[See Updates below.]
The ITA staff and the ITA Board of Directors recognize the importance of technology as it relates to the business of the ITA and, as a result, have made technology a top priority within the strategic plan of the Association. Over the last five years, we have implemented improvements to our technology platforms – the website, membership, and competition tools – and have always focused on the coach experience.
Most of our tech priorities have been based on feedback from coaches and their desire to have all membership and competition functionality captured on one platform with a single username and password (i.e., “single sign-on”); to provide a tournament management system to directors of ITA sanctioned events; to have a single go-to location where coaches, players, and fans can view draws and follow along with ITA sanctioned events as they occur in real-time; and provide a more professional look and interactive experience for users of the ITA competition tools platform.
We are now prepared to present to ITA member coaches our new initiative to have all membership and competition tools in the same location – the ITA Team Workspace. This will replace R2 – effective immediately.
As with any new technology, there will be areas where we can continue to improve and we will always seek your feedback on how to make systems better. We are committed to providing ITA member coaches the best support possible during our transition to our new tools and we appreciate patience during this transition to a new platform to collaboratively advance our sport.
We continue to work diligently to develop our competition tools so that ITA member coaches can manage their ITA membership, sanction and run tournaments, manage their roster, and add results – all on the ITA Team Workspace.
New features will continue to be provided over the course of the next few months, including the ability to schedule dual matches and enter dual match results. If you participate in dual matches prior to the release of this feature, you will be able to retroactively enter those dual match results once the feature becomes available.
Prior to using these new tools, coaches must renew their ITA Team Membership. To renew an ITA Team Membership, click here. We encourage coaches to pay by credit card if possible.
Coaches will receive registration links to sign-up for educational webinars via email. All webinars will be recorded and uploaded on the Coaches Resources site (log-in required). The Coaches Resources site will also contain FAQs to help coaches through issues they might run into.
Updates
iOnCourt live score app integration (phase 1)
Feb 8, 2022
The iOnCourt app helps coaches track live matches, share results in real-time, and track match statistics. iOnCourt is now integrated with the new ITA Team Workspace, allowing college teams to download their dual match schedule and player rosters from the competing teams.
The ITA Coaches Resources website provides instructions on using the integrated features. (ITA team membership sign-in is required to access the ITA Coaches Resources website.)
College tennis fans can follow iOnCourt live scores at ioncourt.com/search.
Player profiles (phase 1) with singles and doubles results
Feb 18, 2022
Phase 1 of the player profiles is now available on the ITA website and lists singles and doubles match results from 2021-22 season tournaments and dual match play. Future improvements will include links to match opponents’ profiles and current and past rankings. Links to the new player profile pages are on respective team roster pages. Get started by using the ITA team search tool to locate teams.
iOnCourt now reports lineups
Mar 11, 2022
The iOnCourt live score app can now report player lineup details to the ITA Team Workspace. In addition, a future release is coming that will permit reporting match scores.
The ITA Coaches Resources website provides instructions on using the integrated features. (ITA team membership sign-in is required to access the ITA Coaches Resources website.)
College tennis fans can follow iOnCourt live scores at ioncourt.com/search.
iOnCourt now reports dual match scores
Mar 27, 2022
The iOnCourt live score app can now report dual match scores to the ITA Team Workspace.
The ITA Coaches Resources website provides instructions on using the integrated features. (ITA team membership sign-in is required to access the ITA Coaches Resources website.)
College tennis fans can follow iOnCourt live scores at ioncourt.com/search.
Teams can now publish live stream/score links to the ITA website
Apr 6, 2022
The ITA now has a Live Channels feature that lets coaches and SIDs publish links on the ITA website to their team’s dual match live stream and live score pages. In addition, links to the live channels display on the public-facing ITA Upcoming matches page.
The ITA Coaches Resources website provides instructions on using the integrated features. (ITA team membership sign-in is required to access the ITA Coaches Resources website.)
College tennis fans can find links to live stream and live score coverage on the ITA Upcoming matches page.
Live stream/score links on ITA team profile pages
May 3, 2022
The ITA Live Channels feature now allows coaches and SIDs to publish dual match live stream and live score links to their ITA team page. In addition, the links will also display on the public-facing ITA Upcoming matches page.
The ITA Coaches Resources website provides instructions on how to publish Live Channels. (ITA team membership sign-in is required to access the ITA Coaches Resources website.)
College tennis fans can find links to live stream and live score coverage on an ITA team profile page by using the team search widget, or on the ITA Upcoming matches page.
