Tennis Rule Change?

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10:18a, 3/16/13
AG
I'm either dating myself and/or haven't been paying attention but since when do you play a let on a serve?
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Duke_Droese
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12:41p, 3/16/13
In DI men's tennis, you play lets on serves. This is different than pro tennis where they replay a let.

I'm assuming they made the rule that way to avoid players cheating and calling lets on serves they just didn't get a good return on.
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1:30p, 3/16/13
They made the rule to speed up the game


[This message has been edited by Original toad boy (edited 3/16/2013 12:32p).]
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bigfoot10s
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1:59p, 3/16/13
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Duke is right, it was changed due to many "phantom" let calls on unreturnable serves. Too many guys were trying to replay serves claiming a let. Took the cheating out of the equation.
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bigfoot10s
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2:16p, 3/16/13
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They changed the rule for world team tennis to speed up play. Hopefully eventually they will change it for all levels.
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4:20p, 3/16/13
AG
Cool, thanks. I thought it was cool - makes for interesting points when that ball pops up. LSU was the benefactor of quite a few of those last night against the Ags. I guess it washes out in the end but I was perplexed watching...
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hs10scoach
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10:11p, 3/17/13
Another rule change is a point penalty for calling for a medical timeout. This had been sorely abused the past couple of years and not results in going into the code and will progress through point, game, match if a player is so inclined to call for medical timeouts. I hope I am correct in the progression
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Cooter00
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6:56p, 3/20/13
The let rule is also being experimented w/ on the pro tour. It was in use for the first 3 months of 2013 at challenger level events (one level below ATP tour).
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kwammer
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8:29a, 3/22/13
not a fan of the rule becoming widely implemented. I do not recall a match that was markedly longer b/c of lets.

I do understand that there had been a great deal of abuse in calling lets in the men's college game, thus the ruling.
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bigfoot10s
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9:56a, 3/22/13
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The rule is not for length of matches.

It is to put a stop to intentional cheating. In men's d1 tennis it was a huge problem
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kwammer
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10:40a, 3/22/13
got it bigfoot. I can certainly understand how that would be a problem in singles.

Play a lot of tennis at the 4.5 level and it is not something I have ever run across. I would hate the see it changed at our levels.
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10:52a, 3/22/13
Is this only on the D1 level? I don't remember it being a thing in HS (05).
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10:54a, 3/22/13
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It is only D1 mens tennis right now. Like another poster said, they have experimented with it on the lower tier pro level, but it has been discussed as a rule change over all of tennis.

I know that teaching it to middle school kids is a pain in the butt!
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