How to run formats and leagues, start to finish.
Run a racquet-sport round-robin in 6 steps: set the format, build the schedule, assign courts, score every match, and crown a winner by standings — with formulas and examples.
Read guideSet up a multi-week ladder league: split players into rating-seeded groups, play round-robins each cycle, then promote and relegate between rounds.
Read guideSeed a bracket so the best players meet late: how seeding works, where byes go, and how to seed from ratings or pool-play results.
Read guideCompare formats — round-robin, pools plus playoffs, and single elimination — by guaranteed games, total time, fairness, and field size.
Read guideWhat a rating is, how the scale works, how it differs from old skill bands, and how organisers use ratings to seed brackets and balance leagues.
Read guideHow to use live form curves, point-differential momentum, and projected winners to make calls mid-event instead of after it.
Read guideChoose the right format and the right tool.
How to choose tournament software: the features that matter — flexible draws, live scoring, ratings seeding, leagues, analytics, sharing — and why spreadsheets fall short.
Read guideWhere a spreadsheet breaks at scale — court rotation, live re-seeding, tiebreaks — and what an event engine handles for you automatically.
Read guidePlain-English definitions for organisers.
A plain-English glossary of tournament and league terms: round-robin, pools, seeding, byes, promotion/relegation, ratings, and more.
Read guideThe complete reference for every RallyIQ feature — formats, scoring, standings, AI analytics, sharing, and reports.
Open docsBuild a draw, score live across every court, and share results with a link — try it free, no account needed.