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How to run a single elimination tennis tournament
Run a single elimination tennis tournament start to finish: size the draw, seed it so the final isn't decided in round one, hand out byes fairly, pick the scoring, and give the players knocked out early somewhere to keep playing.
Keep everyone following your tournament bracket live
How to keep players and spectators in the loop at a tournament: share the bracket link so everyone sees the scores on their own phone, the difference between refreshing for updates and live auto-updating, and the practical ways to get the link in front of a crowd on the day.
How to run a tennis compass draw
A tennis compass draw start to finish: why nobody's done after one loss, how losers slide into the compass-direction brackets, the player counts that run cleanest, who wins each direction, handling byes and drop-outs, and making it your monthly club championship.
How to run a tennis doubles mixer
A tennis doubles mixer start to finish: what it is, how partners rotate so everyone plays with everyone, fitting it to your courts and clock, scoring it by individual games, handling drop-outs, and making it a regular club session.
How to run a tennis round robin
A tennis round robin start to finish: count the matches, schedule who plays whom, manage the bench, score it fairly, handle the drop-out, and scale it up into a tournament's group stage.
Playing tennis in the heat
How to play in the heat without falling apart: what to do the day before and the morning of, what to pack, how to fuel and cool down between games, and when to stop.
The lifespan of a hybrid setup on a VCore 98, for a solid 3.0 player
One of us logged a poly/multi hybrid start to finish: 26 sessions, 37 hours, one month, and watched the ratings collapse from fives to twos.
StringLog: a clear way to track your racket strings
StringLog is a simple journal for your racket strings. Know exactly what you strung and how many hours you've played on them.