Schmidt Computer Ratings

The first two weekends of 2023 USTA League Nationals has found more or less the same team winning two events (18 & Over and 40 & O...

For those that play USTA League, it is pretty well known that new players, and those with expired ratings or a few other scenarios, are requ...

One of the challenges of USTA League is that players that are bumped up may feel they can't compete at the higher level and get frustrat...

Note: Apologies in advance to those that have regulations phobia.  I'm going to be doing some quoting and explaining of some USTA Leag...

I've written about interesting disqualifications I've come across before, and I recently learned about one that I thought was wor...

Ok, it wasn't me, but I was told about a situation where a player played four matches, winning just one, and was 3-strike DQ'd and...

It is pretty common knowledge that players are not subject to three-strike DQ's at Nationals.  If you are a self-rate or appeal player...

I wrote a couple days ago about how the "DQ and reverse" rule regarding matches played by DQ'd self-rated players can hav...

I was looking at results from some of the USTA League Sectionals played this past weekend and came across what appears to be an interesting ...

I wrote last week about when a USTA NTRP C rating isn't really a C rating and I heard about another scenario today. This player had p...

A lot of people that play USTA are aware of the general rules regarding self-rated (S) players being subject to three strike disqualificatio...

I made a f ree report for three strike disqualified players offer last year and had quite a few people take me up on it.  I just had someon...

In USTA League play, new players self-rate at a certain level based on answering a series of questions.  When answered correctly, this usual...

I've explained a number of DQs in the past (see here and here  for a couple) using my Estimated Dynamic NTRP Ratings  and someone share...

I created some Estimated Dynamic NTRP Rating Reports for a team last week and one of their players had been three-strike disqualified so I ...

Analyzing USTA League disqualifications is one of the interesting things I get to do with my Estimated Dynamic NTRP Ratings.  I'm usuall...

A challenge with any rating system is how to rate new players/teams.  Do they get a default starting rating and if so, what is the default? ...