Re: Can we keep experimenting with scoring changes please?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Free World) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>      Even under the current rally score system, there is still the
> "win by 2" rule.  When two teams are tied at "game point minus 2" (or
> any other higher score), the "win by 2" rule becomes--in effect--a win
> on serve rule.  Think about it.  :-)
>      It seems reasonable to add a true "win on serve" rule to make the
> game more exciting by allowing the losing team a chance to catch up. 
> Actually, the losing team will have even greater chances to catch up
> under the new system since they can catch up by merely trading
> sideouts with the winning team, which is now "stuck" at "game point
> minus 1"; whereas, under the old "scoring only on serve" system, the
> losing team had to score "real (serving)" points in order to catch up.

Actually, I thought it was said that both teams go to sideout scoring
when the point before game is reached after the team that is losing
gets one chance to score a rally point when the team that is winning
is serving.  The method of having the team that is winning go to
sideout while the team that is losing gets to stay in rally score
until they catch up is not a good one.  You should not punish the team
that is winning like that.

Later, Mike