Thanks for the feedback
I been reading some of your posts and I will let the TAP office know of this thread. I think they will appreciate what you have to say. We at TAP strive to keep true to what our late founder, Loyd Schonter, always said...."Always for the player." Personally, I have been associated with TAP since 1997. I am the 2nd oldest licensee with TAP and have been the sales director for TAP since 2001. I have personally witnessed the growth of TAP over the past 18 years. We have always tried to give back or do things different for the player that other leagues do not such as round robin formats at our major events, moving our nationals to locations such as New Orleans, Dallas, Charleston, SC, Myrtle Beach, Orlando, Louisville, Chicago, Vegas and this year in Nashville. We are also the only league with a national competition at the SBE. We had a full field of 176 dream teams this year and we turned away over 30 more teams due to table constraints. Back in 1997 at our first Rally at the SBE, there was a field of just 22 teams!! Not to mention we are the only league with a score keeping application for ipad, phones and droid devices. We never promoted our league with pros and trick shot artists by using the players weekly fees monies but instead we put this money back into hi tech devices such as the app and always upgrading Poolnet with bells and whistles. After all, players are not stupid. How many of those paid pros actually played in the league they promote? TAP has quite a few players that went into the pro ranks. On the handicap question, I as a licensee have noticed as a general rule of thumb in the 4 to 7 range that TAP members are one skill level lower then a APA cap due to the 25 pt team limit rule and the call pocket rule. Regardless of what league you play in, the main thing is to have a good time, and improve. If TAP is not in your area, please call me at 800-984-7665 ext 2 and let me see what I can do for you and your friends.
Here are some of those bells and whistles I mentioned.
The Who's the Best? module that shows this data on a national and local level. Below is a example.
Best Win Percentage - 8 ball on 7 foot for 5 HC...min 10 matches from 4/21/14 to 4/21/15
Name Member ID Territory State Win % Total Matches
CASTILLO, MIGUEL 232278 Southern TAP #289 NC 0.95 22
, GEORGES/WUEBKER 230350 North Texas TAP - Dallas #224 TX 0.93 14
COVERT, ZACK 217832 Route 19 TAP #263 PA 0.9 10
PETERSON, SCOTT 235662 Route 19 TAP #263 PA 0.9 10
GREAVES, BOB 235687 Motor City Tap #252 MI 0.9 10
ENGLAND, DAVE 228906 Northwest TAP #72 WA 0.87 23
HILZENDEGER, VALENTINE (VAL) 209109 Inland Tap #128 0.85 13
WATSON, JAMES 214612 North Texas TAP - Denton County #226 TX 0.85 20
ESTERMAN, BRUCE 215130 Three Rivers TAP #228 PA 0.83 29
CLARK, RON 235037 Ontario South TAP #190 0.83 12
ACEVEDO, RICKY 234345 Southern TAP #289 NC 0.83 18
TAYLOR, TOM 52298 Hudson Valley TAP #156 NY 0.82 11
GARBER, WILLIS 226879 L&N Tap #48 PA 0.82 22
GARY, CHRIS 226413 New England TAP League #330 NH 0.82 11
ECK, BRIAN 197461 Keystone 3 TAP #90 PA 0.81 42
AXTELL, RONALD 230100 Nebraska TAP #215 NE 0.81 21
BROWN, DALLAS 230140 John Brown TAP Pool League LLC #222 KS 0.8 10
CRAWFORD, FRED 228736 Route 19 TAP #263 PA 0.8 25
HOLECZ, PAUL 223032 L&N Tap #48 PA 0.8 10
KNIGHT, ROGER 199873 Route 19 TAP #263 PA 0.8 10
as well as players personal stats that show their lifetime record and how they perform against each handicap level they played. Below is a example of this.
Total Statistics
Total Matches: 102
Matches W-L: 59-43 Games W-L: 261-229
Ball Count Ratio: 2.59
Success Rates: Shot: 71% Ball: 83%
LOT/Game: Self: 0.02 Opponent: 0.03
Match Closeness: 7% Player Aggressiveness: 178%
Eight on Break: 5 Break and Run: 7
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 2
Total Matches: 1
Matches W-L: 0-1 Games W-L: 4-2
Ball Count Ratio: 1.65
Success Rates: Shot: 63% Ball: 89%
LOT/Game: Self: 1.00 Opponent: 3.50
Match Closeness: -20% Player Aggressiveness: 79%
Eight on Break: 0 Break and Run: 0
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 3
Total Matches: 8
Matches W-L: 4-4 Games W-L: 18-10
Ball Count Ratio: 2.57
Success Rates: Shot: 69% Ball: 91%
LOT/Game: Self: 0.12 Opponent: 0.47
Match Closeness: 7% Player Aggressiveness: 78%
Eight on Break: 0 Break and Run: 0
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 4
Total Matches: 51
Matches W-L: 32-19 Games W-L: 136-93
Ball Count Ratio: 2.47
Success Rates: Shot: 71% Ball: 86%
LOT/Game: Self: 0.03 Opponent: 0.06
Match Closeness: 14% Player Aggressiveness: 80%
Eight on Break: 0 Break and Run: 5
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 5
Total Matches: 33
Matches W-L: 18-15 Games W-L: 80-94
Ball Count Ratio: 2.71
Success Rates: Shot: 71% Ball: 79%
LOT/Game: Self: 0.09 Opponent: 0.07
Match Closeness: -2% Player Aggressiveness: 383%
Eight on Break: 5 Break and Run: 2
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 6
Total Matches: 8
Matches W-L: 4-4 Games W-L: 20-26
Ball Count Ratio: 2.39
Success Rates: Shot: 70% Ball: 73%
LOT/Game: Self: 0.54 Opponent: 0.23
Match Closeness: 4% Player Aggressiveness: 85%
Eight on Break: 0 Break and Run: 0
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 7
Total Matches: 1
Matches W-L: 1-0 Games W-L: 3-4
Ball Count Ratio: 7.25
Success Rates: Shot: 88% Ball: 62%
LOT/Game: Self: 6.00 Opponent: 2.00
Match Closeness: 20% Player Aggressiveness: 81%
Eight on Break: 0 Break and Run: 0
TAP ON!!
