Comments on: Pickleball Tournament Structure Should Be Re-evaluated! http://pickleballsuccess.com/2009/02/pickleball-tournament-structure-should-be-re-evaluated/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alice Tym http://pickleballsuccess.com/2009/02/pickleball-tournament-structure-should-be-re-evaluated/#comment-464 Alice Tym Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:38:42 +0000 http://pickleballsuccess.com/?p=59#comment-464 Round robins are fine. Double elimination is not good in active individual sports. Maybe for softball when people stand around a lot but not for age events. Good points in this article. Round robins are fine. Double elimination is not good in active individual sports. Maybe for softball when people stand around a lot but not for age events. Good points in this article.

]]> By: susan dever http://pickleballsuccess.com/2009/02/pickleball-tournament-structure-should-be-re-evaluated/#comment-462 susan dever Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:50:28 +0000 http://pickleballsuccess.com/?p=59#comment-462 Pls tell me if there are any specific requirements for serving and equipment. Must the server hit the ball below the waist? I play Padel and wonder if this paddle is considered an illegal paddle in pickleball. Although it is probably to heavy I am curious as to if it meets requirments for a pickleball game. Also if I win the first game . . . how is it determined who serves first in the second game? Thank you, shd@aol.com Pls tell me if there are any specific requirements for serving and equipment. Must the server hit the ball below the waist?

I play Padel and wonder if this paddle is considered an illegal paddle in pickleball. Although it is probably to heavy I am curious as to if it meets requirments for a pickleball game.

Also if I win the first game . . . how is it determined who serves first in the second game?

Thank you,
shd@aol.com

]]> By: Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs http://pickleballsuccess.com/2009/02/pickleball-tournament-structure-should-be-re-evaluated/#comment-385 Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:08:38 +0000 http://pickleballsuccess.com/?p=59#comment-385 Just wanted to throw my two cents in on the above three concerns. When I founded VisionaryTennis.com we saw the same three concerns pop up over and over again amongst our tennis playing members. Essentially we solved the first two questions by promoting and increasing membership. Eventually you will get so many tournament participants that you will have so many rounds of competition to reach the finals that your Legends will have to choose which division they want to participate in because it will simply be "too much" pickleball to try to play both. Greater numbers of players also causes more and more tournaments, both age-level and skill-level. If you have more tournaments to choose from, the 75-year old 4.5 player will be happier playing in say a 65 year old division where his skills will help him win despite the lack of his old time conditioning rather than playing a 4.5 level tournament against 55 year olds. Concern number three comes down to doing what makes your members happiest and we found that as our tournaments became bigger, players were much happier having a shorter bronze medal match. I believe as pickleball continues to grow and tournaments get bigger, the shear number of rounds that have to be played to reach the bronze medal match will necessitate the shorter match. In summary, let's really grow this sport and most of the problems will take care of themselves. Just wanted to throw my two cents in on the above three concerns. When I founded VisionaryTennis.com we saw the same three concerns pop up over and over again amongst our tennis playing members. Essentially we solved the first two questions by promoting and increasing membership. Eventually you will get so many tournament participants that you will have so many rounds of competition to reach the finals that your Legends will have to choose which division they want to participate in because it will simply be “too much” pickleball to try to play both. Greater numbers of players also causes more and more tournaments, both age-level and skill-level. If you have more tournaments to choose from, the 75-year old 4.5 player will be happier playing in say a 65 year old division where his skills will help him win despite the lack of his old time conditioning rather than playing a 4.5 level tournament against 55 year olds.
Concern number three comes down to doing what makes your members happiest and we found that as our tournaments became bigger, players were much happier having a shorter bronze medal match. I believe as pickleball continues to grow and tournaments get bigger, the shear number of rounds that have to be played to reach the bronze medal match will necessitate the shorter match. In summary, let’s really grow this sport and most of the problems will take care of themselves.

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