Boy, were the parents and coaches totally befuddled by this!
Was an ASA/USA Nationals Qualifier in MD this past weekend.
I really like the format, and thanks to this forum, had a pre-understanding of it and its benefits.
Only issue was there weren't enough fields/umpires to run a 2-day, double-elimination format with 11 teams,
in a realistic amount of time. Solution would have been hold 18U/16U at separate complexes. -OR- make the games 1:00 vs 1:20 timed portion.
We made it clean though the winner's bracket, secured our bid,
but never played the championship game due to time running out on Sunday.
(Top two teams get a berth, so incentive to start a champ game at 7pm on a Sunday was quite low...)
Was an ASA/USA Nationals Qualifier in MD this past weekend.
I really like the format, and thanks to this forum, had a pre-understanding of it and its benefits.
Only issue was there weren't enough fields/umpires to run a 2-day, double-elimination format with 11 teams,
in a realistic amount of time. Solution would have been hold 18U/16U at separate complexes. -OR- make the games 1:00 vs 1:20 timed portion.
We made it clean though the winner's bracket, secured our bid,
but never played the championship game due to time running out on Sunday.
(Top two teams get a berth, so incentive to start a champ game at 7pm on a Sunday was quite low...)