Suds79 said:
Quote Originally Posted by suds79 View Post
Does anybody have an idea for league play at our table tennis club?
Some players have expressed interests in having a league. But I'm thinking, how do you run a league where people sometimes show up to play & sometimes don't.
We could do an individual league but honestly that's probably not going to be that exciting. Everybody kinda knows who the top players are 1-4. Sometimes they show. Sometimes they don't.
So I'm thinking some team drafting thing would be fun. Would it be you win more points for challenging someone & winning and very little positive points even in losses? I figure there's got to be some incentive for players showing up to play, even if they lose, compared to players who never make it to club.
Anybody have ideas or do something similar at your club?
Man, i wanted to respond to this already two days ago. Hope i understood correctly.
Well, anyway late but here:
As monster wrote, it depends a bit how many players you have.
Have you ever heard of "Corbillon Cup"? Basically you have two players form a team and the Team that scores 3 points has won.
Example for running order:
Player 1 Team A vs. Player 2 Team B
Player 2 Team A vs. Player 1 Team A
Doubles
Player 2 Team A vs. Player 2 Team B
Player 1 Team A vs. Player 1 Team B
If you have like 8 players you could form 4 Teams and let each team play against each other. If you don't want it to be over already then let all Teams have a ReMatch so you would have 1st leg and 2nd leg season.
There are tournaments played like this with all matches played on one single day, But you could also split it up and just have one team match per day.
Of course the number of teams can be increased, but the number of players could also be increased easily if you have more players participating. You could also have a substitute Player per team in case your best players don't show up on a regular. If you have like 3 or 4 players per Team only the playing order would be slightly different. That's all.
You can also set up a prize for the team who wins the most.
Make sure the best players don't play in the same team otherwise things might get boring too soon.
If the best players show up to your Team matches then fine, and if they don't then they are weakening their Team, so it's not the best player that wins the season but rather the best team with the best consistency. And if your best players have some sportsman spirit then they won't let their teammates hang.
I hope this has been somewhat helpful an in case of any questions feel free to ask.
