# Court Blocking

### 🛑 Court Blocking Options in Scoreholio

Scoreholio gives organizers the flexibility to block teams from playing on the **same court consecutively** or from playing on the **same court more than once during the entire tournament**.

#### ⚙️ How to Enable Court Blocking

You can configure these settings in two places:

* **When creating a new tournament:**
  * On the **Create New,** scroll down to the **Advanced** section
  * Toggle one or both options:

    * ✅ *Back-to-back same court*
    * ✅ *Block all same courts*

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* **For an existing tournament:**
  * Go to **Admin > Options > Manage Courts**
  * Use the same toggles to enable or disable blocking

#### 🚫 Exceptions & Limitations

* **Switcholio Round Robin:**\
  Court blocking is **not available** during the round robin portion of a Switcholio tournament.
* **Time-Based Set Schedules:**\
  If you’re using a **time-based schedule**, court blocking will **not be respected** during auto-generation.
* **Small Court Warning:**\
  Court blocking is **not recommended** if your tournament uses a **small number of courts**.\
  Example:\
  You have 3 courts and block back-to-back use. If court 2 is busy, teams that just played on courts 1 and 3 will be stuck waiting — even if courts 1 or 3 are now free.

#### 🏐 Works Across All Sports

Court blocking functions on **all sports** within Scoreholio — cornhole, pickleball, darts, and more.

#### 🎉 Creative Uses

Some organizers run **theme-based tournaments** where each court has a unique theme (e.g., "Disco Court", "Silent Court", etc.). By enabling the *no repeat courts* option, they ensure each team plays on every court at least once.

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#### ⚠️ Final Tip

If you notice your tournament **stops auto-assigning courts**, it may be due to overly restrictive blocking. In that case:

1. Go to **Admin > Options > Manage Courts**
2. Turn off court blocking
3. Use **Advance Game** button to keep things moving