Your USTA league fees
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ncgator
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In North Carolina Lake Norman league, the only fee in addition to USTA league fee is if your team's home courts are public courts, then you pay a fee to reserve the courts for each home match. Court fees usually run $7-$10 per player depending on how many courts are needed (3-5) for matches that season. No joining fee, visiting match fee or practice fee. Home team provides the tennis balls for the match, so each player has to provide balls for a couple matches but that's it.
upstate new york
fee to join usta
20 to join the team
10 dollars for court fee, because we play at tennis club even though we could probably go to a lot of public courts that are free. or even negotiate a small fee to reserve the courts at a certain time. which has been done. but for some reason everyone is fine with giving the tennis club 160 bucks every time we play. its advantages are just we can start at 7, so everyone is out of work and went home and ate by then (only lighted court in the area is in a town atleast 20 miles from where most people live). and we dont have to worry about rescheduling for rain. i remember playing the teams that did play outside, if it rains you got to decide will the courts dry up in time to play, or if everyone get there at 6 and its still wet, you are squeegeeing the courts for a half hour like its little league.
fee to join usta
20 to join the team
10 dollars for court fee, because we play at tennis club even though we could probably go to a lot of public courts that are free. or even negotiate a small fee to reserve the courts at a certain time. which has been done. but for some reason everyone is fine with giving the tennis club 160 bucks every time we play. its advantages are just we can start at 7, so everyone is out of work and went home and ate by then (only lighted court in the area is in a town atleast 20 miles from where most people live). and we dont have to worry about rescheduling for rain. i remember playing the teams that did play outside, if it rains you got to decide will the courts dry up in time to play, or if everyone get there at 6 and its still wet, you are squeegeeing the courts for a half hour like its little league.
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dizzlmcwizzl
Hall of Fame
Usually it is just the USTA fee.
However, if you are playing indoors you always pay $16. I have played on 2 teams in the last ten years where we have reserved a private set of courts (college courts, not a private club) and as a team we had to pay for them ... usually about 6 per player per match.
However, if you are playing indoors you always pay $16. I have played on 2 teams in the last ten years where we have reserved a private set of courts (college courts, not a private club) and as a team we had to pay for them ... usually about 6 per player per match.
AR: $28 league fee, $25 for Mid-season Tournament per player, $30 per player if team advances to State Tournament == Ridiculous!!
Match Fees depend on home courts, usually $4-6 per player ($40-50 per team match)
Guess I will amend a little.
Why would anyone pay to play on a team outside of the USTA Fee and some court time? Is the captain that much of an ego maniac that they feel like they need to be paid? Captaining sucks due to time it takes to get everyone to sign up, deal with the brass in district office, other captains, trying to practice etc.., but guess what if you don't want to do it for free, then don't captain, but I guess you always find suckers willing to pay for something that can be done for free.
Match Fees depend on home courts, usually $4-6 per player ($40-50 per team match)
Guess I will amend a little.
Why would anyone pay to play on a team outside of the USTA Fee and some court time? Is the captain that much of an ego maniac that they feel like they need to be paid? Captaining sucks due to time it takes to get everyone to sign up, deal with the brass in district office, other captains, trying to practice etc.., but guess what if you don't want to do it for free, then don't captain, but I guess you always find suckers willing to pay for something that can be done for free.
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OrangePower
Legend
Norcal here.
Team roster fee - $26
Home match fee - depends on the club/facility you play for. Some clubs charge their members extra if they play on teams, most don't. Some teams play at public facilities and many of these do have court costs.
Visiting match fee - none. In Norcal the home team is responsible for courts and any costs.
Practice fee - again, depends on the club/facility you play for.
In my case, my membership includes all court time for matches and practice, so nothing extra other than $26 team roster fee.
dcdoorknob
Hall of Fame
I'm in Mississippi.
League sign up fee: $20
Court fees: $3 per person per match (goes to facility for booking the court), same home and away.
practice fees: depends on the courts, could be $3 again if you practice at those same facilities, or free at other facilities.
League sign up fee: $20
Court fees: $3 per person per match (goes to facility for booking the court), same home and away.
practice fees: depends on the courts, could be $3 again if you practice at those same facilities, or free at other facilities.
The Isomotion31
Semi-Pro
$20 to join the team....That's it
storypeddler
Semi-Pro
USTA league fee here --- $26
Court fees --- none because we play on public courts in a city park and the city rec dept. is happy to work with us to accommodate our scheduled matches
no other fees unless the team qualifies for district play, and then it's something like $25 per player to play there---and well worth every penny
I've captained multiple teams over the years and I've never been paid a dime to do it---nor ask for or expected anything. I captain because I enjoy it, I have some decent leadership and organizational skills, and I know how to get things done in a timely fashion.
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In NJ, the home team pays the court costs for both teams and the visiting team supplies the balls. At my club (which is a public court that sells season passes), the fee is $6 per person but waived for any pass holders on either team. Most of my guys are pass holders, and the opponents vary depending on how close they are. There are two other teams that use the same club as their home. Those matches are nearly free. There is no fee to join my team (other than the USTA fee). Therefore, the costs are the USTA fee plus some charge no more than $12 per home match (usually $8 ) and one can of balls per away match. For practice, we practice at the club. If you have a season pass, it costs nothing (or $6 if not).
Atlanta here. Our court fees are $80 per home match (4) and we split that between the 16 players on the roster ($20 each). In the playoffs, those in the lineup pay the home court fee. We once tried splitting it between all roster players but some people felt that if they weren't playing, they weren't paying and they didn't. We don't pay for away matches. When we had team practices we paid about $60 per person for coaching during the regular season. Once we hit the postseason, we sometimes paid for more lesson ($20-25/person) but usually we just played practice matches. But two years ago they started live ball drills at the center so now we just drop in at 15 bucks a pop. All in all, pay as you go costs more but on the flip side, if I don't feel like practicing, I pay nothing.
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
When I played, I had to pay the annual USTA member fee and $18 for joining the team. All paid through the Northern Cal USTA website.
Question:
Does that team-joining fee go to the USTA? To the club? Or both?
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OrangePower
Legend
The team roster fee goes to Norcal. And these days it's $26.
If a club or facility wants to charge for hosting a team, then that's up to them and they would charge team members separately outside of Norcal and the Norcal website.
OrangePower
Legend
You referring to this guy?
I think he is also referring to the roster fee, which is in addition to the annual USTA membership fee ($45 or something like that). The roster fee I believe goes to the local section.
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
In North Carolina Lake Norman league, the only fee in addition to USTA league fee is if your team's home courts are public courts, then you pay a fee to reserve the courts for each home match. Court fees usually run $7-$10 per player depending on how many courts are needed (3-5) for matches that season. No joining fee,
OrangePower
Legend
I don't know where you're getting your information from, because their web site says different:
http://www.lnta.org/usta_league_tennis/usta_spring_league/
Look under "Fee/Registration Information"; the roster registration fee is $22 and then in addition are any court costs.
And this is also in addition to already being a USTA member and having paid USTA membership fees.
OrangePower
Legend
Oh I see, sorry for jumping at you
I think ncgator was lumping together the roster fee with the USTA membership fee. The point in that post I think was that there is no fee paid to the team or facility itself.
storypeddler
Semi-Pro
Yeah, sorry if my post was confusing. You DO have to be a member of the USTA to play USTA leagues, so you have the annual membership fees to pay. Beyond joining the USTA, however, the only fee we have here in the Foothills league of NC is the $26 fee to play in the particular league. Now, if you win your league and your team goes to play in the district tournament, there is an additional fee of something like $25 for that---but it's a huge 4-day-weekend tournament with multiple matches per team, so that's understandable. Besides, if you win your league, it's well worth the extra to be able to go represent your league at the district tournament. Sorry my original response was unclear.
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
So it looks like the typical setup across the country is:
1. Pay the annual USTA membership fee.
2. Pay the team roster fee to the organization running the local league.
For me in San Jose, the team roster fee goes to the "Norcal" organization and in your case it is "Foothills league of NC".
These local league organizations like "Norcal" and "Foothills league of NC"
are independently run organizations separate from the USTA and set their own team roster fees and other various fees.
Is that how it works?
storypeddler
Semi-Pro
Hmm...no, not exactly. USTA is the national organization. Everyone who wants to play USTA league tennis at any level has to first be a member of the USTA. The national USTA is broken up into 16 sections; some of these sections are a state, some are a collection of more than one state, and some are a portion of a state, depending on the general population and tennis population in those areas. (For example, Florida and Texas are each separate sections, while Northern California is a section and Southern California is also a section. I play in the Southern Section which is made up of 9 states.)
Each section is divided into districts with the bigger sections broken into more districts, etc. Then these districts are sub-divided into local area organizations/leagues. The Foothills league is my local league entity and it oversees and operates all USTA business and activity in a multiple county area of mid-NC. There are about 12-14 local leagues in NC. So Foothills is my local league which is part of the NC District, which in turn is part of the Southern Section of the USTA. It is still all under the auspices of the USTA, but at the grassroots level. While I'm not certain, my guess is that NorCal stands for Northern California (section) and that there are districts within that section and local leagues within those districts. It gets a little muddled because it isn't completely consistent everywhere with the dividing. Like in the case of Hawaii, because of geography, I believe Hawaii is a Section, but is not further divided into districts because it is not large in population. The order from top to bottom is USTA national organization, sections, districts, local leagues---but here and there, for special reasons, sometimes one of those layers is omitted.
Is that any clearer? Or did I just confuse you further? LOL.
If others know more than I do here, please feel free to jump in and correct me.
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Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
Yes. it is clearer now. Didn't realize that there were were so many states
in the Southern Section.
I play in the Northern California Section.
Sections are divided into districts which are divided into local leagues.
For example, Sunnyvale Tennis Club 2013 Combo Mens League 6.5 has 6 teams in the local league. (Don't think the local league has a formal name like your "Foothills League.") See link below.
https://ustanorcal.com/standings.asp?a=usta-nc-nc-sb&l=7962:1169&r=L
The winner of the local league goes on to play in the Districts and, if they keep winning, then the Sectionals and then Nationals...
The country is divided into 17 sections.
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