Diamond Hills One Day Orange, Green and Yellow Ball Family Tournament

For the Orange and Green Ball Divisions, there will only be one Parent-child event for each division.

Parent-child Orange Ball
Parent-child Green Ball

There is only 1 event per color ball/court size. For example dads and sons could be playing against mothers and daughters or mother and sons etc.

The mother-daughter and father-son events are listed because the parent-child event in Tennislink is considered as a mixed doubles event. If you are a father-son team or a mother- daughter team, please sign up for father-son or mother-daughter under the color ball event that you are entering in. Once entries close we will combine all accepted entries under the same color ball in one event.

THE YELLOW BALL DIVISION WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:

Father-Daughter
Father-Son
Mother-Daughter
Mother-Son

Please enter in the event you would like to play.

Come join us for a day of family fun! This tournament will be for children of all ages and their parents. This event will use the smaller courts and the low compression balls for the orange balls.

For this tournament:

For the Orange Ball event, juniors must be ages 10 and under at the time of the event.
For the Green Ball event, juniors must be ages 12 and under at the time of the event.
All players (including parents) must use the appropriate size racket in accordance with the event they are entering in.

Please read the information below regarding the ball type and court size formats and select the event that best suits your player.

The 60 Orange format is played on a 60-by-21-foot court, with an orange ball and a 23- to 25-inch racket. Players In this format are developing more advanced stroke technique, greater court coverage and improved recognition skills. Orange players need to develop greater racket-head speed to control the ball with improved pace, spin, height and depth. Tactically, orange players are developing high percentage patterns with the forehand as a weapon from the baseline and improving net transition skills on a larger court. Orange players are progressing in their ability to hold serve with greater spin, power and control and are learning to read the serve and adjust the size of their backswing on the return accordingly.

The 78 Green format is played on a full-size 78-foot court, with a green ball and a 25-27-inch racket. Players in this format should display refined stroke technique, movement skills and recognition to properly cover the full-sized court. Green players have the correct grips, preparation and swing paths for all strokes and a higher level of spin, pace and control than orange players. From the backcourt, green players have developed the forehand as weapon, a reliable backhand and sound decision making. Tactically, green players have improved their ability to defend and also to attack the net with proper positioning and dependable execution of volleys and overheads. On the serve, green players are continuing to develop the serve as a weapon with refined spin, placement and consistency. When returning, green players have the ability to use the block return on more powerful first serves and have developed an aggressive second-serve return.

Address: 1510 Neroly Road, Oakley, CA 94561 *
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For Orange Ball events, juniors must be ages 10 and under at the time of the event.
For Green events, juniors must be ages 12 and under at the time of the event.
For Yellow Ball events, players can be of any age.

Orange Ball - One short set (first to 4 with a tie-break at 4-4)
Green Ball - One 6 game pro-set with a tie-break at 6-6
Yellow Ball - If a draw offers 1or 2 matches the match format will be 2 out of 3 sets with a match tie-break for the 3rd set. If a draw offers 3 matches an 8 game pro-set will be played. If a draw offers 4 or more matches a 6 game pro-set will be played.

A player shall not be entered at the time entries close in two or more USTA sanctioned tournaments scheduled to take place at the same time, in whole or in part, unless each Tournament Committee involved understands the situation, concurs in writing, and each agrees to accommodate the player’s schedule. The final decision rests with each tournament committee. If one tournament agrees to accept concurrent entries and accommodate the player's schedule but the concurrent tournament does not, the player may not enter both. If entries for the overlapping tournaments close on different dates, approval must be received from all Tournament Committees no later than the entry closing date that occurs last. Players who enter a tournament and play it to completion, may then enter another tournament with overlapping dates without permission. If a player violates this concurrent tournament rule ranking points earned in any concurrent tournament played will not count toward ranking or the Grand Prix Points Race and the concurrent tournaments will not count toward the minimum tournament requirement to qualify for Grand Prix.