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Post by Wingtman on Nov 12, 2015 13:50:42 GMT -6
Coaches,
We are thinking about starting our first 7 on 7 tournament this summer. What problems have you run into? What outside cost should I think of? What fee do you charge the schools coming in? What do you pay the officials (if you have them)? My thought regarding officials is to have "pool play" in the morning, then seed for the tournament in the afternoon, and bring in refs for that part, not pool play.
Kind of going in blind here, so any help would be great. There is no one else in our area that does 7 on 7 tourney, and we have about 30 schools within an hour of us. If we can get half that, we should have a great turn out. Any help would be great.
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Post by mholst40 on Nov 12, 2015 14:16:38 GMT -6
We haven't run a 7-on-7 tournament as a stand-alone event in ages, but we do have one as part of our team camp in the summer.
I would guarantee a minimum number of games, have "pool play" in the mornings and then some form of a double elimination tourney in the afternoon depending on how many teams you had sign up.
I would highly suggest having refs for the entire tournament, including pool play if you are charging a fee.
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texassnacks
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Post by texassnacks on Nov 12, 2015 17:00:00 GMT -6
The Rules! Nothing has been more of a pain in the neck in all the 7 on 7's I have participated in than the rules not being clearly established and communicated to all teams and some coaches not understanding them.
We run scrimmages with the same rules as the official state tournament. Other schools do not which I am ok with till they don't realize their rules aren't working at the official tournaments. Every year there are a few coaches who don't "get" the memo and try to manipulate the rules and then spend too much time arguing over them.
I don't know if the rules are different in each state but make sure your area schools know what to expect so they can practice it. Everything else works itself out.
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Post by hunhdisciple on Nov 14, 2015 20:33:23 GMT -6
We have one every year.
Everybody gets a guaranteed 4 total games. 4 team pools, everyone advances to the knockout round.
Never had any issues, except for this year. We swept our pool, and it wasn't even close. Our real game, first game opponent was also in the tourney. They finished 4th in their pool. Their HC git really crappy with us because he complained that we had it rigged in our favor. And he was just appalled that his guys didn't get the favorable break times ours did. So he pulled all of his starters in his pool game, and thought he was making a point. I'm not really sure what he expected.
It's a really good fundraiser. I'm not sure what we charge, but the entry fees and concessions we sell make this one of our best even though it's a lot of work.
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