Learn About SPL

ABOUT

Sportdrum Professional League is the world's first promotion turning music into a sport. The organization gathers drummers from all over the world to compete at the highest level. Drumming is athletic, musical, entertaining and competitive in battles; and the SPL showcases how sportdrumming is the future of sports and music entertainment.

HOW IT WORKS

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SPL brackets 2 players to face in a sporting (real) drum battle. Each drummer competes back in fourth in sets (of a selected time frame) to display their skills. Judges weigh both sportdrummers performances based on a point system. Sets are scored from 5 categories; chops, feel, groove, stick-tricks & collateral, adding to a maximum score of 20/20; with collateral capping at 2/2, stick-tricks at 3/3 and the rest at 5/5.

SETS

SCORING

BATTLE RESULT

Landslide (LD)
10 - 0
9 - 1

Unanimous Decision (U dec)
8 - 2
7 - 3

Split Decision (S dec)
6 - 4
5 - 5 (If a set deserves winning from performance; points)

Draw (D)
5 - 5

Disqualification (DQ)
If a player was cheating (time manipulation, overdubs etc.)

RULES / BANS

No quantization (timing and precision need to be natural)
No time manipulation
No overdubs
No backing tracks
No external help (no 2+ drummers playing together)

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MISSION STATEMENT

What does the Sportdrum Professional League seek out of our efforts?

SPL envisions to popularize drum battles as a respected 1v1 sport-- among all the other legacy sports. We want to craft musical competition into a spectacle dynamic, creating shows that every drumming, music and sport fan can appreciate as the highest level of sports and music entertainment.

CO-FOUNDER, SPORTDRUMMER

TONY DEAN

"SPL is the first league to ever combine sports and music into a cinematic masterpiece. Watch a revolution in a new athletic movement. Groundbreaking..." - Anthony Park Dean

PHOTOGRAPHER, VIDEOGRAPHER

TOLKIEN BREWER

CO-FOUNDER, COMMENTATOR

DEWITT DRUMS

"SPL is about more than just combining drums with athleticism, it has the potential to change how drumming and sports are viewed entirely." - Tyler Dewitt Dean