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HOW TO ROTATE into a court

Posted by Claudia Fontana on Apr 28 2015 at 05:00PM PDT

DOUBLE PADDLE PILE UP  or WINNER/LOSER piles

When you win your round and all 4 are coming off the court your paddle will go to the bottom of the Winner's pile.

When you lose your round and all 4 are coming off the court your paddle will go to the bottom of the Loser's pile.

Alternating piles of going IN to play rotation after waiting,  The NEXT 4 paddles on the designated pile will enter the empty court.

Place the NEXT to go in towel on the other pile in waiting. Alternate piles going in and out of play.

SENARIO:

Win pile has 6 paddles on it and is the next pile to go in. 

Lose pile has 5 paddle waiting to go in.

Court 2 opens up.

The winners of court 2 place their paddle at the bottom of the Win pile(A) and the TOP 4 paddle will go on to court 2 to play. Now the win pile has 4 paddles in waiting

The losers of court 2 place their paddles at the bottom of the Lose pile (B) and the NEXT towel will be place on TOP of the Lose pile (B) designating that, THAT will be the next pile to go into the next open court.  This pile will now have 7 paddles. 

NEXT to play towel will switch back and forth to designate WHICH pile is next to play. 

Court 1 opens up.. Lose Pile (B) with 7 paddles will have the next 4 paddles go in.When all paddles are laid in. Lose pile will have 5 paddles in waiting. Move the NEXT to play towel to the Win pile and REPEAT 

   

Single Paddle Pile Up Rotation

A FAIR method of rotation to mix all levels. PILE your paddles up

Scenario 1: When attendance is low or few players in line, the losing 2-4 players leave the court depending on attendance numbers, Winners will stay and split if attendance is low. The next two paddles on the TOP of the  pile enter that game.

When you come off a court your paddle goes to the BOTTOM of the pile. The top two or four will move to the open court accordingly.

 

MEDAL ROUND ROTATION 

Scenario 2: When we have an excess of waiting off court players, 6 or more? All 4 players of a playing court will leave the court and the next 4 paddles  on TOP of the pile will enter that court.

The GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE pile up works for a 2 or more court set up but attendance must be high. If there are 6 or more players in waiting and only 2-3 courts, we can run the GSB 4 player rotational system.. EVERYONE must follow the system for it to work. When it's run, the natural progression of the system places people in LIKE divisional skills levels together. Actually its like a mini ladder tourney feel in each session. Win and move up, lose and move down. Each night is a personal challenge to move up and stay up. Everyone will benefit in the end.

3 or More courts and HIGH attendence...

TO START - Each court will have 6 players or more players.. 4 will start play and the others will wait to begin rotation. 

Court 1 GOLD -  If you win your game your paddle will stay at the GOLD court and winners split  ONLY if there are low numbers of players.. If there are high numbers of players ALL 4 players leave the court and pile your paddle in the appropriate court pile up or down.

If you lose on the GOLD court your paddle will go DOWN a court  to the bottom of the SILVER pile on Court 2.

The next 2 or 4 players paddles will now play on GOLD.

Court 2 SILVER -    If you win your game your paddle will move UP and go to the bottom of the GOLD court pile. If you lose your paddle will go to the bottom of the Silver if there are only 2 courts in play or MOVE DOWN to BRONZE if there are 3 courts in play. 

Court 3 Bronze - If you win your game your paddle will MOVE UP and go to the bottom of the SILVER court pile. If you lose your paddle will go the bottom of the BRONZE court paddles. NEXT set paddles are on..If NO ONE is in waiting? Winners stay and split next 2 players in waiting will go onto play.

Additional NOTES: If you win 3 games in a row ona a court of WINNERS SPLIT please sit out a game to give others a chance to play more too.

 

 Clothes Pin Partners OUTSIDE ONLY

You will find a set of wires on the fence by the gate. You can supply your own ID clothes pin or use one that is available with a number. This WILL be your number for the remainder of the session.

The top wire 'rope' is for players ON the COURT or in an active game.

The bottom wire 'rope' is for players WAITING to enter a game.

When you arrive at the courts pick and/or place your PIN on either the top or bottom wire DEPENDING on if you are going to be ON the court and ready to play or if you are going to be WAITING for a position on the court. This all depends on number of participants and available courts.

Once you exit a court with a lose or a 3 game winning streak you will REMOVE your pin from the ON THE COURT upper wire and place it on the lower WAITING TO PLAY wire at the far RIGHT of the pin line.

The next 2 pins on the LEFT side of the wire will move their pin to ON THE COURT upper wire and now enter the court that is looking for new opponents.

Continue this and organized play will make everyone a happy player.

Winning players ON COURT PLEASE be patient as the new oppenents make their pin changes.

IF there are OPEN courts and there are players in waiting THIS court BECOMES a PRACTICE court. Meaning that you will be in PRACTICE mode, not a GAME mode. So KNOW and remember your pin number on the WAITING wire! GO practice and warm up. When the next competition court calls for NEW opponents your pin will need to go to the TOP wire and you may now enter the GAME court from the practice court.

We all come to play. But we want ROTATION and mixing of players. So a 'practice' court is the solution if your are NOT sitting out on the side line. If ALL courts are filled and we don't have substitutions or rotating players to come in and change, players get 'stuck' in one court with the same players and never have the opportunity to play other people.

This is our newest rotational method and it works as long as everyone adheres to the method.

Life is to short.. let's work together and make it fun.

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