Learn more about Tennis en Ligne.
Tennis has never been so
exciting!
Tennis en Ligne is a modern way to play while
getting involved in a sport. This brand-new Internet community will
allow all players to unlock trophies, which will give them access to
rewards. These Internet rewards and the ranking will allow players to
have fun and improve their tennis skills while having a competitive
spirit.
How does it work?
The results of the matches
allow players to evolve and appear in different type of regional
rankings. It allows players to manage all the scores of their
friendly games, groups, leagues and clubs at the same place on the
Internet.
How do you enter scores?
The results are
entered by the member, the coach or the group manager from their
account. Rankings are updated in real time after each entry.
What
can I do if there is an error in the results?
It is possible
to contest the results of a match. In a group, the manager is
responsible for resolving the error that occurred. In the case of
duels, we will communicate by email with the players to solve the
problem.
How does the ranking work?
Player rankings are
updated according to the ELO rating system adapted for tennis. The
number of points assigned or removed for each player is determined by
the importance of the match (from one to five stars depending on the
importance of the match). Click here to read the news explaining the
Tennis en Ligne rating system. Click here to read the news explaining the Tennis en Ligne rating system.
What is the ELO system?
The
ELO system is a method for calculating the relative skill of the
competitors. It was invented to improve the chess ranking system. In
summary, the difference of points between two opponents determines
the outcome of the meeting. Since its creation, several games and
sports have adopted it.
How do we determine the initial
player experience?
When you subscribe for free, the new player
must complete a form that will determine its initial experience.
Before filling up the form, he will have to decide if he wants to
play with opponents at an easy, normal or hard level. The difficulty
levels are detailed in the beginning of the form. The form is based
on a number of key attributes for tennis players. Thereafter, the
attributes initial values will evolve according to the player's
involvement in the game!
Who can use Tennis en
Ligne?
Tennis en Ligne as been gamified to ensure that all
tennis lovers, whether beginners or professionals, can find what they
want. Visitors are also welcome to sign up for free to keep track of
their favorite players in this online community.
What is
gamification?
Gamification is the use of game mechanics in
order to engage a greater number of people to participate in an
activity. It pushes and motivates the player to keep up playing even
if he's not always the winner.
How did you gamified
Tennis?
In addition of the regional rankings, we offer players
some goals in order to acquire trophies.
Can a group of
players join Tennis en Ligne?
Players have access to a
friendly environment to create groups in their communities. It is
simple to create a group for colleagues, school, sports centers,
family and friends. Players can also join existing groups by visiting
the public profile of those. Click here to read the news explaining the Tennis en Ligne groups.
Can a group contain subgroups
or divisions?
All types of groups can contain divisions. The
division serves to identify the players in the group according to a
category for a given period of time.
How does Tennis en
Ligne support coaches?
The member can identify himself as a
coach in his profile to manage his group of students. A coach group
will be created automatically for him. The coach can then use the
application to plan matches between students. This will give them a
chance to record their matches' scores, find themselves in official
rankings and play on Tennis en Ligne.
How does Tennis
en Ligne support clubs?
We do advice tennis clubs and
organizations to register with Tennis en Ligne to increase their
visibility and to allow their members to participate in a regional
online community using the results of their matches played in their
club.
Our goal is to promote them by inviting members to join
their club from their public page. We know that clubs and
organizations are essential to prepare future stars of tennis. To do
this, each match linked to a club will have the advantage of being
played at four stars (instead of three for other group types). This
will therefore allow players to accumulate more points and increase
rapidly in the regional rankings while remaining in their
league. Click here to read the news explaining the Tennis en Ligne rating system.
The club managers will be able to use their member
account to create divisions, league and tournament matches.
Furthermore, players will be capable via their member account to
enter their match results of the club as they can do with any other
groups. The managers can also enter the matches' results for his
club's players.
About us and how to support Tennis en
Ligne
We are both self-employed French-Canadian, Patrick
Gendron and Pascal Ceretti, who studied in computer science. Our
project was created during our free time in order to improve physical
activity, sports, health and socialization for human development and
our gamification project (Webbist).
By subscribing for free,
you are not only helping to increase the online sporting community of
Webbist, but also have the chance to use any other type of sport
which we have gamified that will be available soon when we have
enough participation.
You can also help by contributing to the
completion of missing information for tennis courts, cities, etc. We
will add your name to our list of collaborators on the Webbist
project. English is your first language? Help us detect errors in our
English translation. It will be much appreciated.
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The creators of Tennis en
Ligne,
Patrick Gendron and Pascal Ceretti