What you will do
Choose the right container
Create a group that matches how your community actually plays: rotating doubles, singles, or fixed partners.
Build a dependable roster
Add players, define managers, set permissions, and manage fixed-partner teams where needed.
Operate from one hub
Use RSVP, history, messages, summaries, and insights so players always know what is happening and what already happened.
Step 1
Create the right kind of group before you invite anyone
The group format controls almost every downstream workflow. Rotating doubles groups support the broadest set of sessions and mini tournaments. Singles groups focus on one-vs-one results. Fixed-partner groups keep partners as permanent units with team-based standings and scheduling.
- Group name and venue are what players will keep seeing in history, live banners, and summaries.
- Format choice should reflect how your community actually competes, not just what sounds flexible.
- Description, logo, and password help make the group recognizable and appropriately private.
Avoid changing the format after the roster starts accumulating meaningful history. If your community splits into different styles of play, it is usually better to create a second group.
Step 2
Build a roster players can trust and keep fixed teams clean
Your data quality starts with how players enter the group. You can search existing users, invite someone into the app, or add a guest. For fixed-partner groups, define the team list carefully because sessions, standings, and mini tournaments will treat the pair as a single unit.
- Add players deliberately: avoid duplicates and make sure names are recognizable on live screens.
- Use managers sparingly: too many managers makes live operations messy.
- Fixed teams need ownership: each player should belong to only one pair, and pair edits should stay rare once competition begins.
Step 3
Set permissions, managers, and maintenance rules before the group gets busy
The Edit Group screen is your governance layer. This is where you define who can add matches, add players, launch game days, and help run the group. It is also where you recalculate stats, copy the group, and keep the player list healthy over time.
- Assign up to three managers if you need backup operators for live nights.
- Set explicit permissions so casual helpers do not accidentally gain admin-level powers.
- Use Copy Group when you want a fresh season shell without losing the original record.
Group Managers
Group owner can assign up to 3 managers.
Group Permissions
Control who can perform specific actions in this group.
Step 4
Use the group hub to launch attendance, sessions, tournaments, and history
A healthy group is more than a leaderboard. The hub gives you RSVP for attendance, sessions history, mini tournament history, and recap screens that players can revisit later. This is the operational record that makes your community feel organized instead of improvised.
- RSVP helps you seed real attendance before you start a session or mini tournament.
- Session and tournament history preserves formats, player counts, game counts, winners, and summaries.
- Recap pages become the durable reference for standings, podiums, knockout results, and AI-generated headlines.
Step 5
Keep the community aligned with chat, insights, and visible rankings
Groups work best when players can understand both the numbers and the context. Use the leaderboard to make progress obvious, messages to coordinate, and insights to turn raw results into something people want to come back and read.
- Leaderboard: gives everyone the same public reference point.
- Messages: reduce confusion around time changes, attendance, and reminders.
- Insights: become more useful as match, session, and tournament history builds up.
Related guides
Pair your group guide with the right operating guide
Groups are the base layer. Sessions, mini tournaments, and player participation each build on top of this setup.
Players
Groups Player Guide
Share the player version so members know where to find RSVP, history, recaps, chat, and standings.
Live play
Sessions Manager Guide
Use this once the group is ready and you want to run rotating doubles, singles, or fixed-partner sessions.
Events
Mini Tournaments Guide
Move from day-to-day play into pools, standings, knockout, and tournament summaries without leaving the same group.
Organizer habits
The strongest groups feel calm because the setup work was done early
Good structure prevents confusing workflows later, especially when you add sessions or mini tournaments.
Clean players, clean teams, and clean permissions make every later leaderboard and summary more credible.
RSVP, history, recap pages, and chat are what turn one-off results into a lasting community memory.