Croquet Management by Don Gaunt & Roger Wheeler
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The authors want to share some of the tips they have picked up with those just embarking on a managerial career. Most of the material in this book will be familiar to experienced managers, but we have all had to learn on the job. We think that a compendium of advice may be useful; it is inefficient for each new generation to have to reinvent the wheel.
New managers who will bring fresh ideas to the administration of tournaments are always needed. The suggestions in this book are addressed to anyone thinking of taking up the challenge in the hope that they may be helped to foresee some of the potential hazards. The solutions offered should not be thought of as mandatory requirements but merely as possible options that we know will work and from which the new manager will be able to depart when he or she gains experience and confidence.
Each chapter deals with a different aspect of tournament management but reference is often made to material in other chapters. They can be read in any order, but if you have no previous experience of management you are advised to start with Chapter 1, which takes you step by step through all the phases of your first tournament: the planning beforehand, the management when play is in progress and the things that have to be done when the tournament is over.
The games in any competition must be planned so that play takes place in a systematic way and the event comes to a satisfactory conclusion. Several chapters are devoted to describing the various formats that are available to achieve this, including one on some lesser-known formats.
There are two chapters on the special problems of organising championships. These have been written by contributors who have special expertise in managing such events and the authors are most grateful to all of them for their eager cooperation.
Finally, what if it all goes awry despite your best efforts? Chapter 13 considers a set of thorny problems of the sort that managers (occasionally) have to resolve. You are invited to decide on your own responses before looking at the solutions that some leading managers have kindly (and often amusingly) suggested.
New managers who will bring fresh ideas to the administration of tournaments are always needed. The suggestions in this book are addressed to anyone thinking of taking up the challenge in the hope that they may be helped to foresee some of the potential hazards. The solutions offered should not be thought of as mandatory requirements but merely as possible options that we know will work and from which the new manager will be able to depart when he or she gains experience and confidence.
Each chapter deals with a different aspect of tournament management but reference is often made to material in other chapters. They can be read in any order, but if you have no previous experience of management you are advised to start with Chapter 1, which takes you step by step through all the phases of your first tournament: the planning beforehand, the management when play is in progress and the things that have to be done when the tournament is over.
The games in any competition must be planned so that play takes place in a systematic way and the event comes to a satisfactory conclusion. Several chapters are devoted to describing the various formats that are available to achieve this, including one on some lesser-known formats.
There are two chapters on the special problems of organising championships. These have been written by contributors who have special expertise in managing such events and the authors are most grateful to all of them for their eager cooperation.
Finally, what if it all goes awry despite your best efforts? Chapter 13 considers a set of thorny problems of the sort that managers (occasionally) have to resolve. You are invited to decide on your own responses before looking at the solutions that some leading managers have kindly (and often amusingly) suggested.