Ratings

    I have followed with interest the thread on "ratings." I am amazed that
someone hasn't pointed out that the NTRP is a self rating system. Official
verifications are just that, verification of your self rating. Players are
ultimately responsible for their own rating.

    I recall a comment about how they give you the rating you ask for, which
as a verifier in the Southern section I hear all the time. Again, this is a
misunderstanding of the NTRP system. By the time they get to a verification
clinic, at least 80% of all players know what their rating is. All we do as
verifiers is verify that you are not playing too low.

    I can't speak for what, by the discussions, appears to be individual club
ratings, but here you can't just go to a local pro and "get a rating." You
must attend an official verification clinic with verifiers from all over the
state involved. Verifiers must attend a workshop every year where we mainly
get on the same page with our role models.

Mike Kilian
Director of Programs
Parham Bridges Tennis Center
Jackson, MS


Received on Sat Jul 29 2000 - 08:36:23 CDT