We have all been there before when you have to default a line… sometimes a few too many are on vacation. Tennispoint makes it easy now for you to still create a lineup and correctly show the default without any players getting mad at you for having them in there.

When you you select the players in the drop down for creating a lineup look at the VERY bottom of the list. You will notice a player call “Defaulting Line”. Select the defaulting line player for both of the entries if it is a doubles line. FYI, no sandbagging checks will be made for the defaulting line either or mess up your playoff points calculations if you make playoffs.

FYI, for those that created their own default players to do this you no longer need to, but will still need to keep those default/retire players in there for this team

In the past we would manually edit a team’s details (division, level, etc) and now you can now edit your team’s details on your own. You will notice that the team names on top of the matches are boxed in now and captains are able to click on the “edit team” link on the top right corner.

We have had the request from several captains for the ability to entirely delete a lineup — even after it has been posted to the team.

When you are editing a lineup, you will notice a link in the upper right hand corner stating “Delete & Start Over”. When you click this link you will get a confirmation first and after clicking “ok” you will be taken back to an empty lineup form. If you want to NOT publish a new lineup at that time, just click on the cancel button and you will be taken back to the all matches view…. then later on sometime you can create a new lineup.

Since it is such a pain to edit and insert in your points for your team’s division, we automatically import them now. We support this feature for all ALTA and USTA matches.

For ALTA teams, all the information is originally entered when you sign up your team. After your first match is played you will have the opportunity to start the import process. We will also auto-refresh the division stats 3 days AFTER the match date. Now this might not always be enough time for your hard working ALTA coordinator to get it posted to the website, so you can still manually edit the scores or captains can click on the refresh icons as well.

For version 2 of the ALTA division standings we would like to give the ability for the captain to include the matrix of which teams played which team so that it can be displayed with it so that it is easier to plan for future matches and playoffs.

For USTA teams, a player will need to enter in the USTA’s team league number (yes this number is kept private). Once the team number has been entered, the system will automatically import in the division standing. USTA’s division standing format is TOTALLY different and darn near impossible, without tooo much work, to enter it manually so we don’t even have that option. Like in ALTA we automatically refresh the point standing 3 days after the match is played and the captains can refresh them anytime.

To view the full standings for the entire division click on the “maximize” arrow and you will watch it grow right then to be able to view all the points.

This really is a great feature and we are excited to have finally finished it! FYI, we have already fixed the bug that was there for captains for a couple of days right after we launched the feature (only there when clicking refresh in IE6).

What does the standings look like when it is maximized? Here ya go:

You can now create a “bye” week in the system. In the past you had to either change the number of matches that you had and just ignore the bye since it wasn’t available. Now when creating/editing your schedule you can set a match as a “bye”.

What is a bye? At times in a division their isn’t enough teams so every team gets a week off with off with no play. All the teams get a bye in the division so it doesn’t affect the scoring.

If you presently have a bye week right now and want to put it in there just edit your schedule and select “bye” in the home/away match radio selections.

All,

We have created a new blog to allow everyone to stay informed to the new details that we are creating. We will still send out an email to captains/players monthly with updates about what new features we have pushed live. We will also list them here in real-time so that people are able to view them sooner.

What will we have here? We will give users tips on how to better use TennisPoint.com to manage their team. We will also information on upgrades, features and system upgrades (small planned downtimes).

Comments or Questions? Yes, please do go ahead and post your questions or comments as well — we do welcome them!