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Latest News
January 4, 2012
TTC hopes everyone had a great holiday season, and best wishes for the
New Year! We want to thank Jason J. for all his hard work in
2011, and welcome him back as Club Captain in 2012. Jason is
already busy planning this year's club play schedule. Look for
more details in the coming weeks.
December 2, 2011
TTC members, Friday is our last scheduled club play for the season.
Also, look for an invite to our end-of-year holiday party next
weekend.
October 17, 2011
Thank you to all the volunteers, club members, and of course, the
players for making the
2011 Crape Myrtle Tennis Classic yet another great tournament.
Check out the CMTC page for a tournament summary. We look
forward to seeing everyone in 2012, when we will be a GLTA Masters
Series Event!
July 13, 2011
Yes, its that time again....plans are already underway for the 2011
Crape Myrtle Tennis Classic. Look for more updates on the
CMTC
Page over the
next couple of weeks. Members, reminder that there is a CMTC
planning meeting this Sunday at Millbrook.
July 11, 2011
TTC Members: The 2011 Summer Singles Ladder kicks off this
Friday. Check the email from Jason S. for all the details, and
please reply if interested.
July 5, 2011
Special thanks to Steve and Tim respectively hosting French Open and
Wimbledon viewing parties over the last month. Also, thanks to
Steve for organizing the tournament brackets, and congratulations to
those who won!
April 5, 2011
Congratulations to all the Triangle Tennis Club and Queen City Tennis
Club members who participated in the 2011 Carolina Cup
this past weekend. TTC fought off a tough QCTC club (and
the windy conditions) to reclaim the Cup this year! We look
forward to our next meeting in Charlotte in 2012.
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Club Schedule
TTC is currently on Winter Break, with no
scheduled weekly club play. As always, we encourage our members to get
out and hit informally on those warmer days. Club play is
scheduled to resume in early March, weather permitting.
Check back in late February for more information
on the 2012 club play schedule, as well as a start-of-season kick-off gathering.
Tennis Trivia
You are playing a match, and hit your first serve into the net. The ball rolls to a stop on the court. You and your opponent agree not to bother retrieving the ball at this point.
Defying the odds, your opponent hits a return that causes the ball in play to hit the stationary (dead) ball from your first serve. What should you do?
Answer
Get to the ball in play as soon as possible and hit it before it touches the ground again -- it is still a live ball!
If you and your opponent both agreed to leave the first ball on the court, it becomes part of the court surface. Therefore, if the ball in play hits it, it is the same as if the ball hit the court. You must contact the ball in play before it hits the ground again, or your opponent wins the point.
As low as the probability is of your opponent hitting the dead ball with the ball in play, your chances of hitting the ball in play after it bounces off the dead ball are even worse, as it will likely take a low and abnormal bounce off that ball. In other words, if you think there's any chance of the dead ball interfering with the point, go pick it up before your 2nd serve!
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