Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
Sunday, December 1, 2019

What USTA League players will be bumped up/down Monday when ratings are published?

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The USTA League season wrapped up back in November  and now that we've had Thanksgiving, it is time for year-end NTRP ratings to be pu...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

How competitive are USTA League matches? Interesting tennis league stats

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USTA League tennis is level based using the NTRP (National Tennis Rating Program) system and is design to promote competitive play for recre...
Monday, July 16, 2018

If you win the second set, are you more likely to win the match tie-break? Interesting tennis league stats

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In USTA League tennis, the majority of matches are played with a 3-set format where a match tie-break (first to 10 win by 2) is played in ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The path to USTA League Nationals: How it varies by section

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We are getting to the time of the year when playoffs are being played, be they local playoffs, Districts, or Sectionals, all in the pursui...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

When in the year do you play your USTA League matches? Matches per month across all the sections

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Those of you reading my blog are probably well aware of, and play in, USTA League, and know that the main advancing leagues (Adult 18+, 40+,...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

How many USTA League teams do you captain?

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Captaining a USTA League team is often a thankless job. Captains have a long list of duties including recruiting and assembling a team, ...
Monday, March 12, 2018

In pursuit of the perfect USTA League season - Does it ever happen?

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I recently heard a question asking if a USTA League team has ever won every court all year.  Going into a season, that is certainly the go...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Conversations About Tennis with Carl Bialik - Podcast with me on USTA Ratings!

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If you've followed sports/political statistics, you've probably come across Carl Bialik , a journalist who has written for the Wall ...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

New Report! - Team Recruiting Report

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It is December, 2017 year-end ratings have come out and now captains are working on rosters, deciding who to keep from last year, and what...
Friday, December 8, 2017

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - 5.0 Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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I already wrote about the 2017 year-end bump up/down percentages and also by gender , and started looking at levels with the 4.0 men and wo...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

USTA NTRP National Championships - Another opportunity for recreational tennis Nationals!

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Anyone who reads my blog or follows USTA League tennis is aware of the National Championships that the USTA holds each Fall where players wh...

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - 3.0 Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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I already wrote about the 2017 year-end bump up/down percentages and also by gender , and started looking at levels with the 4.0 men and wo...
Monday, December 4, 2017

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - 4.5 Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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I already wrote about the 2017 year-end bump up/down percentages and also by gender , and started looking at levels with the 4.0 men and wo...
Sunday, December 3, 2017

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - 3.5 Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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I already wrote about the 2017 year-end bump up/down percentages and also by gender , and started looking at levels with the 4.0 men and wo...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - 4.0 Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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I already wrote about the 2017 year-end bump up/down percentages and also by gender , now it is time start looking at individual levels. ...

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - Gender and Section Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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In the second of my posts on 2017 USTA League year-end rating analysis, I'll split out the bump up/down percentages by gender and sectio...
Friday, December 1, 2017

2017 USTA League Year-End Rating Analysis - Bump Up/Down Percentages - Interesting Tennis League Stats

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With the 2017 USTA League year-end ratings having been published about 24 hours ago, I'll be doing a sequence of blog entries analyzing...

What? No way? How? Curious why your 2017 year-end NTRP level is what it is?

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The 2017 USTA League year-end NTRP ratings are out , and many players received the year-end rating they were expecting.  But some individu...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

USTA League 2017 Year-End Ratings Are Out (sort of)

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2017 year-end ratings/levels are out!  Well sort of. The USTA had a timer saying 12:00 AM EST was D-day, and at that time the banner on Te...

Today is the day for 2017 year-end ratings! (Sort of)

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If the countdown timer on TennisLink and what I and others have been told by USTA staff is to be believed, year-end NTRP levels for 2017 a...