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Tournament Design. Up and Down King or Queen of the Court. Best when you have a short period of time and limited courts or fields Easy to run and allows for more playing time Determine length of time you want games to be Take total time and divide it by number of games you want to play.
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Up and DownKing or Queen of the Court • Best when you have a short period of time and limited courts or fields • Easy to run and allows for more playing time • Determine length of time you want games to be • Take total time and divide it by number of games you want to play
How to run a King’s Court • Number all your courts • Assign players/teams to each court (try to put better players/teams on courts 1, 2 or 3. • Play your first game • When time is up: • Winners move up one court toward court #1 the King’s Court • The losers move down one court • The winners on court @1 stay and the losers on court 6 stay • If there is a tie, the team/player that had the highest score first wins. • If you have more players/teams than courts, have one player/team waiting to play next on a court.
Round Robin • Are the best for league play or one day tournaments that guarantee a certain number of games • All team/players play each other at least once (for a large # of teams/players create a 3rd or 4th pool) • The smaller the number of teams/players in the pool the shorter time it takes to complete pool play • When using Round Robin for a one day tournament combine it with Single Elimination
Round Robin Format Pool A Team1 Team2 Team3 Team4 Pool B Team 5 Team 6 Team 7 Team 8
Single Elimination Tournament • Best when you have a large number of entries, a short period of time and a limited number of courts/fields • When players win they continue/when they lose they are out • Downside: half of your players will be out after the first round • Accurate seeding is needed to run a good tournament (min. Try to seed the top 4 teams) • Great to use at end of Round Robin tournament to determine an overall champion
Consolation • A single elimination tournament with a loser’s bracket • After the first round the winners move on and the loser’s are put in a new bracket (if you start with 16 teams, use an 8 bracket for the consolation side) • On both brackets, after the first round, if you lose, you’re out. • The winner of the original bracket is the tournament champion. The winner of the “new” bracket is the Consolation Champion.
Double Elimination Tournament • Very similar to Single Elimination with one major difference: you must lose 2 games to be eliminated from the tournament. • This type of tournament takes longer to finish • There is a “crossover” when losers of the quarterfinals move to the loser’s bracket which allows players to play a different team
Ladder Tournament • Most popular form of extended tournament • Best with pairs or individual entries (racket sports) • Players challenge the individual or team above them on the ladder • If the challenger wins they exchange places with the loser of the game • If the challenged player wins they stay where they are • Do not allow players to play the same person or team twice in a row