I ran across this photo of my set up for recording the Colorado State girls high school playoffs last year. 
By coming up behind the court with the QM-1, you can sit behind the fence and record directly to your laptop. The advantage? No file transfers afterwards, what you see is what you get, and if you have power available, you can record far more at one sitting than using a battery operated system.
One advantage of the QM-1 is the ability to set up the camera from outside the court. This makes it not only much less visible to the players (many of them never see it!), but allows you to mount the camera at any time, for instance between sets. That being said, I always get permission first, and almost always prior to the match beginning. A group announcement that a roving camera will be present usually suffices.
If possible, mount the camera during warmup so that the players get used to it (again, being outside the court and mostly behind the windscreen, it is very un-obtrusive).
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