The following details how substitutes are handled in the Williamsburg Pickleball Spring League 2023 for teams needing substitutes and for players registered in the league to play as substitutes.
If you are a team needing a substitute:
- Team captains must contact us when they need a substitute by sending an email to the league email address.
- In the email tell us what date you need the substitute(s) for, and if you need a man or a woman substitute.
- The league will assign a substitute to your team based on various criteria (for the first week it was who responded first). For subsequent weeks priority will be given to substitutes who didn’t substitute the previous week.
- The league will send an email to the team captain, copying the assigned substitute, so that the team captain and the substitute can coordinate.
- The league will not assign an individual substitute for the same team two weeks in a row, if alternatives are available.
- Teams are never allowed to find their own substitutes.
If you are a substitute:
- Team captains contact us when they need a substitute.
- We send out an email to all substitutes in the appropriate skill division based on the gender needed, asking for you to reply by email with your availability.
- We assign substitutes based on various criteria (for the first week it was who responded first). For subsequent weeks, priority will be given to substitutes who didn’t substitute the previous week.
- If you are assigned as a substitute, the league will send an email to you as well as the team captain requesting the substitute, so that the team captain and the substitute can coordinate.
- The league will not assign an individual substitute for the same team two weeks in a row, if alternatives are available.
- All substitutes are assigned prior to game day so there is no need to show up on game day if you haven’t been assigned to a team for that day.