The soccer season’s starting and everyone’s gearing up to follow their clubs and support them in their campaigns. Tourlegends.com provides the ideal opportunity for players and soccer team enthusiasts to interact with the other teams and interested users in the league in the form of Fantasy soccer league, a virtual soccer league on the website.
In my experience to run a great Fantasy soccer league there are 6 key stages:
1. Grade the player
Players have to be assigned a value (1-10) and a field position (striker, defender, mid-fielder or goal keeper). To avoid most of the inevitable whining it’s important to nominate some key figures (captains, coach etc.) to review your draft list. Next make sure you position the assigned value as the ability to score within the Fantasy soccer league not a judgment of players’ soccer prowess!
2. Create the Fantasy League
Decide on all the ways the players can score points (goals, assists, saves) and when they are awarded minus points (cards, conceding penalty etc), then create a spreadsheet of all your fixtures and put in all the formulas. Alternatively look for available options online. Sports social networking site tourlegends.com provides a free Fantasy soccer league Application. The advantage is that points scoring system and calculations are already set-up so it saves time and makes it easier to manage the next stages.
3. Get fantasy team entries
If and when adopting the spreadsheet route, circulate the spreadsheet either via email or via a document sharing service such as Google docs. To manage more easily create separate tabs for each player’s team. Upon return check whether each fantasy soccer team consists of the required number of strikers, mid-fielders, defenders and one goal keeper. Alternatively pre-register all your players on tourlegends.com by uploading a list from a spreadsheet and get everyone to log-on for free to nominate their fantasy eleven. The Fantasy soccer league application works on a 4-2-4 line-up so it will only allow teams that include 4 defenders, 2 strikers, 2 midfielders and one goalkeeper.
4. Add and communicate results
This is where discipline and admin comes in! Work out how you’re going to get the match results each week and update your spreadsheet or enter the results online. Circulate your spreadsheet on a regular basis so the team managers know their current standing and watch the increased level of banter at the sidelines! If you’re managing your Fantasy soccer league online everyone can view the standings 24/7 the minute you’ve added new results.
5. Maintain momentum through transfer windows
At suitable times during the soccer season you should allow players to swap some players in their fantasy soccer teams. Some players may not be performing well, are stuck on the bench or may have got injured. It does mean another round of circulating your spreadsheet and make sure you double check how many transfers everyone has done (tip: use the ‘track changes’ or ‘compare spreadsheets’ functions). Alternatively manage your transfer windows online: the application automatically limits the number of transfers to whatever you’ve decided and the transfer window is only open for the exact date(s) and times you’ve set.
6. Announcing the winner
Double-check your faithful spreadsheet before you announce the winner – your calculations will be scrutinized! If using tourlegends you can also send a virtual trophy (engraved with his/her name) or other funny virtual animated gift to the winner. Finally to advertise next season’s fantasy league do make a big fuss of the winner preferably with a proper presentation at your end-of-season bash.
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In my experience to run a great Fantasy soccer league there are 6 key stages:
1. Grade the player
Players have to be assigned a value (1-10) and a field position (striker, defender, mid-fielder or goal keeper). To avoid most of the inevitable whining it’s important to nominate some key figures (captains, coach etc.) to review your draft list. Next make sure you position the assigned value as the ability to score within the Fantasy soccer league not a judgment of players’ soccer prowess!
2. Create the Fantasy League
Decide on all the ways the players can score points (goals, assists, saves) and when they are awarded minus points (cards, conceding penalty etc), then create a spreadsheet of all your fixtures and put in all the formulas. Alternatively look for available options online. Sports social networking site tourlegends.com provides a free Fantasy soccer league Application. The advantage is that points scoring system and calculations are already set-up so it saves time and makes it easier to manage the next stages.
3. Get fantasy team entries
If and when adopting the spreadsheet route, circulate the spreadsheet either via email or via a document sharing service such as Google docs. To manage more easily create separate tabs for each player’s team. Upon return check whether each fantasy soccer team consists of the required number of strikers, mid-fielders, defenders and one goal keeper. Alternatively pre-register all your players on tourlegends.com by uploading a list from a spreadsheet and get everyone to log-on for free to nominate their fantasy eleven. The Fantasy soccer league application works on a 4-2-4 line-up so it will only allow teams that include 4 defenders, 2 strikers, 2 midfielders and one goalkeeper.
4. Add and communicate results
This is where discipline and admin comes in! Work out how you’re going to get the match results each week and update your spreadsheet or enter the results online. Circulate your spreadsheet on a regular basis so the team managers know their current standing and watch the increased level of banter at the sidelines! If you’re managing your Fantasy soccer league online everyone can view the standings 24/7 the minute you’ve added new results.
5. Maintain momentum through transfer windows
At suitable times during the soccer season you should allow players to swap some players in their fantasy soccer teams. Some players may not be performing well, are stuck on the bench or may have got injured. It does mean another round of circulating your spreadsheet and make sure you double check how many transfers everyone has done (tip: use the ‘track changes’ or ‘compare spreadsheets’ functions). Alternatively manage your transfer windows online: the application automatically limits the number of transfers to whatever you’ve decided and the transfer window is only open for the exact date(s) and times you’ve set.
6. Announcing the winner
Double-check your faithful spreadsheet before you announce the winner – your calculations will be scrutinized! If using tourlegends you can also send a virtual trophy (engraved with his/her name) or other funny virtual animated gift to the winner. Finally to advertise next season’s fantasy league do make a big fuss of the winner preferably with a proper presentation at your end-of-season bash.
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