Controversy in a doubles match, what is the umpires decision!

Umpires and Officials from both the USTA and the ITA visited SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday, using our courts and current players of the women’s tennis team to film a new USTA/ITA Umpires & Referees Rules Training Video. Montana, Mackenzie, Lindsey and Ingrid were used to simulate

Montana is called for a foot fault voliation, Serena all over again!

different tennis scenarios where the rules of the game came into question. The many situations the girls were placed into will be used to train officials, over the coming months, from both the USTA and the ITA.

Excessive screaming and grunting after Mackenzie hits an overhead causes the umpire to make a ruling.

The many USTA officials who will be using this training video will be on show at the 2010 US Open and Open Series Events and many of the top ITA officials will be overseeing prestigious NCAA Division I tennis matches around the country. The filming took up most of Tuesday afternoon and the girls enjoyed being “Movie Stars” for a day.

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