Even with multiple days and courts, at times, courts can get crowded. Here is an example of how Letzpickleball propose to organise your game to keep bench time to a minimum. All games will be doubles play. Usually played "First at 9 by 1".
Two-Up⇈Two-Down⇊
This Scenario is for when there are 7 or fewer players waiting to play. This is usually called the Two-Up⇈Two-Down⇊ or winners stay method.
When a game is complete, the winners will remain on the court and separate.
The losers will go to the bench. Two new players from the bench will join the new game.
If a player has been on the court for 2 consecutive games, then that player must return to the bench. Here is the scenario:
There are 4 courts available for play. There are 23 people who want to play. 16 people are on the court and 7 people are waiting on the bench to play.
The 7 people waiting to play have their paddles lined up as shown below. The paddles to the left belong to the first people to arrive. As new people arrive, they should place their paddles on the right side of the pile.
When a game is complete, the winners remain on the court and separate (unless one has been on the court for 2 consecutive games). The losers will place their paddles on the right side of the pile as indicated by the green check marks. The people whose paddles are on the left side of the pile (as indicated by the red check marks) should join the new game.
