tennis, life and a few things in between

MTG is a site for tennis junkies: captains, players and pros to schedule matches/courts, manage their teams, etc., just everything tennis. I found this site out at the captain’s meeting from the Metro League Coordinator (in fall 2009). A friend did a search also recommended it.
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To use it:

To log in: MyTennisGroup.com
Username: your first initial + full last name, i.e. ieng
Password: find it in the email from MTG for first timer or request one if you forget

Once logged in, please add your phone #s and validate your availability. You can change your availability any time, as often as needed.
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To add extra match or two
The availability
Teammates: how to validate your availability
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I’ve been trying it and found it to be useful (pls keep in mind that I’m new at organizing an USTA league): pros out weights the cons. Some features may not be what I think it means to be, so pls take my random thoughts and observations with a grain of salt:

The Pros:

• The set up is easy
• The Calendar page is useful and functional
• The Availability page is useful and functional
• Line up is a breeze
• Adding additional match(es) – like playoffs – is easy
• It tells me what to do on court – geeeze wizzz believe me

The Cons:

• The calendar is only a holding cell: you can’t create an event on the calendar directly like with gmail or yahoo’s. The events will show up once you created them elsewhere. For example, from MyGroups/Manage Groups.
• Too many e-mail spams: (not sure if there is On and Offoption)
  1. I normally receive double confirmations from the players.
• There are glitches: the Availability page isn’t showing everything
• When entering match info, the ending of the time of the match won’t adjust accordingly – I think set the default to one hour would be practical.
• Once I scheduled a match, it offers following two options:
  

  – E-mail all team members the lineup

  – Save but do NOT e-mail all team members the lineup

  E-mail line up will send message out immediately and Save option will not save it for your for long: sends out the following day

• It doesn’t cook me dinner or improve my forehand .. darn .. I knew there is a catch 🙂

More later .. WIP …

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My Tennis Group