Guides
Plain-language guides for the people running small tournaments: volunteers, coaches, rec coordinators, and booster clubs. Every number in them comes from the engine that draws TourneyPage brackets, so the game counts are the real ones.
Pool play, also called round robin pools, is how most one-day tournaments give every team a full set of games before anyone goes home. Here's how it works, with a 12-team example drawn from the TourneyPage engine.
Updated October 11, 2026
For the booster club, the rec department, or the league that drew the short straw: what to decide, in what order, with the game counts from the TourneyPage engine.
Updated October 11, 2026
From a bar night with eight teams to a fundraiser with thirty-two: the format, the boards, the rules people argue about, and how to keep it moving.
Updated October 11, 2026
Field days, PE classes, church leagues, and social leagues all run on the same plan: short games, pools everyone can read, and a playoff that ends on time.
Updated October 11, 2026
Seeding is the one decision parents pick apart afterward. Here's where each seed goes, who sits out round one, and what to base it on, with the byes worked out by the TourneyPage engine.
Updated October 11, 2026
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