwards (Treasurer). Kevin Foster (USTA Section Officials Coordinator) was in attendance as a guest. Minutes from previous meeting December 19, 2018 were available and a motion was made to accept. Motion Passed. No meeting was held in 2019, or 2020. Randall Edwards was asked to talk about our finances. He presented a P&L for 2021 and a comparison all the way back to 2017. He pointed out the attrition of officials as roughly 69 officials worked MTOA events and paid dues in 2021 as compared to 94 to 99 officials who worked and paid dues in the years 2017-2019. MTOA remains financially sound despite fewer officials, the impact of Covid and the subsequent loss of DFW area professional events for which we handled the payments. Junior Tournaments are going strong, might not be as big, but there are plenty of them. He would like to see membership back to around 100, and he would like to see a distinction in payment procedures between our certified officials and non-certified or court monitors. Our goal is to ultimately encourage those non-certified officials to become certified. Suggestion was made to encourage referees to use the USTA certified officials list (available via OfficialsFirst) first and foremost, before going into using court monitors or non-certified officials. Proposal is that the invoice identify the certified officials vs. non-certified officials or court monitors; but 2 things first. 1) the referee should notify the TD of any non-certified official to be used for the event and have prior agreement from the TD of this fact, and 2) before we hire a court monitor or other non-certified official to work an event, the referee should have exhausted the available list of all DFW area USTA certified officials prior to using any non-certified officials. If you are a certified official, we deduct one-time annual MTOA membership dues of $10 upon first event worked each year; if the CM or non-certified official works, the proposal is that we charge them an administration fee of $15 to process the payment, for each event worked. Kevin speaks about official shortage within the Texas Section, and indicates that 3 tournaments ran with satellite officiating; in which they called in any issues to the referee. Next idea is to have one certified Official per site, and let the rest be CM. We are already seeing that now without the CM. We are not offering shift work, not encouraging working shifts. They will change number of officials to number of courts. Change our certification system, from foundation, 1, 2 etc. to tier 1, 2 and 3 and you will need to do an online module. We have done the most workshops in Texas, and one will be required every 2 years. Further conversation about shortage of Officials and maybe having more grace with each other not to burn bridges but to get more officials. The mention of an MTOA rate increase was raised but tabled due to it being a topic for the board meeting to follow, although there was much preliminary discussion regarding. MTOA General Meeting December 16, 2021 Randy McDonald presented the nominating committee suggestions for new board members to replace those whose term have expired - which is all board members at this time due to Covid and our inability to hold board meetings. Recommendation is Jerry Prohaska and Dwayne Enderle for 2022, Stephanie Burnam, Gary Tolbert, and Jeannette Escutia for 2023, Randy McDonald, Myron Krueger, Randall Edwards, and Mary Lynn Satur for 2024. Motion was made to accept these recommendations; it was seconded, and the motion carried. A motion was made to vote on it, and it was approved. The board was now set and the board was immediately set to have their meeting following this general meeting to handle board specific issues. Motion made, seconded and passed to adjourn this meeting. It was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully Submitted Jeannette C. Escutia, secretary
2022 MTOA Standard Shift Rates
2022 MTOA Standard Shift Rates*
For 2022 the standard shift rates are:
Referee - $25/hour (8-hour minimum shift)
Official - $22/hour (6-hour minimum shift)
Overtime is paid at the standard shift rate per hour. An official who works more than 10 hours, but less than 12, is paid for two shifts or 12 hours. For ex., an official who works 9 hours is paid for 9 hours at $22/hour, an official who works 10.5 hours is paid for 12 hours at $22/hour, and an official who works 13 hours is paid for 13 hours at $22/hr. The above does not apply to the referee; they are paid $25/hour for any hours worked beyond the 8 hour/day minimum.
Referees should determine prior to the start of a tournament whether meals are to be provided to the officials and inform the officials accordingly. Meals provided by the tournament enable the officials to remain on site for their full shift. If no meals are provided on site, the referee should advise officials that they are authorized to leave the site in order to obtain food (generally no more that a half hour is required). The tournament director should be made aware by the referee that some solo officiated sites may be uncovered while officials are obtaining lunch or dinner.
Weather delay/cancellation exceptions:
1) An official notified of a delay/cancellation within two hours prior to the start of their shift, is entitled to three hours minimum pay.
2) An official who arrives at their site and is released within two hours of their start time, is entitled to 4 hours pay.
3) An official who is on site for more than two hours of their shift, prior to a cancellation being announced, is entitled to a full shift pay.
4) An official who is on call awaiting a decision regarding play, should be paid for the time they are on call until they are officially released.
5) An official who is called in to report after an initial weather delay, is entitled to a full shift pay.
6) A referee is entitled to the minimum shift rate of 8 hours for any day in which their services are required. For ex. if a tournament were canceled at noon on a Saturday, the referee is still entitled to their 8-hour minimum.
Chaired matches (applies primarily to junior tournaments in which some matches are chaired):
The rate is $75/chair with a two-chair minimum, i.e., if an official chairs only one match, he or she is still paid $150. If an official both roves and chairs, the rate is $175 per six hour minimum shift.
*Note: The above are standard tournament rates to be used for the majority of junior and adult sanctioned tournaments in the DFW metroplex. Other non-standard events (UTR, ITA,
Important: Although the rates may vary depending upon the type of event, in all cases the tournament referee should make certain that their officials are made aware, prior to each event, the rate they will be paid for the event.
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Annual General Meeting Dec 19, 2018
The annual meeting of the MTOA was held on December 19, 2018. New and returning board members are as follows: Randy McDonald, Gary Tolbert, Mark Gatzki, Mary Lynn Satur, Stephanie Burnam, Terry Gatzki, Michelle Fitch, Seande Pulley, Randall Edwards, Dwayne Enderle, Myron Krueger, and Rick Wooten.
The board elected officers as follows: President, Dwayne Enderle; Vice-Pres. Randy McDonald; Treasurer, Randall Edwards; Secretary, Terry Gatzki.
A copy of the General Meeting Minutes can be located on the right side of this Blog
The board elected officers as follows: President, Dwayne Enderle; Vice-Pres. Randy McDonald; Treasurer, Randall Edwards; Secretary, Terry Gatzki.
A copy of the General Meeting Minutes can be located on the right side of this Blog
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Lateness Penalities For Different Scoring Formates
Lateness Penalities For Different Scoring Formates
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Scoring Formats
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Best of 3 or 5 sets Including
Match Tiebreak for Final Set
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Pro set matches
of 7 or
more games
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Best of 3
short sets*, including Match Tiebreak for 3rd
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Pro set matches
to 6 or fewer games
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Time Periods
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Penalities
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5 Minutes or
less
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Loss of toss plus 1
game
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5:01-10
Minutes
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Loss of toss
plus 2 games
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Loss of toss
plus 1 game and 2 points
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10:01- 15
Minutes
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Loss of toss
plus 3 games
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Loss of toss plus 2 games
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More than 15 Minutes
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Default
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Default
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Except for a default the Referee shall never
assess more than a 3 game
penalty for lateness
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Except for a default
the Referee shall never assess more than a 2 game penalty for lateness
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Both
players late up to 15 minutes
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No Penalty
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Both players late more than 15 minutes
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Referee may
default both players or reinstate the match
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Both players late but arrive at different times
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In singles, penalty accrues when the first player arrives. In
doubles, penalty accrues when the first team arrives. (Time starts when first
team arrives (both players)
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Lateness for Resumption of Suspended match
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Same penalities are asses as for lateness for the start of a
match except there is not loss of toss
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Lateness
after 10-minute Rest Period
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| Up to 5 minutes |
Game Penalty
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| More than 5 minutes |
Default
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| Both players equally late up to 5 minutes |
No penalty
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| Both players late but arrive at different times | The last player to arrive loses one game unless the the difference in arrival times is more than 5 minutes. After 5 minutes Default | |||
| Both players more than 5 minutes late | Referee may default both players, continue the match without penality or penalize last arriving player if less than 5 minutes after first player arrived. | |||
| * Short Sets: First player/team who wins four games wins that set, provided there is a margin of two games over the opponent(s) At four all a Short Set tie-break shall be played. (Short Set Tie-break first to 5 points) | ||||
Sunday, April 1, 2018
URGENT OPENINGS
April 5 Coppell District UIL Tournament
April 5 Corsicana District UIL Tournament
April 6 UTD vs Hardin-Simmons at UTD at 2 p.m.
April 6 St. Mary's vs Newman at Southlake Tennis Center at 2 p.m.
April 6 SMU vs Wichita State men at SMU at 4:30 p.m.
April 12 UTA vs UTSA women at UTA at 11 a.m.
April 13 SMU vs Tulsa men at SMU at 4:30 p.m.
April 13 Regional Junior College Tournament at Collin College all day
April 14 Regional Junior College Tournament at Collin College all day
* Pay for UIL events is $20/hour w/8 hour minimum plus meals.
* Pay for Corsicana is $20/hour w/8 hour minimum plus mileage and meals.
* Pay for ITA events if $150 per dual match.
* Pay for Junior College Tournament is $20/hour w/8 hour minimum plus meals.
April 1, 2018
Sunday, August 27, 2017
USTA Official Recertification
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
USTA Certification Requirements
The courses required for each Officiating Discipline
are:
Provisional Umpire/Sectional
Umpire
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Level 1 Roving Umpire
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Level 1 Referee
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Chair Umpire
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Chief Umpire
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Line Umpire
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Please note: If you have Line and/or Chair Umpire Learning Plans, those
courses will stay at 83% completion for Chair Umpire and 80% completion for
Line Umpire until next year when the Level 1 Line Umpire and Level 1 Chair
Umpire course are released. If you seek a USTA Roving certification, you must
complete both Level 1 Roving Umpire and Level 1 Referee courses.
There are work requirements that are not
listed to achieve the various levels. To learn more go to the
following link.
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Updates and Changes
Sorry for the long delay in updating the MTOA Blog. Since the divorce between USTA and ITA, I have attempted to provide access to the changes so far. You will find them in the links on the right hand side of your screen. New items include:
- New MTOA Official Training Information
- Link to the USTA Learning Center Login (works most of the time, keep trying until it does) Does not work well in Firefox
- Future plans are to change the Online code violation form to instructions on how to enter code violations through TDM
- ITA information
- ITA Rule Book
- Zebraweb
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
2016 ITA Certification Information
Final ITA Webinars
for a 2016 ITA Certification
The ITA has received numerous requests from various officials who were unable to attend an ITA class in 2015. Accordingly, the ITA will host two "last chance" live webinars for any individuals who failed to attend an ITA class in 2015. To be clear, these webinars will ONLY BE AVAILABLE for tennis officials who hold a current 2016 USTA certification (i.e., attended a USTA class in 2015), but were unable to attend an ITA class in 2015. These webinars will be offered on the following dates/times:
Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. (EST)
Monday, January 18, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. (EST)
If you need to attend one of these webinars, please contact Anthony Montero atanthonymontero@yahoo.com and indicate which webinar you would like to attend. Anthony will confirm your 2016 USTA certification and then provide you with the log-in information for the ITA webinar. After both webinars are completed, Anthony will forward a list of participants to the ITA and the we will then forward the Rulebook to these officials who will be newly certified.
THANK YOU for your quick help in sending this out...
Play on!,
Kevin Foster
254 709 3058
Sunday, December 13, 2015
New Education, Certification, and Information from USTA
Topic
- Education
- Certification
- Clothing Program
- Friend at Court
Online Courses
Over the next two years, we will be replacing traditional USTA
in-person certification schools with online education modules. We have
partnered with the USTA Learning and Development Department and E-Path to
develop these online modules, which will be rolled out as they are completed.
In the past, the USTA National and Sectional TEs held 1-2 day in
person training schools. The online modules are more convenient, allowing
Officials to complete them at any time and at their own pace. They are
cost effective for both the Sections and the Official. In addition, the
teachings are consistent regardless of where the Officials are located.
By delivering the education via online, the USTA Sections can now
use the resources that were allotted to National Schools to conduct specialized
and localized officiating training. In-person training can focus on
putting Officials in the field and enhancing their skills (more on that
below).
The modules being developed and their projected completion dates
are: 
*These dates are subject to change
In-Person Sectional Training
By moving the initial training to more robust and consistent
online modules, we can now take the in-person training to a new level. The new
approach will allow the Sections to maximize the funds allocated to training
Officials by holding training workshops for specific disciplines.
Based on the officiating training needs of the Section, they will have the
power to decide when, where and for which discipline to hold trainings in.
The in-person training workshops are being developed with the help
of the USTA Learning and Leadership Development Staff and Subject Matter
Experts for each officiating discipline. The USTA will provide training
materials for each course. Through an application process we will identify,
train and approve Officials to teach specific workshops across the
country. By the end of the process, we will have a network of trainers that
will be locally available to all Sections.
In-Person National Training
The USTA Officiating Department will be moving to the Home of
American Tennis in 2016. We will leverage the capability of the facility by
developing National Level training with the launch of the USTA Officiating
Academy at the Lake Nona Facility. Officials looking to advance to the
highest levels of tennis will be invited to attend multi-day trainings where
they will learn from the best Officials in the world in a state of the art
facility. The Sectional Trainings being held around the country will help
feed promising Officials to these National trainings. In return, these
Officials will become the next generation of tennis Officials.
In an effort to have a National Standard, USTA Officiating is
focusing more time on the requirements a person must complete before becoming a
Certified Official. This will ensure consistency and more than adequate
training before a provisional Official goes on court. This will help
Sections focus further training on these Officials as they progress in their
disciplines. The three basic requirements to become an Official have been
slightly modified to reflect the new online modules:
1. Be a USTA
Member.
2. Complete
the online Safe Play Training, which includes passing a criminal background
check.
3. Complete
the Introduction to Officiating, Rules and Regulations modules, and Roving
Umpire 1 (once available) to complete the testing requirement for Provisional
Certification.
As we previously mentioned the online modules will be available in
January. Until they are launched, we ask that you have any of your new recruits
go through the SafePlay Training and Background Screening, which in some cases
can take 10-business days to complete. The USTA Officiating Website will
have the new 2016 Friend at Court as well as supplemental
documents for all Officials to get acquainted with the rules prior to
completing the courses.
In order to maintain their certification, all Certified Officials
will be required to complete the following courses by October 1, 2016:
- Introduction to Officiating
- Rules and Regulations 1
- Rules and Regulations 2
- Rules and Regulations 3
- Roving Umpire 1
The Sectional Chairpersons will be given access to the names of
all Officials who have completed the online modules. We are in the
process of determining how those records are transferred into the individual
NUCULA accounts so that Sectional and District Chairpersons can also view the
information in NUCULA during the re-certification period.
We are about to launch the USTA Umpire Clothing Program next week.
This has been a long process, and we appreciate your patience as we
worked out all the details. We are confident that the Officials will be
happy with the items we have selected, the website created, and the high
customer service level S&H provides. In preparation for the launch, we have
also created a clothing guide that includes pricing, size chart, and any
additional information about each item. Click here to view the clothing
guide.
As we mentioned before, the roll-out will be tiered. We have
prioritized the Pro Circuit Officials working in January as the first group to
receive the link for the Clothing Program Website. Those Officials will
have one week to place their order before the rest of the USTA Certified
Officials receive the link. This will ensure that they will receive their
uniform before their first assignment in January. The clothing information and
link will then be sent to all Certified Officials on December 16th.
We anticipate the Friend at Court to be mailed to all Certified
Officials at the end of the month. In preparation for this, we will be
pulling the mailing list from NUCULA on December 15th. Please
remind all the Officials in your Section to make sure their mailing address is
correctly displayed in NUCULA. Also, remind them that if they are listed as
uncertified, they will not receive the 2016 Friend at Court. We
appreciate your help in coordinating the mailing.
As you know, the Friend at Court has been
revamped. Some comments, the majority of Regulation VII, and ITA
Regulations have been moved online and will be available on the Rules page of
the usta.com/officiating website
or USTA resources page at http://resources.usta.com/category/usta-rules--regulations .
Please direct your
questions to Kevin Foster kevtennis@aol.com
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