I was playing tennis last night with 3 players whose USTA Rating is a whole point above mine. I am a solid 3.0 player. These ladies are very good 4.0 players. I love a good challenge, but hate to disappoint other players with my sloppy play. As I was doing the warm up hitting cross court with one of the ladies, I was so afraid that even my warm up hitting was not enjoyable for her. I didn't want to come out and say, sorry if I bore you, but I am only a 3.0 player, because that would be just a wee bit tacky. As I continued to hit I began envisioning what tennis would be like if we all had our USTA rating number floating above our heads as we played.
As I expanded upon the thought of the floating Rating, I starting thinking of how funny it would be to see the numbers go up when you played well and nose dive when your play went down hill. With the floating numbers, you could go to any tennis courts and just walk around until you found a number that you felt up to playing against for the day. There would be no more wondering if the opponent was sand bagging, the number would be right there for all to see. The floating numbers would hopefully help keep egos in check. But then again, maybe not.
So yes I think that the floating numbers would be fun, but in the end we may not take the opportunity to improve our game by playing tougher opponents as the higher ranks may not want to take the time to play with the lower numbers. I guess that it is best that we don't have the floating numbers, because I may not have had the opportunity to play on a court with three 4.0 players and have such a wonderful time. The best news of all about my adventure last night is that I played and laughed for hours with three great players and I didn't suck.
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