What's the reason of ...?

Question

Why atp don't allow players to speak with coach during the match? what's the reason?

Answer 1

It is against the rules, and I can see why. Tennis is an individual sport, not a team sport. If a player goes onto the court without a game-plan, or is unable to change his tactics if he's losing, then he does not deserve to win. Any player worth his ranking should be able to figure out how to win on his own.

Answer 2

It is a rule in ATP and no on-court coaching is allowed.
If coaching is allowed, then the game will slow down and
players generally cannot pay attention or may not agree to
certain things the coach may want to do.

But recently, the WTA has started to allow coaches/trainers to
coach in between the sets. In order to do this, the players
have to designate ahead of time and microphones need to
be put in place when coaching happens.

But does the on court coaching really implemented?
I do not think so at 100%.... Hand and body signals are
communicated between coach/some one close to them
and the players....But not all players do this...some do....

Answer 3

No Player on either of the ATP or WTA tours is allowed to speak to the coaches during Matches It's a Rule, that no player can receive any kind of advice/suggesstion from his coach!!! If this rule is violated Players are punished..usually these days chair Umpires first warn the players.....I remember maybe last year or 2005 rafael Nadal was given such a warning and he also sometimes takes longer than alloted time (25 secs) between points on his serve...But some of the players do have a sort of sign language to communicate to their coaches during matches
Also , I think one or two tourney organizers allowed On-court coaching on WTA tour but perhaps later-on the idea was scrapped(please confirm)
...But this is perhaps allowed in FED CUP (please confirm)

I also saw this during India's Asian Games 2006 Tie against Uzbekistan..
I don't know whether Davis Cup or other male country tournaments allow them....

Answer 4

It's called on-court coaching and many tournaments don't use it. They have experimented it in the WTA Tour but many players didn't like it. I don't know why many players don't like it because it is great, it is easier for the coach to see what a player is doing wrong, rather than the player dealing with the pressure and their strokes...the coach can help them. :)

Answer 5

it's in the rules because it might lead to cheating, coaches might tell the player what to do or a gameplan.......plus it's the players job to work his own gameplan and find out his opponents weakness....just look at federer, he doesn't have a coach and yet he has 11 grand slams

Answer 6

The reason is the player must be prepared to fight in any condition