- Nov 29, 2009
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In the past DD played in some tournaments that were 7 innings with no time limits. The TD touted "This is the way the game is supposed to be played." The trouble with it. Every one of them would be hours behind schedule. You could start 3 hours after your scheduled game time if you have games later in the day. It made for some REALLY long days at the field.
The move to timed games is warranted by expanding tournament entrants, limited fields and other factors. A new wrinkle I've seen in double elimination tournaments is the elimination of the "If" game in the championship round. There have been many teams who have not played the "If" game or the championship game and settled for co-champs or dropping from tournaments once they have their bid secured.
I know I've used stalling when trying to run the clock out to make sure my team made it to the next round in bracket play, and I've had it done to my teams as well. As others have said, it is now part of learning how to coach.
The longest 60 seconds in the world. The last minute of a close basketball game.
The move to timed games is warranted by expanding tournament entrants, limited fields and other factors. A new wrinkle I've seen in double elimination tournaments is the elimination of the "If" game in the championship round. There have been many teams who have not played the "If" game or the championship game and settled for co-champs or dropping from tournaments once they have their bid secured.
I know I've used stalling when trying to run the clock out to make sure my team made it to the next round in bracket play, and I've had it done to my teams as well. As others have said, it is now part of learning how to coach.
The longest 60 seconds in the world. The last minute of a close basketball game.