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**TENNIS PARENT ALERT**

Junior tennis should be a fun and rewarding experience for our children. Character building lessons such as hard

work, discipline, sportsmanship, and handling adversity are regularly on display. Parents of junior players should

also enjoy the time spent with their children and watching them develop not just into better tennis players, but into

good citizens.

Regrettably, USTA Southern and USTA NC have encountered a disturbing trend over the past few years involving

parents of junior players. Verbal abuse by some parents directed at tournament referees, officials, and even other

junior players and their parents is becoming more commonplace. These incidents adversely impact the players' and

parents' tournament experience and create a negative and distressing atmosphere for all participants, parents and

officials. Such abusive and improper conduct by a few is in violation of the governing rules and shall not be

tolerated.

In response to the actions of a few, USTA Southern and USTA NC have instituted this alert to remind parents and

players that abuse of players, referees, or officials by a parent, relative, coach or other person associated with a

player is prohibited by the governing rules, and any such abuse may result in the issuance of directives for

that person to leave the tournament area and/or the imposition of point penalties and other sanctions

authorized by applicable regulations. Abusive behavior in any form shall not be tolerated. Tournament officials

and referees will report all instances of such misconduct, and the consequences of such misconduct will be fully

enforced. Parents and players are governed by, and should become familiar with the Friend at Court and

particularly, Part 3 USTA Regulations, Section IV.C. which addresses Standards of Conduct. An excerpt of that

Section is provided for reference on the back of this form and a full copy of Friend at Court is available online at no

charge at

USTA Southern and USTA NC are confident that strict enforcement of the applicable regulations will reduce or

eliminate these instances of misconduct and enhance everyone's tournament experience.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RULES/SANCTIONS REGARDING

ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR

I HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE FAMILIARIZED MYSELF WITH THE APPLICABLE

RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING STANDARDS OF CONDUCT BY PARENTS AND/OR

PLAYERS AS SET FORTH IN "FRIEND AT COURT." I FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE

TO HONOR MY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE RULES AND THE SANCTIONS SET FORTH

THEREIN.

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Signature of Entrant

Signature of Parent or Guardian.

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Date

Usta Medical Release Form