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Add, Export & Search Team Leagues

Add, export and search team leagues from Team Leagues main page.

Add a Team League​

As a club admin/organization, you can create a Team League and also specify the players eligible to compete in it.

To add a new Team League, navigate to Team Leagues from Workspaces:

  1. Click on +Add New Team League on the top right corner of the screen, you’ll be redirected to the next page – Add Team League.

  2. Enter the name of the Organization you’re planning the create Team Leagues for in the Search bar, it’ll generate the organization/club you typed if its created. (If you don’t find the Organization name you typed, you’ll get – No Options – as a result. To continue, you have to create said organization, or you have to enter the Organization’s name already registered with Pickleball Inc.)

  3. Select the Organization from the Search results, click on Continue, it’ll redirect you to the next page.

  4. Go through the each of the sections in the page to create a new team league (each section and option is explained for your convenience) -

    1. Approval of player trades or moves – This option allows you to trade or move a player from a league to a different club and league. You can trade players (switch one player for another), or move player (move player to a different league).

      a. No approval needed – selecting this option allows you move or trade a player from the league without need for approval from a higher authority.

      b. Commissioner must approve all player moves – selecting this option allows you to move and trade players but the move request must be approved by the commissioner first. If the commissioner denies the move, it won’t be successful.

      c. Only commissioner can initiate player moves – selecting this option restricts player trading and moves by anyone other than commissioner. Only the commissioner has the authority to move and trade players.

    2. Challenges – This option allows captains to challenge game scores from previous Game Days. Selecting the Allow Challenges option will allow the captain to challenge the game scores.

    3. Test Mode – This option allows you to create a demo team league and test its options and features taking it live (displaying to public). Turning the Test Mode on will allow you to work with your newly created team league in test mode. Note that, if the Test Mode is enabled, you won’t be able to turn on the Show to Public and Show on Search radio buttons. To turn them on, turn off the Test Mode for the team league.

    4. Show on Search – This option will display the team league’s information to the public when searched. Turning the Show on Search option on will allow the members and non-members of the club to look at the team leagues details when searched using the Search option.

    5. Show to Public – This option will display the team league’s information to the public. Turning the Show to Public option on will allow the members and non-members of the club to look at the team leagues details.

    6. Inactive – This option will make the active team league as inactive so that no player or member are able to join it. Turning the Inactive option on will make an active team league as inactive.

    7. Organization – allows you to select the team league’s organization.

    8. Country – allows you to select the team league’s country/country of the organization.

    9. State – allows you to select the organization state.

    10. Localization – allows you to select the team league’s local language – language spoken by the local public.

    11. Time zone – allows you to select the team league’s time zone – time zone the team league will take place in.

    12. Currency to collect – allows you to select the valid currency to collect for the team league – depends on the country, state, and localization.

    13. Title – allows you to set the team league’s title – must be under 100 words.

    14. Abbreviation – allows you to set an abbreviation for the team league’s title – a short (up to 5 words) according to the title.

    15. Rating Options – This option allows you to select the rating the team league matches will use, both for player and match scoring.

      1. DUPR – Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating – is the most commonly used rating system in Pickleball matches.
      2. WPR – World Pickleball Rating – provides you with a comprehensive player tournament rating system.
      3. Count games toward DUPR – checking the Count games toward DUPR radio button will count player’s scores towards their DUPR ratings.
      4. Count games toward Club Ratings – checking the Count games toward Club Ratings radio button will count player’s scores towards their Club ratings.

    16. Contact Info - This option displays the contact information Pickleball Brackets uses to contact the team league. League members and other club members won’t have access to this contact information.

      1. Primary Contact - allows you to add the main contact person for the team league. You can add a primary contact person for the team league by clicking the +Add Contact button.

    17. Commissioner – This option displays the team league’s commissioner and their information.

      1. Add Commissioner - allows you to add the league’s Commissioner from the club/organization. You can add a commissioner for the team league by clicking the +Add Commissioner button.

    18. Primary Manager – This option displays the team league’s primary manager and their information.

      1. Add Manager - allows you to add the league’s Primary Manager from the club/organization. You can add a primary manager for the team league by clicking the +Add Primary Manager button.

  5. Click on the Save button once all the necessary information is filled. On successful team league creation, you’ll see a success notification pop-up on top of the screen. Your new team league is created, you can now begin to add players, create plans, and much more from the Team Leagues section.

Team League FAQs​

How does someone add/create a new Team League?

Team Leagues can only be created by an organization or club owner/admin. Moreover, if a club manager has the permission to add a new Team League, they can do so from the admin side of pickleball.com, or from the public side of the website.

A player or club member can't create a Team League, however, they can participate in a Team League created by their club/organization or a Team League they're invited to.

  • For admin side of pickleball.com

    • To add a new Team League as a club owner/admin, or manager, follow the steps mentioned in - Add a New Team League

  • For public side of pickleball.com

      • To add a new Team League as a club owner/admin, or manager from public side of the website, navigate to pickleball.com:

    1. Log into your pickleball.com account.

    2. Click on Team Leagues on the top Navigation banner. It'll redirect you to Team Leagues side of pickleball.com -> pickleballteamleagues.com

    3. Click on + Create New League, you'll be redirected to the Manage Pickleball page. Once there, follow the steps mentioned in - Add a New Team League

How can a member register/participate in a Team League?

A player or club member can participate in a Team League they are invited to.

But, they can also join an upcoming Team League if they're interested.

To join a Team League, a player/member can go through these steps -

  1. Log into your pickleball.com account.
  2. Click on Team Leagues on the top Navigation bar. It'll redirect you to Team Leagues side of pickleball.com -> pickleballteamleagues.com. The new page will display the most recent and trending team leagues available in your area (based on your pickleball.com's set location).
  3. To search for a team league of choice, click on Find Team Leagues, you'll be redirected to the Search Leagues page. Enter the Team League's name in the Search by area, location in the where area. If you want, you can also distill the results even further by adding additional Search filters - age, gender, skill, status, etc. - click on Apply to apply the filters. Then, click on the Search button to initiate Team League search.
  4. Click on the Team League of choice, it'll open up to a new page with all the details about the selected Team League - Standings, Teams, Players, Districts, Details, Captain Dashboard, Registrations, Details, Description, Divisions, Fee Structure, Refund Policy, etc.
  5. Click Register Now to register for the selected Team League. It'll redirect you to the Pickleball Brackets page.
  6. Enter the following additional information asked - Country, State, Zip/Postal, Timezone, Phone Number, Emergency Phone Number, Birth Date, Gender, Self Rating (Singles, Doubles), etc. Once all the required details are filled, click on Save to save entered details.
  7. On successful entry, you'll get a message - Information Updated Successfully. Click on Click here to continue to go to Team Leagues' page. You've now successfully registered for the selected Team League. You can now access other TL details and also add/update your own details as needed.
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You can only register for Team Leagues yet to happen. You can't register for an ongoing Team League or a League that has closed its registration.

Export Team Leagues Data​

Using the Export option, you can download team league's data to your personal device/PC as a backup.

As a club admin/organization, you can export/download the created team league's data to your PC for future reference/usage.

To export your team leagues data, navigate to Team Leagues from Workspaces:

  1. Click the Export button/option in the Team Leagues page, it'll open a pop-up prompt - Select format type to Export.
  2. Select the File Format you want from the dropdown – CSV, XLSX, Text, click on Download to download the data in a file.
  3. Once clicked, a file will automatically be downloaded to your device containing details of the team league in selected format.

Search for a Team League​

You can initiate a search to find a specific team league you’re looking for. The search option allows you to search for any team league in your club/organization.

You can even add certain parameters to narrow down your search results.

To search club for team league details, navigate to Team Leagues from Workspaces:

  1. Enter the name of the team league in the Search box.
  2. You can add search parameters – Organization, Waiver Checked, Logo, Country, State, Active, etc. – to narrow down your search results.
  3. Click on Apply to start your search. (Note: Check the Save filters checkbox to save the search filters for future use.)
  4. If the team league details are found, you’ll get the results displayed. In case the team league details are not found, you will get – No Results – as a message.
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To start the search process/parameters again, click on Reset.

Team League Setup​

Before you set up a new Team League, make sure that the Approved Team League option is set to Yes. You also need to have the necessary permissions in the club as a manager/admin to Manage Team Leagues or be a primary manager of the club. This persmission grants you the ability to create a new team league from your club.

Each new Team League can also have their own managers setup. This allows a Club to have multiple leagues with different managers setup for each league. The primary manager of a league is called the Commissioner.

To fully set up a Team League, you must also set the following as well -

  • Seasons
  • Divisions
  • Teams
  • League Registration
  • League Schedule
  • Players, Game Days and Lineups
  • Matches and Score Entry

Seasons​

Season's time span is typically between 8 - 12 weeks, and is set by the commissioner for all league plays.

A Team League can have as many seasons as they want, however, only 1 season can be Live at once.

The Commissioner can also create future seasons of the Team League and have them open for registration for players and teams, but they won't be running at that time, Future seasons of a Team League can only collect registration for when the future season starts.

Learn more about (Team League's Seasons)[./docs/team-leagues/seasons/]

Divisions​

Each Team League session can have multiple Divisions. A division can be categorized by player's skill range, gender, and age range. A season can have as many divisions as required.

Each new Division can be specified according to the bracket type, format, player group, score format, and so on. The Commissioner can specify how many teams can be in a Division. He can also specify a color to represent a Division.

Sponsors are available for Seasons/Divisions level.

Learn more about (Team League's Divisions)[./docs/team-leagues/divisions/]

Teams​

This is a list of players that represent a group competing in the league. The commissioner can choose to add all the teams or they can allow people to create their own teams. The commissioner can specify as many max players per team as they want. Each team can have a Live Roster and a Backup Roster. The commissioner will specify the amount of male and female players per team.

Learn more about (Team League's Teams)[./docs/team-leagues/teams/]

Registration​

The Team League's registration cost can be set up per team or per player according to the commissioner. The TL's Commissioner is eligible to decide the registration fee.

There are multiple ways the commissioner can set up Team League's registration -

No public registration - Commissioner sets up the team's captain and the players themselves per division.

Independent player registeration - All players who wish to participate in the Team League register independently for the division they want to play in. The system separates the players into even teams based on their WPR.

Team registration through captains - Team Captains register their team for their division and they enter the players themselves.

Captains registers team for division - Team Captains register for their division and allow the players to register on their own (accepting any player that registers on their team).

Individual player registration - Individual player can register for a division specifying they need a team to play in. During registration, the player would be asked if the player would accept live and/or backup roster or not. The Team League's Commissioner, or any other team in the division can add the independent player to their live or backup roster (this is an option that can be enabled).

Learn more about (Team League's Registration)[./docs/team-leagues/seasons/#registration-settings]

Creating a Schedule for a Team League​

As a TL Commissioner/Manager, you can create a schedule in your team league with the players from your club or the players registered for the league. If you are adding players from your club, ensure that you are adding only the players with a rating higher than 1, as players with lower ratings will not be eligible to participate in any season of the league.

To add a schedule for your Team League, navigate to Team Leagues from Workspaces:

  1. Head over to Team Leagues > Players and click on Add New Player to search for any specific player you want to add in your league. If you don't find the player you are looking for, it also allows you to add players Manually.
  2. After all the desired players are added, head over to Team Leagues > Teams. Make sure you create at least two teams in your Team League. If you don't have the number of specified teams in your Team League, you can add one by clicking the Add New Team option.
  3. Once the teams are created, add your selected players to the teams. Ensure that each team must have at least two players to meet the requirements for any season division.
  4. Now, head over to Team League > Divisions and create a Division for your Team League. You can add a new Division by clicking the Add New Division option. When creating a new Division, make sure to configure the Division Criteria to ensure all players in the teams meet the specified requirements if you want them to play in that division. The division criteria may include -
    1. Team Criteria: Maximum combined team rating.
    2. Player Criteria: Rating range, age range and gender. Also ensure that you choose the division level as well.
  5. Now, finally, head over to Team Leagues > Seasons, and create a new Season by setting the Season's Title and specifying the start and end dates. Ensure the selected dates are in the future.
  6. Once the Season is created, ensure that Season's Registration Settings are configured properly. This includes:
    1. Setting the start and end dates for registrations.
    2. Allowing teams to register.
    3. Whether you want Online Registration for the League.
    4. Finalizing the Registration Cost.
    5. Adding any additional cost - Team Cost, etc.
  7. Once you're done settig up Seasons, you can now add the previously created Division to the Current Season. Do that by going over to Team Leagues > Seasons > Season Divisions. Click on the Add New Division to add the divisions you created previously.
  8. You can now configure the Division Settings for the season in the Division. Note that the sum of the minimum number of male and female players must be at least 2 to ensure valid team composition.
  9. Lastly, ensure that all relevant teams are assigned (added) to the Season Division. Also, don't forget to configure the matchup settings for the season division by navigating to Seasons > Season Divisions > Matches. You can add new matches as well by clicking the Add New Match button.
  10. Finally, we can create a schedule. Yow now have the option to create a full schedule for your Team League or to create single matchups by navigating to Seasons > Season Divisions > Schedule Matchups.