Queuing system

[jing mata]

Our company have only one badminton court and due to the tremendousi ncrease of number of enthusiasts we have no proper system or procedure about queuing and because of this it created some confusion on the "first-come-first-play" ruling. please share your insights or experience.we can't copy the commercially-run badminton facilities because we have no computer to run the computerized system and don't have employee to do those things..

jing mata-philippines

[pumpkin]

No need for a computer, low tech is best for this situation. All you need is pen and paper but blackboard or whiteboard will be better. If you're using pen and paper somebody should act as queu master to make sure no one is scheduled to play again before everybody has had a chance to play. The whiteboard is better in this respect because everyone can see who is queued to play.

There are limitations due to time constraints though. One hour can accomodate about two matches (two 15 pt games, no third game allowed in case of a tie). Assuming you only have 4 hours playing time, (say 7pm-11mn, since people will play after work), the maximum number of players you can accomodate is 32 (all doubles matches). This is not really feasible because this would mean some people will cue for several hours to only to play one match!

I think the ideal ratio of number of players to court hours is 4 players to 1 hour court time. This means you can accomodate only 16 players on a given night. The hoped for result is a player plays his first match, then rests while queing. He chats with other players then gets to play his second and last match after an hour.

This set up is ok if you're getting your feet wet in the sport. A better alternative is playing in one of the many IBF spec badminton courts in Manila. An even better alternative is signing up at www.pinoybadminton.com. Lots of friendly people of different skill levels; there are regular playing groups for everyday of the week that you can join.

[freeheeler]

in our clubs as youngsters, it was basically as you came in you put your name down. The player at the top of the board could pick three other players beneath him as far as six names down the list and then everyone would move up the board. Depending on the numbers, you either played one game or 20 minutes. It worked well for us

Originally Posted by pumpkin

No need for a computer, low tech is best for this situation. All you need is pen and paper but blackboard or whiteboard will be better. If you're using pen and paper somebody should act as queu master to make sure no one is scheduled to play again before everybody has had a chance to play. The whiteboard is better in this respect because everyone can see who is queued to play.

There are limitations due to time constraints though. One hour can accomodate about two matches (two 15 pt games, no third game allowed in case of a tie). Assuming you only have 4 hours playing time, (say 7pm-11mn, since people will play after work), the maximum number of players you can accomodate is 32 (all doubles matches). This is not really feasible because this would mean some people will cue for several hours to only to play one match!

I think the ideal ratio of number of players to court hours is 4 players to 1 hour court time. This means you can accomodate only 16 players on a given night. The hoped for result is a player plays his first match, then rests while queing. He chats with other players then gets to play his second and last match after an hour.

This set up is ok if you're getting your feet wet in the sport. A better alternative is playing in one of the many IBF spec badminton courts in Manila. An even better alternative is signing up at www.pinoybadminton.com. Lots of friendly people of different skill levels; there are regular playing groups for everyday of the week that you can join.