ITA — TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE PROJECT

ITA Tournament Desk: Preview

Revised: July 9, 2021

Background

• The ITA is upgrading its competition systems, which includes how tournament draws are displayed to the public and match results submitted to the ITA. We're looking for feedback on the functionality of the system.
  
  Note: Tournament sanctioning and player selection/team roster management are not included in this preview.
  
• Please do not share these preliminary details with the public, as they may change based on the feedback received by the ITA.
• Send your feedback to Bruce Waschuk at bwaschuk@itatennis.com or post to the Coaches Resources discussion forum (sign-in required).

Preview Contents

• Test site: https://ita.tournamentdesk.com 
  
  Note: Changes you make to the tournament details on the test site will only be available within your own web browser instance.
  
• Features Overview
• Test Instructions
• Feedback

Features Overview

1. Support for nearly every known draw and score format
2. Support for Team Events
3. Support for multiple facilities within a tournament
4. Customizable registration open and close date/time
5. Support for multiple tournament payee accounts via Stripe
6. Age validation for tournament age divisions
7. Support for rating based seeding
8. Support for ranking based seeding
9. Support for rating based selection
10. Support for ranking based selection
11. Online registration and payment (Admin manual entry also available)
12. Exportable entrant and player profile data
13. Exportable tournament results
14. Player payment status reporting
15. Player invoicing option
16. Support for multiple event/division pricing and discounting
17. Tournament homepage customization (images, logo, text editing, custom waivers)
18. Support for multiple tournament administrators or officials to work on tournament simultaneously
19. Batch score entry
20. Batch scheduling
21. Automated scheduling
22. Tournament check-in feature
23. On the court management tools; match check-in, whose on court, whose up next, etc.
24. Communication with players via both email and SMS text
25. Filter players/matches by event, site, round, date, etc.

Test Instructions

Test site → https://ita.tournamentdesk.com 

1.  Click on the Players tab

1. Use Search or Sort fields to locate a specific player(s) for whom you may want to:

1. send SMS/Text
2. view Profile/Contact Info
3. add to Another Event in the Tournament, etc.
   

2. Click on the Events tab for:

1. Seeding
2. Avoidances
3. Work with Alternates/Promote to Main Draw
4. Withdrawals
5. Create Draw
6. Delete Draw
7. Print Draw
8. Publish Draw to your Tournament Home Page
   

3. After creating draw, use the Draws tab within the Event to:

1. Create Schedule
2. Record Scores
3. Move players within a draw
4. Change scoring format
   

4. After creating draw, use the Matches tab to:

1. Record scores in bulk
2. Export Results to CSV file
   

5. Use the Schedule tab to:

1. Add Sites
2. Set the available Courts and time available per court
3. Keep track of matches on court and matches coming up next
4. Notify players that matches are being called to the court
5. Adjust schedule
6. Enter Scores
7. Send SMS/Text message

Feedback

• Send your feedback to Bruce Waschuk at bwaschuk@itatennis.com or post to the Coaches Resources discussion forum (sign-in required).

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