📋 Captains

Getting started

1. 1 Your first steps as a captain Three quick steps and you're ready to run a group. 3 steps →

Your venue

1. 1 Find or recommend your venue Put the courts you play on into Racket Captain — find them, or add them if they're not listed yet. 5 steps →
2. 2 What happens after you recommend a venue Your venue works right away — here's what Pending and Verified mean for you and your players. 4 steps →

Setting up a Match Group

Best done on a computer — the setup page has more room there.

1. 1 Start from the Library or New Copy a proven format template — or start a blank group. 3 steps →
2. 2 Basic Information Name your group, pick the sport and venue, and decide how players join. 3 steps →
3. 3 Event/Series Settings ⚠️ Key setting Choose the kind of event, the format, and how results and standings work. 4 steps →
4. 4 Capacity Planning Tell Racket Captain how many courts you have — it works out how many players fit. 1 steps →
5. 5 Court Assignment Optional: name the real courts each group plays on. 1 steps →
6. 6 Captain's Check Points ⚠️ Key setting Decide whether you approve lineups and results yourself, or let them run automatically. 1 steps →
7. 7 Scheduling ⚠️ Key setting Set the first date, the time and how often the group plays. 2 steps →
8. 8 Communications & Notifications ⚠️ Key setting Choose the team chat and which reminders go out, and when. 2 steps →
9. 9 Publish Readiness → Publish Check every section is complete, then launch your series. 2 steps →

Teams page & Team's Toolbox

1. 1 Open your Team's Toolbox The Teams page is where you run your roster — pick a group to open its toolbox. 2 steps →
2. 2 Invite & Share Share your group's invite link or QR code so players can join. 2 steps →
3. 3 Co-Captains Share the work — give joined players co-captain rights. 1 steps →
4. 4 Roster See everyone in the group and set how each person takes part. 2 steps →
5. 5 Seeding, Rankings & Standings ⚠️ Key setting Set your Captain's Seeding for the first event, and follow rankings and standings as the series runs. 2 steps →
6. 6 Pending Requests Approve or reject players who asked to join. 1 steps →
7. 7 Recent Activity A record of who joined, left or changed — and who did it. 1 steps →

Running your Series

1. 1 Your captain dashboard Needs Attention tells you what's waiting; Next Up shows your next event. 2 steps →
2. 2 Run RSVPs Watch who's in — and update an answer for a player if you need to. 2 steps →
3. 3 Review and lock the lineup ⚠️ Key setting Check the courts and players, then lock them so everyone sees where they play. 3 steps →
4. 4 Approve results ⚠️ Key setting Players enter and confirm scores; you give the final approval. 3 steps →
5. 5 Standings: your view and your players' See the full standings — and choose whether your players see them too. 2 steps →
6. 6 Pause, cancel or change the schedule Stop one event, pause the whole series, or move future dates. 3 steps →

Communicating

1. 1 Lead your group chat Your group's chat — and the extra controls you have as captain. 2 steps →
2. 2 Reminders & notifications ⚠️ Key setting How your group's reminders work — timed from each event's start and end, set once, sent automatically. 5 steps →

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