Back Stick Hockey

Rotation groups

A rotation group is you telling Rotate who shares a set of positions, and how often they swap. Four forwards and three positions means one player is always on the bench.

Groups on the Players screen: Half backs at 6 min, Midfield at 4, Forwards at 5, and under them each player's row with HB, MI and FO to tap.

Put those four in a group and set it to rotate every five minutes. When the forward on the bench has been off for five minutes, their card goes orange. That is Rotate telling you it is their turn to come on. Whoever has been on longest is the one it suggests they come on for.

A bench card whose turn has come: Elena Costa, her FO tag orange, 19:05 sat down, and an orange arrow beside her.

Five midfielders with three midfield positions is a group too. Two are on the bench at any time, so after five minutes two cards go orange.

Orange is a suggestion, not an instruction. Sub whoever you want, whenever you want, and Rotate does not argue. If things change mid-match, add or drop people from a group there and then.

Next: Specialist positions, so a sub never leaves you without an injector.

Try it on the sofa first 🔗

Type in twelve names, add eleven to the pitch and make a sub. Five minutes now is worth an hour on Saturday.

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