Has Top Dog Increased Participation in Tournaments.

Tennis New Zealand is failing to see the shortfalls of the Top Dog Ranking System.Whilst the concept of match recording is an excellent feature it really has not seen an increase in participation with purpose and has short coming's in defining a local interclub match with tournament play.In an article I read about home schooling for young tennis players which you can read at this LINK. It contained some interesting information re junior rankings system , it said "In 2004, the U.S.T.A. enacted a professional ranking system that awarded points for advancing through rounds in tournaments. The larger the number of competitions a player enters, the greater his opportunity to accrue points and improve his ranking. Participation has skyrocketed".Top Dog if anything has deterred Juniors from playing too many tournaments as it is Head to Head orientated and players often shy off playing a certain opponent by defaulting to protect their rankings.Maybe if TNZ implemented such a system here locally in South Canterbury we may see an increase in our Local Junior Open Tournaments.