Old Polo Thread

been thinking about how to make throw ins/shuffles fairer, given that so many people are now coming down on a thursday, so we all get a decent number of games. have come up with the following, which is not exactly original, just a couple of tweeks on the existing process:

• when enough people for a game are there, do a grand shuffle for as many games as possible
  
• any people not shuffled, are guaranteed into the first game of the next grand shuffle, and the rest of the mallets are shuffled in after that
  
• if someone arrives after a grand shuffle, they're not allowed to put their mallet in until the next grand shuffle and are not automatically guaranteed a game out of their first shuffle. this will encourage people to turn up at the start of the session.
  
  

if we do the above, i reckon everyone who comes at the start of the session will get roughly the same amount of play and no-one will be out of play for more that 2 games.

discuss!