| Conducting a MassBowling Tournament with your organization is no different than any other team sport tournament. The format can be single elimination, double elimination, pool play, one game matches or best two out of three. The biggest difference between MassBowling Tournaments and other sports tournaments is that every team in a MassBowling Tournament has an equal chance of winning. The following paragraphs offer suggestions for MassBowling Competition. Standard pool play style tournaments allow the top teams to advance to a championship game while the remaining teams are eliminated or play a consolation tournament. Because MassBowling teams are handicapped, adjustments can be made after pool play to help equalize the teams. After pool play is complete, handicaps should be adjusted. The top two teams will advance to the "A" Bracket with a .5 increase in their handicap rating. The bottom two teams advance to the "B" Bracket with a .5 decrease in their handicap rating. The winner of the "A" Bracket single or double elimination competition would play the winner of the "B" Bracket competition for the overall championship. Physical educators who teach MassBowling in their regular classes can handicap each class and conduct a schoolwide tournament. Teachers and parents could challenge students. This has been done successfully during "Fun Nights" or "Back to School" Nights. MassBowling is best played in a best two out of three match. When a team lines up to play, you have a left sideline, a right sideline and the endline. Players who stand behind the sidelines are generally offensive players. The players behind the endline should primarily play defense and protect their own pin. After each game in a MassBowling two out of three match, the lines of players should rotate counterclockwise. Therefore, after game one, the players behind the right sideline move to play behind the left sideline. The left sideline players go behind the endline and the endline players move to play behind the right sideline. |
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