How to set game length and breaks

Change how long games last and the break between them, for pool play, each playoff round or a single division.

Open Dodgeball Hub Updated November 13, 2026

The Timing tab of your event’s settings decides how long each game lasts and how much time the schedule leaves after it before the next game on the same court. Change it when your game rules change or your days run long or short.

Before you start

  • You need to manage the event. The Timing tab doesn’t open for roles limited to divisions, the schedule or referees.
  • If the schedule is locked, unlock it first. Game lengths can’t be changed while it’s locked.

Steps

  1. In your event’s planner, click Settings at the bottom of the sidebar.

  2. Open the Timing tab.

  3. Set the RR Game duration, the length of a pool play game in minutes.

  4. Set the Buffer between games, the time left after each game before the next one starts on that court. Playoff games use Buffer between playoff games instead.

  5. Set the playoff lengths. Default Playoff Game duration applies to every playoff game, and Quarter Final Game duration, Semi Final Game duration, Final Game duration and Playoff round robin game duration replace it for those rounds. Bronze medal matches take the final’s length.

  6. Click Save All Settings Changes.

  7. The schedule shows the new times. Games keep their court and their order.