‘Cream of the Crop’ is a pickleball game where players compete in a series of matches, moving up or down courts based on their performance, with the goal of reaching the top

or ‘Cream of the Crop’. It uses a round-robin format where four players comprise a group, with the top two moving up and the bottom two moving down after each round.  This game uses three rounds

 Playing Instructions 

1. Select ‘Player Setup’ From the menu.” 

Using the menu, select ‘Import’ to import players from a .json file or ‘Add a Player’ to add them manually. Players are sorted by their rating which follows the DUPR style. 

You can copy and paste the sample JSON content below to your favorite text editor, substitute your names and ratings, and then save it as a .json file. Note that some

of the fields (phone, wins, and losses) are not used in the import process right now, but they were included as other apps do use those fields. The easiest way

to get the file to your iPhone or iPad is to email the file to yourself as an attachment, open the file, and then save it to the Files app.

{
  "players": [
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "One",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.0,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Two",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.0,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Three",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.5,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },{
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Four",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 4.0,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Five",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.75,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Six",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.75,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Seven",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.25,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    },
    {
      "firstName": "Player",
      "lastName": "Eight",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "rating": 3.30,
      "wins": 0,
      "losses": 0
    }
  ]
}

Once players are added, you can edit their names, email addresses, rating, or change their status to ‘Active’ or ‘Inactive’. Inactivate a player if they’re not playing in the game. Email features will be added in a later release.

You need at least 8 active players to play the game, and the total active players must be divisible by 4. 

Select ‘Return to Home Page’ to return to the main screen. 

2. Pick the number of players (8-32).

Note that you can’t select a number greater than the number of active players that you have 

3. Click ‘Start Game’.

Once your finished and on the Final Results screen, you can start a new game by scrolling to the bottom of the player results and clicking ‘Start New Game’