Player rotation of 10

Player rotation of 10

what is the fairest way to rotate 10 players

Teresa DreghornCoach, Australia
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Simon ThomasonCoach, Australia

Hi Teresa,

There are a lot of variables that may change the way you manage that many players in a team, e.g. age of players (at our association 10&Under and younger all have to play in each position throughout the season), mix of preferred positions, versatility of players, etc.

There are also lots of options when it comes to rotations that are up to your personal preference, e.g. the choice between rotating each quarter or only at half-time. The best suggestion I can make is to make sure you record game time. I have also found that nobody really wants to be off either the first or last quarter, so keep records of this also and share it around.

Here`s what I Have done in the past with 10 players over a 15 week season.

Each week 8 players would play 3/4 and 2 players would only play 1/2. I would make changes each quarter so that players didn`t spend two quarters in a row on the bench. So the players only play a half would play either 1 & 3, 2 & 3, or 2 & 4. If you are rotating your players all over the court then it doesn`t really matter who is playing the 1/2 or the 3/4, as long as you work through the entire list.

I was lucky enough to have the ideal spread of players: 3 x defenders, 4 x mid-court, 3 x shooters.

Here`s what I did:

Week 1-3: 2 x defenders play 3/4, 1 x defender plays 1/2. Same mix for shooters. Rotate which one of the three of each type of player only plays 1/2. All 4 mid-court play 3/4.

Week 4 & 5: 3 x defenders all play 3/4, with one of them playing defensive mid-court (WD). 3 x shooters all play 3/4 with one of them playing offensive mid-court (WA). 2 x mid-court play 1/2 other two play 3/4. These two pairs swap in game 5/

Week 6-8. Same as 1-3 with players rotating through their various position mixes.

Week 9 & 10: Same as 4 & 5. Mix up which mid-court player combinations only playing 1/2.

Week 11-13: repeat of 1-3 or 6-8 with further rotation through the different positions.

Week 14-15 repeat of 4 & 5 or 9 & 10 with mixups of combinations.

This would end up with every player having the same overall amount of court time, including out of position time. Of course.if anyone is away it has to be adjusted, but as the season goes on you then allocate slightly more time to those that have the lower total.

Or a fairer measure might be average court time for when they have anything greater than zero. That always generates some discussion as to whether you should try and give "make-up" time to those who`ve missed games.

Does that help? Regards, Simon

Ken HamiltonCoach, Australia

Each week eight players play for 3 quarters. Two players play half a game. Rotate them through the weeks and within 5 weeks each girl will have equal court time. Keep it simple.

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