The 2020 USTA Tennis on Campus Fall Invitational is going virtual!

This year, teams will compete by completing a series of challenges that focus on a range of skills from tennis trick shots to athleticism. Teams will submit their video entries of each challenge, using different members of their club, by going live on a social platform (TBD) and including their school name in the caption.

Players do not need to be on campus to participate!

The winner of the Gold bracket will receive a bid for the 2021 Tennis on Campus National Championship in the spring. Other prizes include grants for first and second place in the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Copper brackets.

There will also be three non-tennis challenges that focus on creativity, details to come. The winners of these challenges will also receive grants.

Below are the eight challenges for the virtual Fall Invitational. Prior to the October start date, we will be providing you with the overall challenge rules, a more detailed description of each challenge along with a demo video for each. Teams will submit ten entries for each challenge.

1. Alley Rally: Two players on opposite ends of the court have one minute to hit as many consecutive groundstrokes to each other while keeping the ball in the alley.
2. Tweener Totals: Player gets ten balls to hit as many tweeners over the net and land in the court as they can.
3. Target Practice: Player gets ten balls to serve and hit targets as many times as they can.
4. Consecutive Volleys: Two players have one minute to hit as many consecutive volleys to each other as they can.
5. Cross-Court Consistency: Two players have one minute to hit as many consecutive cross-court groundstrokes as they can.
6. Wall Sits: Player does a wall sit for as long as they can.
7. Rolling-Stopping Ball: Starting behind the doubles alley, the player will roll the ball and make it stop in the other alley. The player will have 10 balls and will try to make as many balls land in the opposite alley as they can.
8. Walking Flips: Player has one minute to walk from alley to alley, back and forth, while bouncing the ball on their racket, flipping the racquet in between each bounce off the racquet.

The window for submitting challenge videos will begin October 1st, 2020 and will end 11:59 PM EST on November 1st, 2020. The week of November 2nd, draws and results will be live on the same social platform as submissions are made.

Please submit this form no later than September 14th, 2020 if your team is interested in participating.