Plan courts and round times with Deuce

Deuce works out how many courts a private event needs for its format and headcount, how many rounds fit in the time booked, and when each round starts and ends. Use it before you quote courts on a proposal, or on the night when you know who came.

Find the Plan courts and round times with Deuce card in three places:

• On the proposal page, under the Private event card.

• In Edit event, under the format picker, where it follows the format you pick before you save.

• On the event's host dashboard, as Plan courts and round times.

The plan needs a format and a headcount, so it stays greyed out until the event has both.

Read the plan

The plan names the format, the number of people and the time booked, then gives:

• How many courts to use, and who sits out each round if the numbers don't divide evenly.

• How many rounds fit in the booked time, and about how many games each person plays.

• A round-by-round schedule with start and end times.

It counts 2 minutes between rounds for changing courts. Before guests sign up it uses the proposal's headcount; once they do, it uses the number signed up.

Adjust it

• Courts: leave it on Deuce picks to get the best number (never more than your club has), or choose I'll set them to plan around the courts you can give it.

• A game takes about: 10, 12, 15 or 20 minutes, or a custom length from 5 to 60. It starts at 15.

• Format: try other formats to compare plans. This doesn't change the event's format.