Participation Tree

What it shows

The Participation Tree visualizes player engagement patterns by showing how many players participate in different competition types at various activity levels. It provides a hierarchical view that can be reordered to analyze participation from different strategic perspectives.

Why it matters:

Understanding engagement patterns helps identify:

• Which competition formats attract which player segments
• Where to focus development efforts
• Which participation combinations are most common
• How players progress from casual to intense engagement

The indicator covers four competition types:

• Tournament - Individual tournaments
• Interclub - Team competitions between clubs
• Mini/Fun Liga - Small group competitions (ladder format)
• Friendly - Friendly matches

How to read it

The visualization uses an icicle chart (hierarchical rectangles) with interactive drill-down capabilities.

Main chart elements

• Height of rectangles: Number of players in that segment (taller = more players)
• Hierarchy levels: Configurable through the "Hierarchy" dropdown (5 preset configurations)
• Color coding: Different colors represent different competition types
• Interactive drill-down: Click on any segment to see detailed distributions

Hierarchy configurations

Interactive drill-down

When you click on a segment, two additional charts appear:

1. Tournament Duration Distribution (Treemap)

   • Shows how players in this segment combine different tournament duration types
   • Rectangle size = Number of players with this combination
   • Combinations: Weekday, Weekend, 2-3 days, 4+ days

2. Point Category Distribution (Horizontal Bar Chart)

   • Shows the skill level distribution of players in this segment
   • Bar length = Number of players in each point category
   • Categories: 7 point ranges from "under 25" (beginners) to "201+" (elite)

Definitions

Activity levels

Participation is categorized into activity levels, with thresholds varying by competition type:

Tournament:

Interclub:

Mini/Fun Liga:

Friendly:

How participation is counted

The counting method differs by competition type:

• Tournaments: 1 participation = 1 tournament attended Example: A player competing in 3 matches at the Swiss Open counts as 1 tournament participation

• Interclub, Mini/Fun Liga, Friendly: 1 participation = 1 match played Example: A player playing 5 interclub matches counts as 5 interclub participations

Data scope

Filters:

• Year: Select which year to analyze
• Club: Filter by a specific club or view all clubs
• Region: Squash Romandie or Swiss Squash (by the player's club region). Players whose club has no region are shown only under "All regions".
• Hierarchy: Reorder the tree levels to analyze participation from different perspectives (5 presets)

Included:

• All active players with valid licences
• All matches from tournaments, interclub, Mini/Fun Liga, and friendly competitions
• Data from 2015 onwards
• Players with at least one participation in the selected period

Exclusions:

• Event licences - Temporary, single-event access
• International players
• Players with zero participations - Not relevant for engagement analysis