Manitoulin Pickleball Club – Survey Results for Trial of Rally Point System

  The rally point system was used by our club on Mon. Sept. 13/10 & Fri. Sept. 17/10, 2010

  Number of Respondents – 12

Part One:  On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 meaning that you strongly support a change) how strongly would you support a move to change to this system of scoring in Pickleball?

Results: One 5, three 6’s, one 7, two 8’s, five 10’s.
Conclusion:  Support for a change was not unanimous but since all but one person circled 6 or higher it would seem that most players would support a change. Some players wanted to switch immediately

Part Two:  List the Pro’s for this scoring system.
Comments included:

·        Anytime you make a good shot you can score
      ·        Score goes up faster and therefore game is faster
      ·        Faster game
      ·        More competitive as scores are closer
      ·        Can score on defense
      ·        Games are closer
      ·        Stops “ace” serves
      ·        Great to standardize with other racquet sports
      ·        Quicker games are better
      ·        Like the idea of making points when the other side serves
      ·        Making your own serve is even more important than before as you lose a point & it takes away the careless serves
      ·        Easier to keep score
      ·        Keeps the games shorter
      ·        Able to score a point when not serving
      ·        Good if the game goes to 21 otherwise too short a game
      ·        Faster turnarounds so more people get to play
      ·        Forces you to play a better game when score is close
      ·        Faster games, less down time
      ·        It’s a fast game
      ·        Easy to tell when you are on the even/odd court
      ·        Don’t have to remember server number, just the score and that tells you who is serving
      ·        Forces you to focus more so you don’t make bad shots or serves as it will cost you
      ·        The score in many games seems to be closer which is good

Part Three:  List the Con’s for this scoring system. Note: Several respondents had no comments in the con section
Comments included: 

·        Hard to keep track of score
      ·        You have to serve more conservatively in order not to lose a point
      ·        Games are not long enough
      ·        Don’t like the idea of losing a point at anytime
      ·        Harder to keep track of score
      ·        Too easy for one side to lose serve