All Pages - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2024-03-29T13:03:17Zhttp://tennisopolis.com/news?sort=mostRecent&feed=yes&xn_auth=noPlease Collect Tennis Gear for the Kids of Northern Ghanatag:tennisopolis.com,2013-02-03:1869403:Page:10065962013-02-03T17:19:00.378ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
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<strong>The children of Ghana love tennis.</strong> Tennis is a sport of a lifetime and promotes health and community. The economically disadvantaged children of Ghana could use our assistance. Most are currently playing with makeshift wooden paddles and old tennis balls since they do not have access to tennis equipment.<br />
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<p><strong>Please help this cause by sending any tennis equipment you can find to:</strong></p>
<p><font color="red"><span class="font-size-4">Racquets For Ghana!</span><br>
c/o Abdul-Majeed Abdulai<br>
9578 Muirkirk Rd #302<br>
Laurel, MD 20708</font></p>
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<p><strong>What the children need most:</strong></p>
<p><strong>- Kids Racquets</strong>: New or used, any size. Broken strings are not a problem.</p>
<p><strong>- Balls</strong>: New or used low compression balls (red, orange or green). New standard balls.</p>
<p><strong>- String</strong>: Any new tennis string.</p>
<p><strong>- Shoes</strong>: New or used kids tennis shoes.</p>
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<p>Monetary donations are also welcome. Funds will be used to ship the tennis gear from our headquarters in Maryland to Ghana. Donated funds will also pay for string and stringing services.</p>
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<p>Thank you,</p>
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<p>Abdul-Majeed Abdulai<br>
Founder / Director<br>
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<font size="-1">Tennis brings happiness, but kids must wait in line to use the homemade racquets.</font></p>
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<p><a href="http://fuzzyyellowballs.com" target="_blank">Fuzzy Yellow Balls</a> - High Definition Tennis Instruction</p>
<p><a href="http://www.protennradio.com" target="_blank">ProTenn Radio</a> - Radio show hosted by professional tennis agents.<br></br> <a href="http://www.oncourtadvantage.com/" target="_blank">OnCourt Advantage</a> - Tennis: Live It, Love It and Learn It. Follow Professional tennis with OnCourt.<br></br>
<a href="http://tennisnoise.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Tennis…</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fuzzyyellowballs.com" target="_blank">Fuzzy Yellow Balls</a> - High Definition Tennis Instruction</p>
<p><a href="http://www.protennradio.com" target="_blank">ProTenn Radio</a> - Radio show hosted by professional tennis agents.<br>
<a href="http://www.oncourtadvantage.com/" target="_blank">OnCourt Advantage</a> - Tennis: Live It, Love It and Learn It. Follow Professional tennis with OnCourt.<br>
<a href="http://tennisnoise.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Tennis Noise</a><br>
<a href="http://www.expert-tennis-tips.com" target="_blank">Expert Tennis Tips</a><br>
<a href="http://www.webtennisdrills.com" target="_blank">Web Tennis Drills</a> - Tennis drills and games for every player at any level.<br>
<a href="http://www.tennisfile.com" target="_blank">TennisFile.com</a> - Tennis Links Directory<br>
<a href="http://www.advantage-tennis.com">Advantage Tennis</a><br>
<a href="http://tennispro.com/main/" target="_self">PhotoTennisPro.com</a></p>
<p>(If you have a site that you would like for us to consider, please post it below.)</p> How to Meet Tennis Partnerstag:tennisopolis.com,2010-12-10:1869403:Page:4840082010-12-10T17:55:22.368ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com">Tennisopolis</a> is a huge site with 50,000 tennis partners and 700 local tennis groups.</strong> We know that it can be tough to figure it all out right away, so we set up this helpful guide. </p>
<p>Many people come here for different reasons; some love the pro game and want to talk tennis, others are in the tennis industry and want to network, and still others are here to set up a rally…</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com">Tennisopolis</a> is a huge site with 50,000 tennis partners and 700 local tennis groups.</strong> We know that it can be tough to figure it all out right away, so we set up this helpful guide. </p>
<p>Many people come here for different reasons; some love the pro game and want to talk tennis, others are in the tennis industry and want to network, and still others are here to set up a rally or a match. </p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>To find players in your area:</strong></span></p>
<p><img width="70" height="86" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036105020?profile=RESIZE_180x180" hspace="0"> 1. <a href="/groups">Search through the Groups</a> to see if one has formed in your neck of the woods. The Groups are sub-categories within the website. Some Groups actually meet on regularly scheduled days and some groups are casual and are just there to find people in your town. If you find a Group in your area, join it. Then introduce yourself with the "start new discussion" link.</p>
<p>If there is no Group in your area, we suggest that <a href="/groups/group/new">you start one</a>. With the super fast growth Tennisopolis is experiencing, your town's page will fill up very fast.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 0.9em;">examples: <a href="/profiles/friend/list?q=brooklyn+3.0">brooklyn 3.0</a>, <a href="/profiles/friend/list?q=waco+3.5">waco 3.5</a>, <a href="/profiles/friend/list?q=seattle+4.0">seattle 4.0</a>, or <a href="/profiles/friend/list?q=tampa+started">tampa just started</a><br>
(note: "just started" is an answer in our profile questions)<br></span></p>
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<p><img width="70" height="87" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036105080?profile=RESIZE_180x180">3. Leave comments on any member's page that you want to hit with. They will be notified by email of a new comment. It's that easy! Add friends, create groups and grow your tennis network on the largest and most active network on the planet, Tennisopolis!</p> NTRP Ratings Guidetag:tennisopolis.com,2010-11-14:1869403:Page:4754832010-11-14T15:57:00.541ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<b>What is an NTRP rating?</b><br />
<p>The NTRP (National Tennis Rating Program) was developed to identify different skill levels in tennis where 1 is an absolute
beginner and 7 represents a touring pro. Think of it kind of like a<br />
golf handicap. Most recreational players are from the 2.5 to 4.5<br />
range.</p>
<p>Use the information below to "self-rate" your game, and then play some people at that level and adjust as necessary.</p>
<p><b>VERIFICATION LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS</b><br></br> (information from…</p>
<b>What is an NTRP rating?</b><br />
<p>The NTRP (National Tennis Rating Program) was developed to
identify different skill levels in tennis where 1 is an absolute<br />
beginner and 7 represents a touring pro. Think of it kind of like a<br />
golf handicap. Most recreational players are from the 2.5 to 4.5<br />
range.</p>
<p>Use the information below to "self-rate" your game, and then
play some people at that level and adjust as necessary.</p>
<p><b>VERIFICATION LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS</b><br>
(information from USTA)</p>
<p><font color="red">1.0</font> This player is just starting to
play tennis.</p>
<p><font color="red">1.5</font> This player has limited experience
and is still working primarily on getting the ball into play.</p>
<p><font color="red">2.0</font> This player needs on-court
experience. This player has obvious stroke weaknesses but is<br />
familiar with basic positions for singles and doubles play.</p>
<p><font color="red">2.5</font> This player is learning to judge
where the ball is going although court coverage is weak. This<br />
player can sustain a short rally of slow pace with other players of<br />
the same ability.</p>
<p><font color="red">3.0</font> This player is fairly consistent
when hitting medium paced shots, but is not comfortable with all<br />
strokes and lacks execution when trying for directional control,<br />
depth, or power. Most common doubles formation is one-up,<br />
one-back.</p>
<p><font color="red">3.5</font> This player has achieved improved
stroke dependability with directional control on moderate shots,<br />
bur still lacks depth and variety. This player exhibits more<br />
aggressive net play, has improved court coverage, and is developing<br />
teamwork in doubles.</p>
<p><font color="red">4.0</font> This player has dependable strokes,
including directional control and depth on both forehand and<br />
backhand sides on moderate shots, plus the ability to use lobs,<br />
overheads, approach shots and volleys with some success. This<br />
player occasionally forces errors when serving. Rallies may be lost<br />
due to impatience. Teamwork in doubles is evident.</p>
<p><font color="red">4.5</font> This player has begun to master the
use of power and spins and is beginning to handle pace, has sound<br />
footwork, can control depth of shots, and is beginning to vary game<br />
plan according to opponents. This player can hit first serves with<br />
power and accuracy and place the second serve. This player tends to<br />
over hit on difficult shots. Aggressive net play is common in<br />
doubles.</p>
<p><font color="red">5.0</font> This player has good shot
anticipation and frequently has an outstanding shot or attribute<br />
around which a game may be structured. This player can regularly<br />
hit winners or force errors off of short balls and can put away<br />
volleys, can successfully execute lobs, drop shots, half volleys,<br />
over-head smashes, and has good depth and spin on most second<br />
serves.</p>
<p><font color="red">5.5</font> This player has developed power
and/or consistency as a major weapon. This player can vary<br />
strategies and styles of play in a competitive situation and hits<br />
dependable shots in a stress situation.</p>
<p><font color="red">6.0</font> These players will generally not
need NTRP ratings. Rankings or past rankings will speak for<br />
themselves. The 6.0 player typically has had intensive training for<br />
national tournament competition at the junior and collegiate levels<br />
and has obtained a sectional and/or national ranking. The 6.5<br />
player has a reasonable chance of succeeding at the 7.0 level and<br />
has extensive satellite tournament experience. The 7.0 is a world<br />
class player who is committed to tournament competition on the<br />
international level and whose major source of income is tournament<br />
prize winnings.</p> Tennis Trip Giveaway, Hyatt Regency Scottsdaletag:tennisopolis.com,2009-12-14:1869403:Page:3765102009-12-14T23:48:07.907ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
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<p><b>Win a free tennis trip to Scottsdale, Arizona!</b></p>
<p>Stay at the Hyatt Regency and get personal lessons with renowned tennis pro <b>Rafael Font de Mora</b>! This promotion is free and
open to all Tennisopolis members, but you must be a Tennisopolis<br />
member to win. Valued at $3,800.00!</p>
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<i>Rafael Font de Mora was born in Valencia, Spain. He competed on<br />
the men's professional tennis tour from 1985…</i>
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<p><b>Win a free tennis trip to Scottsdale, Arizona!</b></p>
<p>Stay at the Hyatt Regency and get personal lessons with renowned
tennis pro <b>Rafael Font de Mora</b>! This promotion is free and<br />
open to all Tennisopolis members, but you must be a Tennisopolis<br />
member to win. Valued at $3,800.00!</p>
<p style='text-align:left'><img src=
'http://www.itusa-tennis.com/image/rafa100.jpg' align="left"<br />
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<i>Rafael Font de Mora was born in Valencia, Spain. He competed on<br />
the men's professional tennis tour from 1985 through 1988 and was a<br />
tennis analyst for NBC during the Barcelona Olympics. He has<br />
trained and managed National and International Junior Champions,<br />
Professional Tour Titleists, Davis Cup and Federation Cup Players,<br />
as well as, NCAA Champions, All Americans, ATP and WTA<br />
players.</i><br clear="all">
<p>This contest is being brought to you by <a href=
"http://tennisswinganalysis.com/tennisopolis.php" target=<br />
"_blank">TennisSwingAnalysis.com</a> which is your online tennis<br />
coach. By digitally analyzing your videotaped stroke, they can<br />
teach you how to eliminate bad habits and bring about immediate<br />
success. No purchase necessary.</p>
<p><b><font size="+3">To register for the giveway simply:<br>
1. <a href=<br />
"http://tennisopolis.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Ftennisopolis.com%2F"><br />
Login</a> to your Tennisopolis account, or <a href=<br />
"http://tennisopolis.com/main/authorization/signUp?">Register for a<br />
free account if you don't have one yet</a>.<br>
2. Register for the trip at itUSA / tennisswinganalysis. <a href=<br />
"http://tennisswinganalysis.com/tennisopolis.php" target=<br />
"_blank">Click here</a>.</font></b></p>
<p>(Must have a Tennisopolis account to enter.)</p>
<p><font color="#FF3300"><font size="2">Bonus! Earn additional
entries by helping us grow:</font></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font color="#FF3300"><font size="2">Tweet this on <a href=
"http://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter.com</a>:<br>
I just entered to win a $3800.00 #tennis trip to Scottsdale Hyatt<br />
Regency. Come enter too: <a href=<br />
"http://bit.ly/82ypI0">http://bit.ly/82ypI0</a> #giveaway #contest<br />
-- (earns 3 extra entries)</font></font></li>
<li><font color="#FF3300"><font size="2"><a href=
"http://www.facebook.com/tennisopolis" target="_blank">Become a<br />
fan</a> of Tennisopolis on Facebook -- (earns 1 extra<br />
entry)</font></font></li>
<li><font color="#FF3300"><font size="2"><a href=
"http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITUSA-TENNIS/198090561809" target=<br />
"_blank">Become a fan</a> of itUSA on Facebook -- (earns 1 extra<br />
entry)</font></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size="2">Then leave a note letting us know in the comments
below and we will verify and tabulate all entries!<br />
Thanks!</font></p> How to get a Blog Featured on the Main Pagetag:tennisopolis.com,2009-05-27:1869403:Page:3124532009-05-27T02:38:57.724ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
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<p><font size="2"><b>So you like the limelight?</b> If you are a current tennis blogger (or want to start blogging), let the power of Tennisopolis work for you! Most blogs posted on the Tennisopolis network get featured on the homepage of Tennisopolis where 44,000 members can see what you have to say. Plus all featured blog posts get tweeted to our 3,800 followers! If you have your own independent blog site,…</font></p>
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<p><font size="2"><b>So you like the limelight?</b> If you are a current tennis blogger (or want to start blogging), let the power of Tennisopolis work for you! Most blogs posted on the Tennisopolis network get featured on the homepage of Tennisopolis where 44,000 members can see what you have to say. Plus all featured blog posts get tweeted to our 3,800 followers! If you have your own independent blog site, feel free to post a link to your blog at the end of your post.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Here's how to get your blog posts featured on Tennisopolis. <font size="4">Write about Tennis.</font> This website is about tennis. Not sex, not drugs, not rock and roll (unless you're talking about Safin!) If you can write about tennis then everyone is happy and nobody gets hurt. <font size="4">So bring on your ideas!</font> What new racquet did you buy lately? Who's your favorite (or least favorite) player? Tell us about it. Have you reached a milestone in your own tennis skill? Anything you can think of.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"><b>Include horizontal photos</b><br>
Nothing tells the story better than a photo. Remember, this is going on the main page so it's gotta look good. The format of this site favors horizontal photos like</font> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036105776?profile=original"><font color="#0000FF" size="2">this one</font></a> <font size="2">or</font> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036106036?profile=original"><font color="#0000FF" size="2">this one</font></a><font size="2">. Use 'em. The dimensions are 500 pixels wide by 130-170 pixels tall. This is especially important at the beginning of your post. Here's how you get the image just right. After you upload it, you'll need to set the width. To do so, click on the icon at the right of the top menu bar - it looks like this <>. In the code, make sure that the image width and height are set to your image size. 130 to 170 tall x</font> <font size="2">500 pixels wide. Otherwise your banner will get squished.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">In the rest of your story text, you can include normal-proportioned photos (square or vertical) lower down.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">It's all about style, baby!</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Please set your text to 10pt arial.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">If you have your own blog site (outside of Tennisopolis), please include the entire text of the blog here and feel free to embed links to your own site.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="4"><b>Great! You did all that?</b> Here's how it works.</font> Tennisopolis is run by a core group of 4 Mods who ocassionaly write blogs and search for other good blogs for the front page. If one of the Mods sees your story and likes your story, we'll feature it on the homepage. If you think you have a blog <font size="2">post that deserves the limelight, let us know and we'll check it out.</font><br></font></font></p> Business Networkingtag:tennisopolis.com,2009-03-10:1869403:Page:2614822009-03-10T16:29:07.641ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
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alt="tennis marketing" align="left" hspace="6" width="300"></p>
<p>Tennisopolis brings tennis players, fans, teaching pros, tennis shops, club directors, and industry insiders together to connect,
learn, explore business opportunities and related topics.<br></br></p>
<p><font color="green" size="+2">If you are tennis-related business owner, please read these guidelines and tips for getting started
and how to benefit from participating in Tennisopolis, the Tennis<br />
Social (and Business!) Network.</font></p>
<p>Create 2…</p>
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alt="tennis marketing" align="left" hspace="6" width="300"></p>
<p>Tennisopolis brings tennis players, fans, teaching pros, tennis
shops, club directors, and industry insiders together to connect,<br />
learn, explore business opportunities and related topics.<br></p>
<p><font size="+2" color="green">If you are tennis-related business
owner, please read these guidelines and tips for getting started<br />
and how to benefit from participating in Tennisopolis, the Tennis<br />
Social (and Business!) Network.</font></p>
<p>Create 2 accounts; one for your business and one for yourself.
Your business' profile should have your business logo for the<br />
profile picture and your business name for the name. Have a look at<br />
<a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/BostonLobsters">The<br />
Boston Lobsters profile</a> or <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/TennisPlaza">Tennis Plaza's<br />
profile</a> for some ideas, and follow the guidelines below.</p>
<p>The Tennisopolis community is a strong one; it is THE place to
interact with other tennis people. As a tennis-related business,<br />
you can meet potential distributors, clients and buyers, - and<br />
spread the word about yourself - but the key to online networking<br />
is participating in the discussion.</p>
<p><b>Networking ideas:</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b><a href=
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/forum/topic/show?id=1869403%3ATopic%3A189792"<br />
target="_blank">Join relevant groups</a> and share ideas<br />
there.</b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/groups/group/new"
target="_blank">Create a "Fans of" group</a> for your<br />
business.</b></li>
<li><b>Add photos and videos of your products or services.</b></li>
<li><b>Search for potential partners and introduce
yourself.</b></li>
<li><b>Add blogs regularly.</b></li>
<li><b>Post your events in the <a href=
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/events/event/new?cancelTarget=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennisopolis.com%2Fevents"<br />
target="_blank">Calendar</a>.</b></li>
<li><b>Add your opinions in the Forum.</b></li>
<li><b>Be creative! It is your network - the sky is the limit!<br>
<br></b></li>
</ul>
<p>It's fine to mention, link to, or discuss most other web sites,
including your own, that may be of interest to our members, as long<br />
as the web sites you refer to are consistent with <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/news/tennisopolis-community">our<br />
guidelines</a>. Members may not promote a website that we feel is<br />
in direct competition with Tennisopolis. A great place to start is<br />
by building your online profile. Whether you’re a casual player,<br />
avid tennis fanatic or a business owner, announce to the world what<br />
you stand for and what you offer.</p>
<p>Spamming and Self-promotion. We understand the desire for
members to use Tennisopolis as a way to promote themselves and<br />
their businesses. We want to encourage and foster this, but there<br />
are acceptable and unacceptable ways to do it. You may not directly<br />
advertise or promote yourself en masse to the membership via<br />
messaging. (This includes dropping promo text on an unreasonable<br />
amount of members pages willy-nilly.)</p>
<p><b>The most effective and most appropriate way to attract
attention is to be a periodic contributor of valued content to the<br />
site.</b> Brief plugs at the end of contributed content is<br />
generally acceptable. However, plugs at the end of a welcome<br />
message to new members that is obviously self-promoting is<br />
unacceptable.</p>
<p>We also offer direct advertising of your company's products or
services to the membership at large, please see <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/news/page/show?id=1869403%3APage%3A53429"><br />
this page</a> or contact me about custom promotional ideas on<br />
Tennisopolis.</p>
<p>Welcome to the site!<br>
Mark Baker<br>
Community Manager</p> Why *NOT* To Post Your Email On Public Websitestag:tennisopolis.com,2009-02-28:1869403:Page:2581102009-02-28T06:47:54.300ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036105291?profile=original"></img>
height="220"></p>
Hi Tennisopolites!<br />
<p>Are you familiar with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address_harvesting">email
harvesting</a>? Check it out on <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address_harvesting">Wikipedia.<br />
Basically you don't want to post email addresses on any public<br />
website including this one. Same thing with phone numbers. The best<br />
way to communicate with other members here is to leave a note on<br />
their page, or add them as a…</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src=
"http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036105291?profile=original"<br />
height="220"></p>
Hi Tennisopolites!<br />
<p>Are you familiar with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address_harvesting">email<br />
harvesting</a>? Check it out on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address_harvesting">Wikipedia</a>.<br />
Basically you don't want to post email addresses on any public<br />
website including this one. Same thing with phone numbers. The best<br />
way to communicate with other members here is to leave a note on<br />
their page, or add them as a friend. (They will get an email<br />
notification when you do this.) Once someone has added you as a<br />
friend, you two can private message all day long.</p>
<p>Of course, you may exchange your contact information in private
messages if you wish. That is your perogative, however we strongly<br />
recommended using the communication tools in Tennisopolis and<br />
keeping your phone numbers and email addresses private.</p>
<p>Like any public website, we get our fair share of spammers and
email / phone number harvesters. To protect our membership, you may<br />
notice that this information will be edited from a public page by a<br />
Tennisopolis Moderator.</p>
<p>Thanks for being a Tennisopolis member and remember, have fun on
the courts!</p>
<p>Mark, Mr. Mayor</p> Tennis Social Network Introductiontag:tennisopolis.com,2009-01-25:1869403:Page:2465892009-01-25T21:10:44.653ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<p><span class="font-size-4"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Welcome to <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com">Tennisopolis : The Tennis Social Network</a> which connects you with your tennis network: players, fans, coaches, clubs and groups!</span></em></span><br></br> <span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>What can you do here?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">At Tennisopolis, you…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Welcome to <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com">Tennisopolis : The Tennis Social Network</a> which connects you with your tennis network: players, fans, coaches, clubs and groups!</span></em></span><br>
<span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>What can you do here?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">At Tennisopolis, you can:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span class="font-size-4">Network with your tennis friends. <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/main/invitation/new">Invite your tennis friends and build your network now.</a></span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-4">Meet new players. Here's <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/news/how-to-meet-tennis-partners">a primer on how to find partners</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-4">Join a Group. Members have started over 800 <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/groups">Local Groups</a> (and other types of <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/groups">Groups</a> too.) <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/groups">Search for one in your area</a>, or <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/groups/group/new">start your own</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-4">Follow the pros. There are over <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/profiles/blog/list">3000 blog posts</a> on Tennisopolis. Have a good read, or <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/profiles/blog/new">write your own</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-4">Improve your game. Get tips in the <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/forum">Forum</a> and check out <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/video/video/search?q=lesson">video lessons</a>. - post your own <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/video">Videos</a> and add your own <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/photo">Photos</a>.</span><br>
<span class="font-size-4"> </span><br />
<p><span class="font-size-4">To get started, <em>please</em> <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/profiles/settings/editProfileInfo">upload a photo or avatar</a> for yourself (if you haven’t already.) Whether it's of you, your dog, or your racquet it doesn't matter, but it helps people remember you.</span><br>
<span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #008000;">You can also personalize <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/profiles">Your Page</a> with pictures, links, RSS feeds, colors and more <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/profiles/appearance/edit">here</a>.</span><br>
<span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">Thanks to everyone inviting their friends, we now have over 49,000 members and we're growing by 70 new members a day. <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/main/invitation/new">Invite yours too!</a></span><br>
<span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">We have a No Spam policy. If you are here to promote your tennis product or service, have a look at our <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/news/tennisopolis-community">Community Guidelines</a>.</span></p>
<span class="font-size-4"> </span><br />
<p><span class="font-size-4">If you need any help, let me know.</span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot">Mark, The Mayor</a></span></p>
</li>
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<p><b>Challenge Ladders are a fun way to encourage tennis play in your group. Here are some sample rules that you can modify for your group.</b></p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>Friendship Ladder Rules</p>
<p>Our Tennis Ladder is designed to create good competition, and a high level of fun, while increasing our member’s skills and allowing them to meet other members.</p>
<p>Each challenge period will be given an odd or even designation, with the first being even, the next odd, and so forth (odd or even will…</p>
<p><b>Challenge Ladders are a fun way to encourage tennis play in your group. Here are some sample rules that you can modify for your group.</b></p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>Friendship Ladder Rules</p>
<p>Our Tennis Ladder is designed to create good competition, and a high level of fun, while increasing our member’s skills and allowing them to meet other members.</p>
<p>Each challenge period will be given an odd or even designation, with the first being even, the next odd, and so forth (odd or even will be designated at the top of the ladder on the group page.)</p>
<p>During each challenge period, the players on the designated rungs will be allowed to challenge the person in the rung above them. If the challenger wins, then the people will switch places (i.e. if you are on an “even” rung, and you challenge and “odd” rung and win, then you move up. The next week you will be able to challenge again since you are now an “odd” rung. If you lose, the positions stay the same and you wait to be challenged next week.)</p>
<p>The ladder will begin __________ and end ________.</p>
<p>(optional End Of Ladder Tournament)<br>
The tournament is January 24 & 25.</p>
<p>Please remember that signing up for the ladder is a responsibility, and in order to make the ladder effective, players must be willing to make those obligations.</p>
<p>Ladder Rules<br>
1. You may only challenge the person directly above you, except during the 3-up challenge weeks (see rule 17)<br>
2. Either as a challenger or challenged, you should play one match a week.<br>
3. The challenge will be one (1) week long (Monday through Sunday). Exception: Dec. 22 – Jan. 4 is treated as one week.<br>
4. The challenger arranges the match, and must give the challenged a minimum of two (2) alternative times; one (1) of these must be on the weekend; the other on a weekday. Please be cooperative when arranging matches.<br>
5. If the challenged is unable to play the match, a default should be recorded, and the positions exchanged. Default should not be considered a four-letter word. In order for the ladder to be effective and fair, players need to take the legitimate defaults and keep moving.<br>
6. Both the challenger and the challenged bring a new can of balls to the match. You play with one can, the winner takes the unopened can and the looser takes the can used in the match.<br>
7. Each match will be best 2 of 3 sets with regular scoring, and a twelve (12) point tie breaker at six (6) all in any set. If a 3rd set is required it will be played as a KOMAN ten point tiebreaker.<br>
8. If the challenger wins, positions are exchanged, if not, positions remain the same.<br>
9. The winner is responsible for recording the outcome of the match in the designated discussion forum in our group page.<br>
10. All challengers must contact their opponent by Wednesday of the challenge week. Challenged must have a minimum of two (2) days advance notice to schedule the match. If challenged after Wednesday, the challenged is under no obligation to play the match, but is encouraged to do so.<br>
11. The ladder will be changed by Noon Monday of the next week, according to the challenge record book. If it is not in the challenge record book, your match will not be recorded. Defaults are important in facilitating movement in the ladder.<br>
12. Once on a division, you must remain there until you can challenge onto the bottom of the higher division, or be dropped to the top of the lower division.<br>
13. Should a ladder position be vacated, a person on the waiting list, or a bye, will be added to the vacated slot.<br>
14. If either player fails to arrive within fifteen (15) minutes of the scheduled start time, the challenge is either dropped or defaulted, depending on which player is late. If a match is defaulted, it should be recorded as such.<br>
15. If you join late, you can join at the bottom of division three (3), or go on a waiting list for the first open slot on division one or two.<br>
16. There will be no “no default weeks” (i.e. Thanksgiving week will be treated as any other week). Instead the two (2) weeks of December 22 – 28 and December 29 – January 4 will be treated as one (1) week.<br>
17. 3-up challenge. In order to mix up the ladder (a little more movement) we will have 4 x “3-up” challenges as follows:<br>
Week 2: 3-up Odd<br>
Week 5: 3-up Even<br>
Week 8: 3-up Odd</p>
<p>The 3-up Weeks: The first 3-up challenge will be the week of _____________: (i.e. if that week is an odd challenge week, for instance, the #13 will challenge #10, #11 will challenge #8, #9 will challenge #6, etc). Due to the nature of the 3-up challenge two (2) to three (3) (depending on odd/even week) at the top or bottom of the ladder may be without a challenge.</p>
<p>Thanks and have fun. If you have any questions please post them in our discussion forum on our group page</p>
<p>(INSERT YOUR OWN DATES)<br>
Week 1: Oct 27 – Nov 2 = EVEN<br>
Week 2: Nov 3 – Nov 9 = ODD 3-UP<br>
Week 3: Nov 10 – Nov 16 = EVEN<br>
Week 4: Nov 17 – Nov 23 = ODD<br>
Week 5: Nov 24 – Nov 30 = EVEN 3-UP<br>
Week 6: Dec 1 – Dec 7 = ODD<br>
Week 7: Dec 8 – Dec 14 = EVEN Week 8: Dec 15 – Dec 21 = ODD 3-UP<br>
Week 9: Dec 22 – Jan 4 = EVEN<br>
Week 10: Jan 5 – Jan 11 = ODD<br>
Week 11: Jan 12 – Jan 18 = EVEN 3-UP</p>
<p>(OPTIONAL) The Tournament Weekend will be _____________. Seeds will be set by the ladder results.</p> Our Tennisopolis-Sponsored Protag:tennisopolis.com,2008-08-16:1869403:Page:1628922008-08-16T21:34:16.135ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<p><b>Have you ever dreamed of playing professional tennis?</b> We'd all love to be Roger Federer or Maria Sharapova for a day, but
there's thousands of unknown players around the world fighting day<br />
after day to make their dream a reality.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036104548?profile=original"></img>
hspace="20" align="left"> We recently met a young professional<br />
tennis player from Buenos Aires named <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/EzequielKrivulin">Ezequiel<br />
Krivulin. <b>Ezequiel (Eze)</b> is a 21 year old lefty who is<br />
in…</p>
<p><b>Have you ever dreamed of playing professional tennis?</b>
We'd all love to be Roger Federer or Maria Sharapova for a day, but<br />
there's thousands of unknown players around the world fighting day<br />
after day to make their dream a reality.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src=
"http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036104548?profile=original"<br />
hspace="20" align="left">We recently met a young professional<br />
tennis player from Buenos Aires named <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/EzequielKrivulin">Ezequiel<br />
Krivulin</a>. <b>Ezequiel (Eze)</b> is a 21 year old lefty who is<br />
in the minor leagues of the sport. He travels around South America<br />
mostly, battling in the challenger tournaments, earning points (and<br />
small purses) to work his way up the ladder. It's not the<br />
glamourous life of Fed or Masha, but its definitely fascinating and<br />
expensive.<br>
<b><a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/EzequielKrivulin">Eze</a></b>,<br />
and his father <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/jorge31">Jorge</a> (also a<br />
Tennisopolis member), really struggle making it from tourney to<br />
tourney, paying for flights, meals and motel rooms - not to mention<br />
coaching and entry fees.</p>
<br clear="all">
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We had this idea to make <b>Eze</b> our first ever <b>Tennisopolis<br />
Community Sponsored Player</b>. Eze and <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/jorge31">Jorge</a> are going<br />
to keep us posted on their journey with regular blogs, photos and<br />
updates from the road. To support Eze's campaign, become a Sponsor.<br />
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<p>Eze is coached by Coach Gabriel Markus (former coach of David
Nalbandian, Nicolas Massu, Guillermo Coria, Juan Chela, Marat Safin<br />
and other important players) and Coach Javier Fernandez.</p>
<p>His Goals are to reach the top 200 of the ATP rankings within
the next 2 years, and the top 100 in the next 3 years.</p>
<p>Go say "hi" to Ezequiel on <a href=
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/EzequielKrivulin">his profile<br />
page</a> and wish him luck on the tour!</p>
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</form> Tennisopolis Community Guidelinestag:tennisopolis.com,2008-08-04:1869403:Page:1536002008-08-04T23:05:27.001ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<div class="notes_body">Social networking brings Tennis players, students, teaching pros, club directors, and industry
insiders together to connect, learn, explore business<br />
opportunities and related topics. Feel free to share,<br />
support, coach, even gossip with other members in any of our<br />
many community areas.<br></br>
<br></br>
If you're new to our community, please read these guidelines and<br />
tips for getting started and how to benefit from participating.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">A great…</span></div>
<div class="notes_body">Social networking brings Tennis players,
students, teaching pros, club directors, and industry<br />
insiders together to connect, learn, explore business<br />
opportunities and related topics. Feel free to share,<br />
support, coach, even gossip with other members in any of our<br />
many community areas.<br>
<br>
If you're new to our community, please read these guidelines and<br />
tips for getting started and how to benefit from participating.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">A great place to start is building<br />
your online profile</span>. Whether you’re a casual player, avid<br />
tennis fanatic or a business owner, announce to the world what you<br />
stand for and what you offer.<br>
<br>
We want our community to be comfortable, thought provoking,<br />
helpful, safe, and easy to use. Tennisopolis is deeply committed to<br />
including a wide range of views in our forums, groups and blog<br />
postings. Our community policies are guided by the belief that free<br />
expression and open communication will help players, students,<br />
teachers, directors, vendors, and fans connect, find friendship,<br />
support, feedback, learning, and experience diverse opinions. In<br />
doing so, it is our hope that we can all become better people and<br />
better professionals.<br>
<br>
We respect individual differences in philosophies, beliefs,<br />
opinions, and work styles, and expect our community members to do<br />
the same. Please note that users who violate these guidelines may<br />
be sent a warning and, if necessary, be banned from the<br />
network.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Your Rights and<br />
Responsibilities</span><br>
<br>
Please bear in mind that all of the material you read in our<br />
community areas comes from other members. Because our community is<br />
very large, Tennisopolis doesn't monitor or verify all the<br />
information posted by our members. The comments, opinions, and<br />
statements posted on our bulletin boards, forums, groups and chats<br />
don't necessarily reflect the views of Tennisopolis. The<br />
information posted on our boards and blog postings, including<br />
advice and opinions, is the responsibility of those members who<br />
create the posts.<br>
<br>
Please consult your business advisors or other qualified<br />
professionals before relying on information you find in the<br />
community areas. Tennisopolis is not responsible for the accuracy<br />
of posts and is not liable for any damage or loss that may result<br />
from your reliance on what other members have said.<br>
<br>
All Tennisopolis communications, including blogs, group discussion<br />
and forum posts, are public and not private communications.<br />
Tennisopolis has the right to modify and publish (both on our site<br />
and in other media) any information you post in our community<br />
areas. Please note that the material you post may be indexed by<br />
search engines such as Yahoo and Google.<br>
<br>
Community staff and volunteer hosts may use your membership e-mail<br />
to contact you regarding your messages in our community. You're<br />
responsible for keeping your e-mail address active and updated.<br />
Failure to keep your e-mail address updated may result in your<br />
being banned until we can confirm that you have a valid e-mail<br />
address associated with your Tennisopolis membership.<br>
<br>
Keep your login information, including your password, private.<br />
Sharing of memberships or screen names is not allowed and may<br />
result in your being banned. Tennisopolis accepts no responsibility<br />
for use of your membership or computer by third parties, with or<br />
without your permission.<br>
<br>
Post honestly and in good faith, with the intention to support,<br />
share, and inform. We don't welcome people who disrupt our<br />
community and create additional work for our hosts or staff. If we<br />
believe that you're posting with the intent to cause disruption or<br />
harm to your fellow members' community experience or enjoyment,<br />
specific content may be deleted and you may be banned.<br>
<br>
Tennisopolis has the right to delete any post and ban any user,<br />
with or without notice, at any time and for any reason, including,<br />
without limitation, our judgment that the user has violated these<br />
community guidelines. Tennisopolis has no obligation to delete<br />
content that you find personally objectionable or offensive. By<br />
using the community areas you are agreeing to abide by our<br />
guidelines and to submit to their interpretation and enforcement by<br />
our staff.<br>
<br>
We reserve the right to modify or change these guidelines without<br />
notice.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Privacy Guidelines</span><br>
<br>
Never provide your password, telephone numbers, or home address to<br />
anyone online. Be very careful about responding to solicitations<br />
for interviews or research. Note, however, that Tennisopolis<br />
editors might invite you to respond to such solicitations from time<br />
to time.<br>
<br>
Never divulge any private or personal information about another<br />
person online. That includes the person's real name or address,<br />
e-mail address, and any other personal information that the person<br />
has not asked you to make public. Don't forward or post private<br />
messages that someone has sent to you unless you have his or her<br />
permission. Only send e-mail to another Tennisopolis member if he<br />
or she has given you expressed permission. Please don't solicit<br />
other members' personal information.<br>
<br>
The e-mail address you provide is for our use only, unless you<br />
provide it to other members. By accepting friendships on<br />
Tennisopolis, you take full responsibility for any e-mail you<br />
receive. Tennisopolis does not monitor such communications and will<br />
not intervene between members who use this function. The only way<br />
to keep from receiving undesirable e-mail is to remove the<br />
offending member from your friends list and not share your e-mail<br />
address.<br>
<br>
Members of the Tennisopolis community sometimes organize matches,<br />
meet-ups, rallies, donations, gift exchanges, reunions, and other<br />
offline activities. Such arrangements are private and are not<br />
sponsored, vetted, or hosted by Tennisopolis. You participate at<br />
your own risk.<br>
<br>
If you're looking for subjects to interview or participants for a<br />
study, please contact the Community Manager to ask for permission<br />
before querying the Tennisopolis community.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile Names</span><br>
<br>
We are building a community for personal and business interaction,<br />
so we encourage you to use your real name (or business' name.)<br />
Adding a last name is up to you. If you choose to be anonymous,<br />
please choose a screen name that's in good taste. If you select one<br />
that we deem to be vulgar, obscene or that misrepresents you to<br />
others, we'll ask you to change your name. If you do not change<br />
your name within 3 calendar days we may ban you.<br>
<br>
Anyone who tries to impersonate a Tennisopolis staff member,<br />
writer, expert, host, or other user — or who creates a screen name<br />
in order to hide his or her identity while violating our guidelines<br />
— will be banned immediately, permanently and without notice.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Profiles</span><br>
<br>
Nothing contained in a member's profile may violate Tennisopolis'<br />
community guidelines in any way. Examples of violations include,<br />
but are not limited to links to inappropriate material, competitive<br />
advertising and foul language.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Insults, Libel and<br />
Threats</span><br>
<br>
Insulting another community member is never acceptable, even in the<br />
liveliest of debates. Please note that in a debate, you can state<br />
that another member's point of view is wrong, misguided, or<br />
uninformed and still be within the guidelines. We take attacks and<br />
insults on debate threads very seriously. We reserve the right to<br />
end or delete any discussion if, in our sole judgment, it has<br />
wandered from being a healthy discussion into an exchange of<br />
attacks and insults.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-style: italic;">Please note that we do not allow<br />
religious debates on Tennisopolis.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">External Web Sites</span><br>
<br>
It's fine to mention, link to, or discuss most other web sites,<br />
including your own, that may be of interest to our members, as long<br />
as the web sites you refer to are consistent with our guidelines.<br />
You may not promote a website that we feel is in direct competition<br />
with Tennisopolis. We do not allow linking to pornographic sites or<br />
gambling sites directly or indirectly.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Community Areas</span><br>
<br>
To participate in our community areas (forums, groups, etc.) you<br />
agree to the following:<br>
<br>
<ul>
<li>Do use community areas to comment, share ideas, buy goods and
services, and seek capital.</li>
<li>Don't post any advertising, promotional materials, referrals,
junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form<br />
of solicitation.</li>
<li>Don't post anything obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit,
illegal, harmful, insulting, threatening, abusive, harassing,<br />
humiliating, embarrassing, defamatory, libelous, untrue, invasive<br />
of someone else's privacy, or objectionable (in our sole<br />
discretion).</li>
<li>Don't post with the intent to disrupt or disturb the community
or to interfere with other members' use and enjoyment of our<br />
community.</li>
<li>Don't attack character or damage the reputation of other
members, name-call, insult, ridicule, harass, mock, or otherwise<br />
verbally assault other members of this community.</li>
<li>Don't post anything hateful — including targeting race, class,
gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, weight,<br />
or disability.</li>
<li>Don't create a screen name to hide your identity while you are
violating our guidelines.</li>
<li>Don't post or link to inappropriate content. Inappropriate
content is anything Tennisopolis deems obscene or vulgar, including<br />
graphic images or stories.</li>
<li>Don't post anything you don't have the right to publish or
violate any copyright or other proprietary rights in your posts.<br />
That includes excerpting published articles without the author or<br />
owner's permission.</li>
<li>Don't transfer issues or posts from one forum, blog, or group
to another with the intention of drawing negative attention to the<br />
issue.</li>
<li>Don't use all capital letters in your chat or bulletin board
postings unless you REALLY MEAN TO YELL!</li>
<li>Don't post a message in more than one location.</li>
<li>Don't flood. This includes repeatedly "bumping" a thread,
disrupting an online chat event by entering the same phrase over<br />
and over again, or otherwise using up bandwidth for no reason.</li>
<li>Don't "friend spam". This means that members are not allowed to
randomly send friend requests to unreasonably large amounts of<br />
members that they have not met organically on the site. You may<br />
have as many friends as like, but do not "friend spam".</li>
<li>Don't post on behalf of banned members. If you do this, you may
be banned without notice or warning.<br></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spamming and
Self-promotion</span><br>
<br>
We understand the desire for members to use Tennisopolis as a way<br />
to promote themselves and their businesses. We want to encourage<br />
and foster this, but there are acceptable and unacceptable ways to<br />
do it. You may not directly advertise or promote yourself en masse<br />
to the membership via messaging (unless they are a friend or in a<br />
group and only if it's relevant to the group discussion), in any<br />
comment, in any blog or forum discussion, or any media.<br>
<br>
Any advertising or mention of tennis sites offering similar<br />
features to Tennisopolis are not allowed. For example, it would be<br />
completely inappropriate to walk into a tennis club and hand out<br />
fliers to players about your club across the street.<br>
<br>
<b>The appropriate way to attract attention is to be a periodic<br />
contributor of valued content to the site.</b> Brief plugs at the<br />
end of contributed content is generally acceptable. However, brief<br />
plugs at the end of a welcome message for a new member that is<br />
obviously self promoting is unacceptable. If you would like to<br />
advertise your company, products or services to the membership at<br />
large, please contact us about advertising on Tennisopolis.<br>
<br>
A serious violation of the Tennisopolis community is poaching or<br />
directly soliciting Tennisopolis members using our internal<br />
messaging technology for competitive purposes. We are not against<br />
competitors or competition, present and future. However, using the<br />
Tennisopolis internal email messaging or platform to post a self<br />
promoting blog, discussion, or comment on any profile wall with the<br />
intent to advertise a competitive web site is in violation of our<br />
community guidelines and subject to immediate ban, and probable<br />
legal prosecution.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Copyright Violations</span><br>
<br>
Please do not upload any copyrighted works including, but not<br />
limited to, photos, videos and text. We've noticed a large amount<br />
of very professional looking photos of pros lately. Please take<br />
these down if you did not take the photo or have specific<br />
permission to use the photo.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Violations of Community<br />
Guidelines</span><br>
<br>
If you violate the Tennisopolis community guidelines, you may be<br />
contacted individually by community staff. Your actions may result<br />
in a warning, a suspension, or permanent banning from participation<br />
in our community. If you poach and solicit Tennisopolis members<br />
using our messaging, you will be prosecuted. We do not publicly<br />
discuss or announce warnings, suspensions or bannings.<br>
<br>
Banning is done at the community staff's discretion and is the<br />
result of our sole determination of a member's demonstrated<br />
inability or disinclination to follow our guidelines. We reserve<br />
the right to ban any member at any time for any reason, with or<br />
without warning.<br>
<br>
If a thread that contains a violation of these guidelines has<br />
information that's useful to the original poster or other members<br />
of the site, it may be edited or locked. However, if in our sole<br />
judgment a thread was created for the purpose of violating the<br />
guidelines, violates enough guidelines to be irredeemable, or<br />
contains no otherwise useful information, it may be removed.<br>
<br>
Because of the size of our community, we can't monitor all posts on<br />
the site. If you see a message you believe violates our guidelines,<br />
please <a href=<br />
"http://tennisopolis.com/main/index/feedback">contact us</a>.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Community Manager</span><br>
<br>
Your community manager is <a href=<br />
"http://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot">Mark Baker</a>. We're<br />
only an e-mail away. Please contact us (for example) regarding the<br />
following:<br>
<br></p>
<ul>
<li>Report any concern you have about our community</li>
<li>Get help navigating the site or participating in our
community</li>
<li>Get clarification of these guidelines or any other aspect of
our community</li>
<li>Alert us to a violation of these guidelines<br></li>
</ul>
These guidelines are subject to change without notice.</div> Tennis Links Directorytag:tennisopolis.com,2008-07-19:1869403:Page:1395552008-07-19T05:03:45.012ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<p></p>
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<p> </p>
<p>(If you have a site that you would like…</p>
<p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.expert-tennis-tips.com" target="_blank">Expert Tennis Tips</a></p>
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<p></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>(If you have a site that you would like for us to consider, please post it below.)</p> NTRP Ratings Guidetag:tennisopolis.com,2008-05-19:1869403:Page:927342008-05-19T19:42:22.802ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<b>NTRP VERIFICATION LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS</b><br />
<p>(information from USTA) <i>Use the information below to "self-rate" your game, and then play some people at that level and
adjust as necessary.</i></p>
<p><b>1.0</b> This player is just starting to play tennis.</p>
<p><b>1.5</b> This player has limited experience and is still working primarily on getting the ball into play.</p>
<p><b>2.0</b> This player needs on-court experience. This player has obvious stroke weaknesses but is familiar with…</p>
<b>NTRP VERIFICATION LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS</b><br />
<p>(information from USTA) <i>Use the information below to
"self-rate" your game, and then play some people at that level and<br />
adjust as necessary.</i></p>
<p><b>1.0</b> This player is just starting to play tennis.</p>
<p><b>1.5</b> This player has limited experience and is still
working primarily on getting the ball into play.</p>
<p><b>2.0</b> This player needs on-court experience. This player
has obvious stroke weaknesses but is familiar with basic positions<br />
for singles and doubles play.</p>
<p><b>2.5</b> This player is learning to judge where the ball is
going although court coverage is weak. This player can sustain a<br />
short rally of slow pace with other players of the same ability</p>
<p><b>3.0</b> This player is fairly consistent when hitting medium
paced shots, but is not comfortable with all strokes and lacks<br />
execution when trying for directional control, depth, or power.<br />
Most common doubles formation is one-up, one-back.</p>
<p><b>3.5</b> This player has achieved improved stroke
dependability with directional control on moderate shots, bur still<br />
lacks depth and variety. This player exhibits more aggressive net<br />
play, has improved court coverage, and is developing teamwork in<br />
doubles.</p>
<p><b>4.0</b> This player has dependable strokes, including
directional control and depth on both forehand and backhand sides<br />
on moderate shots, plus the ability to use lobs, overheads,<br />
approach shots and volleys with some success. This player<br />
occasionally forces errors when serving. Rallies may be lost due to<br />
impatience. Teamwork in doubles is evident.</p>
<p><b>4.5</b> This player has begun to master the use of power and
spins and is beginning to handle pace, has sound footwork, can<br />
control depth of shots, and is beginning to vary game plan<br />
according to opponents. This player can hit first serves with power<br />
and accuracy and place the second serve. This player tends to over<br />
hit on difficult shots. Aggressive net play is common in<br />
doubles.</p>
<p><b>5.0</b> This player has good shot anticipation and frequently
has an outstanding shot or attribute around which a game may be<br />
structured. This player can regularly hit winners or force errors<br />
off of short balls and can put away volleys, can successfully<br />
execute lobs, drop shots, half volleys, over-head smashes, and has<br />
good depth and spin on most second serves.</p>
<p><b>5.5</b> This player has developed power and/or consistency as
a major weapon. This player can vary strategies and styles of play<br />
in a competitive situation and hits dependable shots in a stress<br />
situation.</p>
<p><b>6.0</b> These players will generally not need NTRP ratings.
Rankings or past rankings will speak for themselves. The 6.0 player<br />
typically has had intensive training for national tournament<br />
competition at the junior and collegiate levels and has obtained a<br />
sectional and/or national ranking. The 6.5 player has a reasonable<br />
chance of succeeding at the 7.0 level and has extensive satellite<br />
tournament experience. The 7.0 is a world class player who is<br />
committed to tournament competition on the international level and<br />
whose major source of income is tournament prize winnings.</p> Match Chattertag:tennisopolis.com,2008-05-13:1869403:Page:887912008-05-13T03:29:13.348ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<b>NOTE: This system is currently having maintenance.</b><br />
<p><br clear="all"></br><b>Who's Online</b><br></br>
<i>Chat with other Tennisopolites in real time. This is particulary<br />
fun when you are both watching the same match, hence the name<br />
"Match Chatter".</i> var app =<br />
dojo.json.serialize(ning.CurrentApp); var pro =<br />
dojo.json.serialize(ning.CurrentProfile);<br />
document.getElementById('wlab_chat_frame').src…</p>
<b>NOTE: This system is currently having maintenance.</b><br />
<p><br clear="all">
<b>Who's Online</b><br>
<i>Chat with other Tennisopolites in real time. This is particulary<br />
fun when you are both watching the same match, hence the name<br />
"Match Chatter".</i> var app =<br />
dojo.json.serialize(ning.CurrentApp); var pro =<br />
dojo.json.serialize(ning.CurrentProfile);<br />
document.getElementById('wlab_chat_frame').src =<br />
"http://76.74.155.39/chat/index?app="+encodeURIComponent(app)+"&p="+encodeURIComponent(pro);</p>
<div width="100%">Supports UTF-8, Pasted URL, MP3, YouTube URL,
Image URL (no tags at end)</div>
<br clear="all">
<p><b>Chat Embedding</b></p>
<p>Chat supports several content types that can be embedded in the
chat. Examples are below.</p>
<p>Images on a Web Site:<br>
Enter full image URL such as<br />
'http://www.mydomain.com/imagepath.jpg' (no other trailing<br />
information after the .jpg). JPG, PNG and GIF formats are<br />
acceptable. Images uploaded on Tennisopolis: Right click on an<br />
image to get the URL. In IE, right click the photo and then click<br />
'Properties' and cut-and-paste the image address (URL). In Firefox,<br />
right click and then 'Copy Image Location'. For example, you should<br />
see something like<br />
'http://api.ning.com/files/MoLl4ovNMeEpxx*m4vKbgJlGWhPZrBU5bLheeA-i7rQ_/young.jpg?width=280&height=209'<br />
as the image URL. Paste EVERYTHING into the chat window EXCEPT<br />
anything including and after the question mark. So the image URL<br />
you paste into chat would be just<br />
'http://api.ning.com/files/MoLl4ovNMeEpxx*m4vKbgJlGWhPZrBU5bLheeA-i7rQ_/young.jpg'</p>
.<br />
<p>YouTube Video:<br>
Paste the URL (NOT the Embed Code) of a YouTube video</p>
<p>Music:<br>
Type the full URL of an MP3 file such as<br />
'http://www.mydomain.com/file.mp3' (no other trailing information<br />
after the .mp3 -- this is Beta).</p>
<p>Please Note:: Any inappropriate, explicit, sexual or other
questionable content/chat may result in your ENTIRE Tennisopolis<br />
account being terminated. So post with care!</p> Advertise on Tennisopolistag:tennisopolis.com,2008-03-14:1869403:Page:534292008-03-14T04:21:17.698ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<b>Join the Tennisopolis revolution!</b> We are the fastest growing<br />
tennis website with 80 to 100 new members joining everyday. Our<br />
members are avid tennis players and fans. Get in now and build your<br />
identity in our fun and infectious social enviroment. So your<br />
business will grow with us.<br />
<p>We are currently reviewing advertisers for inclusion on the site. <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot#">Please send a
description of your business to the Community Manager,…</p>
<b>Join the Tennisopolis revolution!</b> We are the fastest growing<br />
tennis website with 80 to 100 new members joining everyday. Our<br />
members are avid tennis players and fans. Get in now and build your<br />
identity in our fun and infectious social enviroment. So your<br />
business will grow with us.<br />
<p>We are currently reviewing advertisers for inclusion on the
site. <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot#">Please send a<br />
description of your business</a> to the Community Manager, <a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot#">Mark Baker</a></p>
<br />
<p><font color="red">Our advertising options:</font></p>
<p><b>Silver package:</b><br>
- Banner advertisement on every page. (125x125 pixels in right<br />
column).<br>
- That's approx. 250,000 banners per month.<br>
- Sponsorship of one Newsletter (broadcast email) to all members<br />
(over 23,000).<br>
price: only $46.99/ month (3 month minimum)</p>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> <input type=<br />
"hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="10117390"><br />
<table>
<tr>
<td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Duration">Duration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><select name="os0">
<option value="3 months">3 months $140.97</option><br />
<option value="6 months">6 months $279.97</option><br />
<option value="1 year">1 year $549.97</option><br />
</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type=<br />
"image" src=<br />
"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0"<br />
name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br />
<img alt="" border="0" src=<br />
"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height=<br />
"1"></form>
<br />
<p><b>Gold package:</b><br>
- Banner advertisement on every page (125x125 pixels in right<br />
column, approx. 250,000 banners per month).<br>
- Sponsorship of one Newsletter (broadcast email) PER MONTH to all<br />
members (over 23,000).<br>
- text link on every page (125x125 pixels in right column, approx.<br />
250,000 banners per month)<br>
- great for your google rankings.<br>
price: only $59.99/ month (3 month minimum)</p>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> <input type=<br />
"hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="10117339"><br />
<table>
<tr>
<td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Duration">Duration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><select name="os0">
<option value="3 months">3 months $179.97</option><br />
<option value="6 months">6 months $349.97</option><br />
<option value="1 year">1 year $659.97</option><br />
</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type=<br />
"image" src=<br />
"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0"<br />
name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br />
<img alt="" border="0" src=<br />
"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height=<br />
"1"></form>
<br />
<p><b>Sponsor one of our Contests:</b><br>
- We run a bracket pick-em contest for each of the Grand Slam<br />
tournaments.<br>
- We also run a periodic Invite-A-Friend contest<br>
Each contest would be completely branded with your business in all<br />
areas of the site (Main Page, Contest Page, Forum Discussion and<br />
broadcast emails).<br>
price: $100.00 cash prize or $200.00 merchandise value prize</p>
<p><b>For more information, contact <a href=
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot#">Mark</a>.</b></p> Map of Local Tennisopolis Groupstag:tennisopolis.com,2008-03-08:1869403:Page:496152008-03-08T00:24:06.905ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<iframe src="http://www.tennisopolis.com/tennis-groups.html" width=
"600" height="400" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"<br />
frameborder="0"><a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/tennis-groups.html">Click here for the<br />
map</a></iframe>
<iframe src="http://www.tennisopolis.com/tennis-groups.html" width=
"600" height="400" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"<br />
frameborder="0"><a href=<br />
"http://www.tennisopolis.com/tennis-groups.html">Click here for the<br />
map</a></iframe> How To Find Tennis Partners Onlinetag:tennisopolis.com,2008-02-05:1869403:Page:356042008-02-05T03:16:46.070ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<p><strong>UPDATE >>> This article has been updated here: <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/news/how-to-meet-tennis-partners" target="_self">How To Find Tennis Partners Online</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img align="right" alt="meet tennis partners" hspace="10" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036104629?profile=original"></img></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com">Tennisopolis</a> is a huge site, and we know that it can be tough to figure it all out right away. </p>
<p>Many people come here for different reasons; some love the pro game and want to talk tennis, others…</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE >>> This article has been updated here: <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/news/how-to-meet-tennis-partners" target="_self">How To Find Tennis Partners Online</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036104629?profile=original" alt="meet tennis partners" align="right" hspace="10"></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com">Tennisopolis</a> is a huge site, and we know that it can be tough to figure it all out right away. </p>
<p>Many people come here for different reasons; some love the pro game and want to talk tennis, others are in the tennis industry and want to network, and still others are here to set up a rally or a match. </p>
<p><u><b>To find players in your area:</b></u></p>
<p>Our first suggestion is to <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/groups">search through the Groups</a> to see if one has formed in your neck of the woods. The Groups are sub-categories within the website. Some Groups actually meet on regularly scheduled days and some groups are casual and are just there to find people in your town. If you find a Group in your area, join it. Then introduce yourself with the "start new discussion" link. You can also send a message to the entire group, each member will get the note in their email.</p>
<p>If there is no Group in your area, we suggest that <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/groups/group/new">you start one</a>. With the super fast growth Tennisopolis is experiencing, your town's page will fill up very fast. Then go to the <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/">Main Page</a> or the <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/profiles/friend/list">Members Page</a> and use the search function to find members in your city or the nearby suburbs, etc. Once you find them, invite them into the new Group from your group's main page.</p>