Running a group

Running a group: from collecting attendance to creating the draw

Updated: 2026-11-01

If you meet with the same members again and again, such as a weekly practice or a monthly tournament, a group is handy. You collect attendance, then create the draw with only the people who are attending. You need to log in to use groups. Read through the "Create, invite, approve" sections first, then open only the sections you need.

A group collects attendance and then creates the draw from it

You get to groups through the "Groups" menu that appears at the bottom of the screen while you are logged in.

Create a group by choosing a name and an approval method

  1. Open "Groups" in the bottom menu and tap "Create New Group."
  2. Enter the group name. The description is optional.
  3. Choose the approval method (who approves requests to join). If this is your first time, we recommend "Organizers approve requests."
  4. Tap "Create Group."
The group creation screen: fields for the group name, the description, and the approval method (Organizers approve requests, or Approve all requests automatically)
Creating a group. You can change the approval method later

After you create it, the group screen opens. From here you can go to the members, the invite link, participation stats, group settings, and event creation. The buttons are arranged two to a row.

The group screen right after creation: an Organizer badge, buttons for members, invite link, participation stats, and group settings two to a row, and a Create Event button below them
The group screen. The person who created the group gets an "Organizer" badge

Gather members by sending the invite link

  1. Tap "Invite link" on the group screen. "Invite" on the members screen opens the same screen.
  2. If you have not issued a link yet, tap "Create invite link." The link appears without reloading the screen.
  3. Tap "Copy link" and send it to your members by chat or similar. If you want to show it on the spot, tap "Show QR Code."

Only the organizer and co-organizers can open the invite link screen. The link does not expire. "Group settings" also has a field for the same invite link.

The invite link screen: the invite link URL, and buttons for Copy link, Show QR Code, and Reissue link
The invite link screen
The invite link screen with a QR code shown below the URL
Tap "Show QR Code" and others can scan it on the spot

A person who receives the link logs in, opens the link, and taps "Apply to join."

The screen after opening the invite link: the group name and description, and the Apply to join button
The screen for a person who opened the invite link

If you tap "Reissue link" (a confirmation appears), the old link stops working and a new link appears. Use this if the link has spread to people who have nothing to do with the group.

When a request arrives, an organizer or co-organizer approves it on the members screen

If the approval method is "Organizers approve requests," a request is "Waiting for approval." The group screen shows the number waiting for approval. Tap the button to review them and open the members screen.

The members screen: buttons for stats, invite, and managing co-organizers at the top. Under current members there is one organizer, and two people are waiting for approval. There is an Approve all button, plus Approve and Decline buttons for each person
The members screen. You can approve people waiting for approval one by one or all at once

If you set the approval method to "Approve all requests automatically," a person who applies becomes a member right away. This saves the work of approving, but anyone who knows the invite link can join.

Create one "event" for each practice day

Create an event with "Create Event" on the group screen. If you choose a date on the calendar, a "Create Event" button appears in that day's cell. Tap it to start with the date already filled in (it does not appear for past dates). The items to enter are as follows.

The event creation screen: event name, date, location, start and end times, number of courts, format, match format, and visitor self-registration
Creating an event

Members enter their own attendance. The organizer can add visitors

The event screen has a "Register Attendance" section. A member enters a name (nickname), chooses "Attending," "Absent," or "Undecided," and taps "Submit Attendance." After sending, they can update or cancel their attendance on the same screen.

The event screen for a member: the registered attendance with an update form, the counts for attending, absent, and undecided, and the list of people who registered
The member's screen. The people who registered are listed below

To ask for attendance, tap "Copy invitation text & URL" to copy the event's URL and invitation text, and paste them into a chat.

For visitors, or members who cannot enter their own, the organizer (or a co-organizer) adds them with "Add participant" on the event screen. Choose "Circle member" or "Visitor," enter the name, and tap "Add."

The Add participant screen: a switch between circle member and visitor, the visitor's name, the attendance status, and gender
The organizer's "Add participant." Choose Visitor and enter the name

Once attendance is in, tap "Create Draw from Attendees"

The organizer's screen lists the buttons for working with the event. If there are too few people marked "Attending" for the number of courts, it shows "N more needed," and you cannot create the draw. For one court of doubles, you need 4 people.

The organizer's event screen: buttons for Edit date, location & notes, Change Settings, Create Draw from Attendees, and Copy invitation text & URL
The organizer's event screen
  1. Tap "Create Draw from Attendees."
  2. The Mixed Doubles and Fixed Pairs options appear. Check only the ones you use.
  3. Tap "Create Draw from Attendees" again.
The Create the draw screen: checkboxes for Mixed Doubles and Fixed Pairs
Options when creating the draw

The draw you create opens on the same screen as an ordinary draw. Entering scores and reading the results work the same way as in "Creating your first draw." The event screen now shows "View Created Draw."

The organizer's event screen after creating the draw: buttons for View Created Draw and Recreate draw
After the draw is created. You reach the created draw from here

You cannot choose Mixed Doubles unless you have the required number of both men and women. You can choose Fixed Pairs only when the number of participants is even. When you cannot choose an option, the screen shows the reason.

Participation stats show each member's attendance rate

In "Participation stats" on the group screen ("Stats" on the members screen), you can choose a period and see the number of events held, total attendances, and the average number of people per event. Below that, each member's attendance rate is listed.

The participation stats screen: the period choice, events held, total attendances, the average per event, the sort buttons, and the list for each member
Participation stats. You can choose a period from the last month to all time

Only events that have already taken place are counted. Upcoming events are not included.

To hand over the organizer role or remove a member, use the members screen

The Manage co-organizers screen: each member's name has an Appoint as co-organizer button
The "Manage co-organizers" screen. For each member, you choose to appoint or remove

In "Group settings," you can change the group name and the approval method. If you delete a group, the group and its events can no longer be seen, but draws already created remain. You can also delete just an event.

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