The United States Tennis Association is expanding its efforts to encourage high school coaches to adopt “no cut” policies. “The idea is that students benefit from participating, even if they aren’t top players, and that they will become lifelong players and fans of the sport, EdWeek reports.
Coaches who take part in the program receive gifts, such as caps and a sports-magazine subscription, as well as professional recognition, such as a letter of commendation to their school principals praising them for maintaining a large team. Perhaps most important, they receive access to features such as a new Web site created this year, which allows them to share information through a coach-to-coach online forum and gives them tips on how to run a no-cut team effectively.
Not being cut and playing, of course, are different matters. Having ridden the pine on a couple of baseball teams as a kid, I’d prefer to have been cut rather than to endure the humiliation of playing only in blowouts.
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