Richard:

If what you are saying is true, taking the average 7 matches per hour that would mean it would take 12 hours to get to match 84. Even the best number you used 8 matches per hour would mean 12 hours to match 96. I know that is not the norm for a regular tournament. Maybe that is the norm at the State tournament, but if it is that is part of what needs to be corrected. I would think that going out of bounds would have to be a major factor in that length of time per match at State. If we could get bigger mats that would help shorten the time per match. I would be hopeful that bigger mats would be part of a new format.