How Do You Rate?
Year End Ratings (YERs)
What does my new YER mean?
Q: What does that letter next to my rating mean?
A:
C = Year End Computer Rating based on NTRP tournament results, Adult, Senior and/or Super Senior league match results.
S = Self-rating or rating lowered by Medical Appeal
A = Adjusted by Appeal Process or through Grievance Disqualification and/or Disqualification Process.
B = Benchmark: advanced to championship round or Rating was adjusted through Three Strikes process.
ESR = ESR or D Early Start (also called Dynamic rating), published prior to Early Start Leagues
M = Year End computer rating based only on Mixed League data
T = Year end computer rating based only on Tournament data.
Q: What does (B) Benchmark mean?
A: Everyone who plays at a District, Section or National event is a benchmark. A Benchmark rating may not be appealed.
What Does That Rating Number Mean?
2.0? 2.5? 3.0? 3.5? 4.0? 4.5? 5.0? 5.5?
A rating is a skill level. Each rating represents a range of skill level, not an exact level. There are 50 different levels within each rating. This means that not all players in one level have the same skills and are equally competitive on the courts.
Here is an example that applies to all skill levels:
Not all 3.5s are equal.
A 3.5 rating is any rating from 3.01 to 3.50. One 3.5 player may be a 3.49, about to move into 4.0 territory, another may have just come up from the 3.0 level and is a 3.01.
This also means that if a 3.5 player wins all his matches, he is not necessarily a 4.0. That 3.49 will probably beat a 3.01 and that does not make him a 4.0. He should beat weaker players. If he consistently beats other 3.49 players, he will most likely generate a higher rating. If he loses to other 3.49 players, his rating will drop, but it may not drop enough to put him into the 3.0 level.
Appealing a rating
Q: What is this Appeal process?
A: Appeals of YERs are handled at the National level. There is no charge and it is an automatic process. If your appeal is granted, the new rating will appear on the NorCal website in one business day. If your appeal is denied, there is no further appeal process.
WARNING!! Many of you are going to the new National appeal program, just to check it out, and are inadvertently changing your rating. Don’t do this! The program is very sensitive and with just one click you can become a stronger or weaker player. There is no intermediate step that shows you if your appeal would be granted. The program just does it, presto chango. NorCal cannot fix this easily, so you are causing both yourself and us a big headache. Unless you are serious about changing your rating, keep your fingers off your keys when you are near this program. To be really safe, don’t even breath near this program.
Q: I am a captain? Can I appeal for my players?
A: Does your player want you to? Be sure that you are acting on his behalf, with his permission. It is not possible for you to cancel an appealed rating once you have gone through the process. You cannot go through the process and back out, so don’t play around with it.
Click here to appeal your rating.
(You will need your membership number.)
Using Your New YER
Q: How does this new rating apply to the current leagues?
A: When a player joins a team, he uses his most current rating. For most of you, your new YER is now your most current rating. It does not affect any team on which you are already rostered.
4.0 Moe is on a Senior 4.0 team. His new rating is 3.5 and he now wants to join a Senior 3.5 team. This is okay. He will be a 4.0 on one team and a 3.5 on another team.
Q: Four of my players have been moved up. Can they stay on the team?
A: If they have moved up to "clearly above level" as defined by National USTA, they will not be able to continue to play for your team at their previous level. Any matches they have played will stand as valid. NorCal will notify all players who are "clearly above level".
Q: I’d like to see all the players at my club, and what their new ratings are, so I can think about the coming Adult League. How do I do this?
A: We have this program on line. Click here.