Here's a new chart I've developed to handicap my 14.1 league. We will begin in about two weeks, so I would like your opinions on it before I put it in practice.
The players will be given the top chart only. The other three charts are developed solely to prove that the separation between rankings is fair and consistent.
General goals of my system were to:
1) keep the length of the matches (in time) reasonable (it seems reasonable that when 2 lower ranked players play, the race would be shorter),
2) each change in rank represents a consistent change in handicaps (in general, if you go up/down one rank you will give out/get 6-8% more balls in handicap than you did before), and
3) provide a wide number of rankings to accomodate ALL speeds (OK, we aren't expecting a John Schmidt to play).
Example: Let's say an "A+" is playing a "B" player. The length of the race is read off the top of the chart by looking above the higher of the two ranks ("A+" = 150 points in this case). Looking down the "A+" column until we intersect with the lower ranked player's row ("B" in this case), we get the number "45". That means the "A+" player gives the "B" player 45 points going to 150...a 30% handicap.
The players will be given the top chart only. The other three charts are developed solely to prove that the separation between rankings is fair and consistent.
General goals of my system were to:
1) keep the length of the matches (in time) reasonable (it seems reasonable that when 2 lower ranked players play, the race would be shorter),
2) each change in rank represents a consistent change in handicaps (in general, if you go up/down one rank you will give out/get 6-8% more balls in handicap than you did before), and
3) provide a wide number of rankings to accomodate ALL speeds (OK, we aren't expecting a John Schmidt to play).
Example: Let's say an "A+" is playing a "B" player. The length of the race is read off the top of the chart by looking above the higher of the two ranks ("A+" = 150 points in this case). Looking down the "A+" column until we intersect with the lower ranked player's row ("B" in this case), we get the number "45". That means the "A+" player gives the "B" player 45 points going to 150...a 30% handicap.
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