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So I was looking at the roster of an 8.5 Combo team that we will be playing against. I know most of the 4.5s but not much about the 4.0s so I was looking some of them up on the Norcal site (we have our own site and don't use tennislink).
Turns out one of them played on the 4.0 Adult team that is going to Nationals. That team's roster and record makes for an interesting read!
A few interesting observations:
- There are 3 players on the team who went to Nationals last year. That's the most you can have under the move up / split up rule.
- Large roster
- A healthy dose of self-rates!
- But their most successful players in terms of match wins are C rated
- The team won all 10 regular season matches, dropping only 3 individual matches total
- Both local playoff matches won 5-0
- Won all District and Sectional matches 4-1 or 5-0
- Team is so deep that they played 20 (!!) different players at Sectionals
Ladies and gents, this is how you do it - gather the best C rated players in the area, complement them with some self rates, dominate, and off to Nationals we go!
Turns out one of them played on the 4.0 Adult team that is going to Nationals. That team's roster and record makes for an interesting read!
A few interesting observations:
- There are 3 players on the team who went to Nationals last year. That's the most you can have under the move up / split up rule.
- Large roster
- A healthy dose of self-rates!
- But their most successful players in terms of match wins are C rated
- The team won all 10 regular season matches, dropping only 3 individual matches total
- Both local playoff matches won 5-0
- Won all District and Sectional matches 4-1 or 5-0
- Team is so deep that they played 20 (!!) different players at Sectionals
Ladies and gents, this is how you do it - gather the best C rated players in the area, complement them with some self rates, dominate, and off to Nationals we go!