My Serve – David Kjeldsen opines on the good and the bad

FAULT – Roving Foot Fault Judges. Where were they at the first large APTA tournament of the season? I watched over 15 hours of matches at the Chicago Charities, and I didn’t hear one foot-fault called – although I saw a lot. I thought the new APTA rule was roving foot fault judges were to be used at all national ranking tournaments. Maybe I was in the wrong place at the wrong time when I was watching? Funny, I didn’t see any at the Sound Shore Invitational either. Surely I will see them next weekend in the APTA Presidents back yard for the Long Island Invitational.

ACE – Peachtree Paddle, Atlanta, Georgia. Gotta love any platform group that gives out great car window decals to their members. The three-color design really stands out. Contact them and maybe you too can get one.

ACE - Videographers. With the technology available today, there is a lot of great information regarding platform tennis on the web. Thanks to all the camera guys who make this possible. Have some fun. Search “platform tennis” on YouTube and you’ll learn a lot and smile a lot.

FAULT – Member Lookup. One of the best features of the old APTA website was the “Member Lookup.” It is still not back on line.

DEUCE – Member Lookup. The Long Island Platform Tennis Association is one of several leagues across the country that have their entire membership directory online in a password protected format that alleviates some of the privacy concerns that open association lists have had in the past. Once LIPTA and others figure out how to automatically generate responses by E-mail for requests for forgotten passwords and or membership numbers all will be “aces.”

DEUCE - APTA Board Members. I am not sure how much conversation about platform was generated, but kudos to all the board members who sported their APTA vests at the Chicago Charities. For players with gripes or grapes, the board members were clearly visible to and available to all. Sadly, no board members I saw at the Sound Shore Invitational were identifying themselves.

ACE – PPTA. 100+ current and future players came out to see top PPTA pros and national, champions, all from Chicago, play an exhibition at the Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta on November 1. Special thanks to Peter Lauer, the driving force behind the event.