How to Make Your Own Tournament Ladder

If you are a sports enthusiast, then you know the excitement that can build around ladder tournaments. Pitting ranked individuals or teams against each other is one of the joys of many sports fans. Bring this type of competition to your home by making your own tournament ladder for you and your friends. No matter what type of competition you organize, you will be able to use your homemade tournament ladder to rank and keep track of all the activity.

Instructions

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      Create your ladder. Depending on the number of teams or individuals that you have participating, split your ladder in half, fourths or larger sections. If you are having teams play at different locations during your tournament, include the locations in the different sections you have created. Label the information clearly so that every team can see.

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      Rank your teams from the best to the worst to seed them. Place the strongest teams or individuals against the worst. Without this set-up, you could allow a lower-seeded team to win the competition unjustly, because the better players will have knocked each other out early on. Seeding also allows you to eliminate lesser competition, making your ladder games interesting until the end.

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      Set the dates for your tournament. With the teams in place and ready to play, a clear understanding of when the competition will begin and end is important.

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      Present a goal. Although it is just an option, most tournaments using a ladder present a prize or trophy for the winning team or individual. This is entirely up to you and the type of tournament you are running. But with a clear prize in site, all the teams or individuals participating will work harder to win and will usually keep coming back to play in your tournament.