How are the handicap ratings determined?
Handicap System Updated Information-July 2009 The handicap system is based on data entered from score sheets provided by the teams. Each player’s rating is determined by a series of averages from the performance scores they produced during their match. The more matches played, the more scores there are to mathematically calculate an average or handicap rating. Each players Handicap is determined by their last 21 scores entered in POOLNET. To increase fairness, the best and worst score is eliminated and therefore the numerical rating is based on 19 scores. Remember that the system doesn’t see what you see in the way a player holds their cue, English, kick shoots, cuts etc. It only has numerical data to mathematically create a handicap. With this new system that is a mathematically based system, averages and handicaps can change from week to week because each time a new score is entered an old score is dropped off, providing the player has 21 scores in the data base. If not, the new scor
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