Hi Der,
Another great set of videos!! Enjoying them all!!
In order to get promotion up the Divisions, how do they work out if you can be promoted up? You mentioned that the Dude would have to defeat KJH with only a 4 point handicap to get to Open Div 2, How does the Dude get a 4 point handicap? by playing other matches throughout the season? Would he also have to defeat other players of KJH’s standard with the 4 point handicap to get to ODiv2?
Hi IB66,
In general, you have to win a city, regional, or national level tourney (or reach finals) in order to get automatic promotion, but that is just for that city or region or national tourney. Eventually, enough enemy coaches and players beach to the tourney organizors enough that you will get forced to be moved up in the classification.
I NEVER EVER won any city, regional, or national tourneys, yet I ended up moving up from Div 5 regional to Div 2 regional in 2 years. Your club coach can simply register you in ahugher divisiona dn it might stick with you. No one really complains about that, because players in higher divisions like SOFT TARGETS for an easy time to advance out of group stage.
Conversely, if you had a few years break, r were injurred badly, coach can have reason to register you in a tourney at a lower level if the coach has a good explanation.
What KJH was saying to the kid is the general rule of thumb for saying for sure someone is at a certain playing level. He was right, a natl Div 2 would require a 4 pt handicap, so if a dude could defeat KJH with a 4 pt handicap, then that player shoud be able to perform at a Div 2 national level.