Take the Lead and Turn Every Match into a Legend!

The difference between a public and a private community lies in visibility and control over your member list. A public community is ideal for attracting new players at the club, while a private community provides a secure environment for a specific group curated by you as the administrator.

• Public Community: Your events are visible to all players who follow the club location and meet your filters (such as skill level, age, or gender). This is the ultimate way to let your community grow organically.
• Private Community: Only players you have explicitly added as members can see your events and sign up. This gives you 100% control over who shows up on your courts.
• Control via Filters: For both types, you can set specific criteria per event for Padel2Day level, age, and gender, ensuring matches are always at the right level.
• Always Flexible: You aren't locked in. You can switch your community from public to private (and vice versa) at any time via the settings in the admin dashboard.

Choose the format that fits your ambition and start building. Create your community in the Padel2Day app and decide for yourself whether to open your doors to the entire club or opt for an exclusive group!

Padel Communities on Padel2day are designed for players who want to organize events independently at their favorite club. While professional providers use the software for club management, this feature empowers every player to lead their own community. You organize events within one fixed location, where players earn points for a shared leaderboard that spans multiple events.

• Location-bound Competition: Each community is linked to one specific padel club. This makes it the ideal tool for building a close-knit group of players at your own home base.
• Ongoing Leaderboards: In addition to the results per individual event, the app generates an overarching leaderboard. This is perfect for a weekly "King of the Court," creating a true competition over a longer period.
• Universal Padel2day Level: You play with your official ranking; community events use the exact same algorithm as professional events. This ensures your level is always a true reflection of your performance across the entire platform.
• Manage it Your Way: Choose a private group for your regular circle of friends or a public community for everyone at the club. For now, you can easily handle payments yourself (for example, via a payment link) outside of the app.

Turn your casual matches into a serious competition at your club. Start your own Community today. Open the Padel2day app, choose your location, and let the leaderboard reveal who is the true champion of the court!

Players become members of your community by signing up for an event or by being manually added to a private group. An active Padel2Day account and following the specific padel club are required. For public groups, registering for an event leads to immediate inclusion in the community.

• Manual Management: For 'private' communities, you add players yourself via the admin dashboard, and your exclusive events will instantly appear in their app feed.
• Complete Control: You decide who joins; by setting filters based on Padel2Day level, age, or gender, you control exactly who can see your community events and who is eligible to play.
• Location-Based: Only players who follow the connected padel club and meet your criteria can discover your public activities and register for events.
• Direct Access: Once a player is added or signs up for an event, they are part of the community and receive updates about new activities directly through the app.

Take the first step in building your own dedicated group of players at your favorite club. Start your own Community today in the Padel2Day app and bring your club's players together on your own terms!

You can easily share your events via WhatsApp, though you don't do this directly from the admin dashboard. By signing up for your own event, you can use the share button from the ‘My events’ overview in the Padel2Day app. This allows you to send an active link directly to your player group.

• Sharing Method: In the mobile app, go to ‘My events’, select the relevant community event, and click the WhatsApp icon to send the invitation.
• Access for Private Groups: Please note: for a private community, players can only sign up via the link after you have manually added them as members of the community.
• Fast Start: Do you already have an existing WhatsApp group with padel friends? Share the link to your first event there immediately to quickly fill your new community on Padel2Day.
• Professional Appearance: The shared link opens directly in the recipient's Padel2Day app, where they can instantly see their ranking, the participant list, and the event details.

Bring your community to the immediate attention of your fellow players. Create your first event, sign up, and share the link in your favorite WhatsApp group to see who takes on the challenge right away!

Tip: Use this text to introduce your community: "Hi everyone! I've created a padel community in the Padel2Day app for our matches at [Club Name]. This allows us to easily plan events, track results, and see who leads the ranking. Don't have a Padel2Day account yet? Create one first at https://padel2day.com and then download the mobile app."

In principle, you can start a community at any padel club. All you need to do is follow the specific location in the Padel2Day app. Once you follow a club, you can select it as the home base for your community and immediately start organizing your own events.

• Search and Follow: Go to the location icon in the Padel2Day app, search for your club, and tap ‘follow’. Only locations you follow will appear in the selection list when you create a new community.
• Location Not Found?: Is your club not on the list yet? Use the 'Add missing location' button in the search screen. We usually add the club to the platform and your profile within a few business days.
• Direct Connection: As soon as the location is followed, you can get started building your community environment and inviting your first players.
• Check the List: Does a followed club still not appear when creating a new community? In that case, the club has deactivated the option to start new communities.

Lay the foundation for your own competition. Find your club in the Padel2Day app, tap 'follow', and claim your role today as the organizer of the most active community at the club!

No, each community is intentionally linked to one specific location. This ensures that players only receive push notifications for events that are physically accessible to them. Want to organize at multiple spots? You can easily do so by starting a separate community for each desired padel club.

• Relevance Over Reach: By separating communities per location, we prevent "notification fatigue." Players only get alerts for events at the club where they actually play.
• Manage Multiple Groups: As an administrator, you aren't limited to one place; you can set up and manage a unique community environment for every club where you are active.
• Targeted Communication: Each community has its own chat and automatic updates, ensuring interaction always remains relevant for that location's specific player group.

Does organizing leave you wanting more, and do you play at different clubs? Simply start an additional community for your other favorite location in the Padel2Day app!

Absolutely. It is even recommended to appoint extra administrators, ensuring someone is always available to start events. Within Padel2Day, we distinguish between one Owner and multiple Administrators, who have exactly the same rights in daily management to manage events, players, and settings.

• Equal Rights: Just like the owner, administrators can create new events (such as Americano or King of the Court), edit details, manage players, and update general community information.
• Owner Inviolability: To protect the community, the owner cannot be demoted or removed by other administrators; regular administrators can do this to each other.
• Automatic Transfer: If the owner leaves the community, the longest-serving administrator automatically becomes the new owner to guarantee the group's continuity.
• Safety Lock: As an owner, you can only leave an active community after you have promoted at least one other player to administrator. If the community is completely empty, it will be deleted immediately upon departure.

Make your organization more efficient by distributing tasks. Promote your most trusted players to administrator directly in the Padel2Day app and ensure your community events always run smoothly, even when you're not on the court yourself!

No, at this moment, players cannot yet pay for community events directly via Padel2Day. This functionality is currently only available for events organized by official clubs and professional padel partners. For your own community, you can easily handle payments with your players yourself for the time being, for example via a payment link or in cash.

• Future Integration: An optional payment feature via the Padel2Day platform for communities is under development and will be rolled out in a later phase.
• Clear Communication: When creating your event, always clearly state the price and the preferred payment method in the description, so participants know exactly what to expect.
• Results & Ranking: The lack of an in-app payment method does not affect the enjoyment of the game; results and ranking points are processed by the algorithm as usual after the match.

As soon as it becomes possible to process payments for community events via Padel2Day, we will inform all community administrators immediately!

As soon as registration closes, Padel2Day compiles the final list of players and each player receives a push notification with the status: "You're playing" or "You're not playing." As the organizer, you will immediately receive an overview via email. This is the moment to finalize your court reservations at the club or cancel them in time.

• Instant Clarity: Players immediately know their status through the automatic status update ("You're playing" or "You're not playing"), which saves you a lot of time on communication.
• Reserves as Backup: Your organizer overview also includes the reserve players who were excess. This is extremely useful if someone doesn't show up on the day itself; you immediately have the contact details of reserves you can urgently ask to fill in.
• Mind the Minimum: Be critical of the set minimum number of players. If this lower limit is not met, the entire event is automatically canceled and no one will hit the court.
• Court Management in Your Hands: Padel2Day automates the player list, but you are personally responsible for physically reserving or canceling the courts at the club to avoid unnecessary costs.

Stay in control of your event and your courts. Check the participant list in your email or the Padel2Day app immediately after the deadline and ensure your reservations at the club perfectly match the number of players!

Yes, as soon as a participant cancels their registration after the deadline, the spot immediately becomes available again. Padel2Day then automatically sends a push notification to the entire community. The first player to respond to this notification takes the spot.

• Reach is Key: This system works best when your community is large enough. With a small group, the chances of a quick automatic 'match' are lower, so ensure a healthy influx of active members.
• Ultimate Responsibility: Although Padel2Day automates the call-out, you as the administrator remain responsible for the attendance. If no volunteer emerges from the automatic call, you will need to take action yourself to fill the court.
• Custom Payment: Because you handle payments yourself, you also determine the deal for the substitute. For example, you could agree that a last-minute replacement plays for free as a service to the other players.
• Push Notifications: The success of this feature depends on your members' settings. Encourage them to turn on push notifications so they are immediately informed of an opportunity to step in.

Ensure a strong foundation and an active group. Build your community and stay in control so your events run smoothly, even with unexpected cancellations!

Registration for a community event typically closes 24 hours before it starts. After this point, signing up is generally no longer possible. The only exception is when a player cancels at the last minute; registration is then automatically and temporarily reopened until the vacant spot is filled by another player from the community.

• Automatic Reopening: As soon as a spot becomes available after the deadline, registration is immediately reactivated for all community members who meet the established criteria (such as skill level).
• Speed via Push: Because the system sends an instant push notification, a vacated spot is often claimed within minutes by an enthusiastic substitute.
• Administrator Responsibility: While Padel2Day helps automate the search, you as the administrator remain ultimately responsible for ensuring all reserved courts are fully occupied.

Keep your events dynamic and the courts filled. Remind your members about the 24-hour deadline and the importance of push notifications, so they can jump in immediately when a sought-after spot becomes available at the last minute!

Exactly two hours before the scheduled start time of your event, the start button becomes visible in your community's management dashboard. As the organizer, this allows you to give the official starting signal for the first round of play.

• Timing of the start button: The button automatically appears 2 hours before the start of the event. This gives you plenty of time to set everything up before the first players take to the court.
• Administrator's turn: An event never starts automatically. The owner or one of the community's administrators must always manually press the start button to begin the event.
• Attendance confirmation: By starting manually, you act as the final checkpoint. You confirm that the courts are available and the players are ready. Once you start, the court assignments become final and visible to all participants.

Just before the start of the event, it’s your moment. Open your community's management dashboard, press the start button, and let’s play!

Sometimes it is necessary to protect the quality and atmosphere within your group. As an administrator, you have the option to 'ban' a player. This is a powerful tool that goes beyond simply removing someone; it is a digital access block that protects the reliability of your events.

• Why use a ban?: The main reason is to maintain the joy of the game. Use the ban function, for example, for players who repeatedly fail to show up (no-shows) or who cancel at the very last minute. This prevents you as an administrator from constantly having to fill gaps in the schedule.
• Protection for Public Communities: In a public community, a removed player can immediately click 'Join' again. A ban places the player on a blacklist, preventing them from opening the community or re-registering.
• Immediate Cleanup: As soon as you execute the ban, the player is not only removed from the member list, but the system also immediately cancels their participation in all upcoming events and removes them from the group chats.
• Access Control: If a banned player tries to rejoin, the system immediately blocks it with a notification that access is denied.
• Not Permanent: A ban is not a life sentence. You can always 'unban' a player via the settings. If you manually invite and add a banned player yourself, the system recognizes this and the ban is automatically lifted.

Keep your community active and reliable for everyone who does enjoy playing. Use the ban function in your management dashboard to draw a clear line with players who repeatedly ignore the rules!

Padel Shuffle is an exceptionally fair game format where you play on one court with and against all three other players. You switch partners within the court until you have played with everyone. After each round, the court assignment changes based on your result, ensuring you always meet opponents of your skill level. You can play as many rounds as the venue's time allows.

• Strength-based Seeding: At the start of the event, the system automatically assigns the courts based on player strength (level). This allows you to start immediately on a court with equivalent opponents.
• 1-UP 1-DOWN System: After each round, the court assignment changes to keep the competition challenging. The winner (most games) moves up one court, the loser (fewest games) moves down one court, and the other two players remain where they are.
• Fairness First: Because you form a team with every player on the court, the result is a pure reflection of your individual performance. It is the most transparent way to determine current form.
• Fixed Structure: In the standard format, you play 12 games per round (3x4), with each player serving once per pairing. Variations like 3x7 or 3x8 are also possible, depending on the time.
• Golden Point: To ensure all courts are finished at the same time for the 1-up 1-down switch, Shuffle is played with a golden point by default.

Do you want to organize an event where social interaction and sporting fairness are central? Choose the Shuffle variant when creating your next community event.

Americano Individual is the ultimate 'everyone-with-everyone' game format and one of the most social padel formats. In this carousel setup, you play every round with a changing partner against changing opponents from your group. By the end of the event, you will (ideally) have stood on the court with and against almost every other participant.

• Personal Success: Although you play in teams of two, you collect points individually. You are not dependent on a single fixed partner; your own performance across all different rounds determines your place in the final standings.
• Every Point Counts: The scoring system is unique. You usually play a fixed number of points per round (for example, 24 or 32). If a match ends 18-14, both you and your partner receive 18 points added to your personal total score, and the opponents receive 14.
• Maximum Variation: The Padel2Day system calculates the most optimal rotation. As a result, you are constantly playing in new combinations, which creates enormous social dynamics and a fair comparison of everyone's skill level.
• Individual Ranking: After the final round, all points are added together. The player with the most points is crowned the winner of the Americano and, of course, rises in the community ranking.

Give your players the chance to get to know the whole group and prove their skills. Select 'Americano' when creating your event and let the app solve the complex puzzle of partner switches fully automatically!

Americano Team is the perfect choice for players who want to compete as a fixed duo. Unlike the individual variant, you do not switch partners; you form an inseparable pair throughout the entire event.

• How to set it up?: When creating your event, choose the 'Americano' game format and simply check the 'Team event' box. The system then immediately knows that partners must stay together during the event.
• Fixed Partners: This format is ideal for duos who want to train together for a tournament or for friends who want to see how they perform as a couple against the rest of the community.
• Scoring: Just like in the individual Americano, every point scored counts directly towards the total standings. With a final score of, for example, 20-12, the winning team receives 20 points, and the losing team receives 12.
• Team Ranking: At the end of the event, all points for the duo are added together. The team with the highest total score wins the event and rises in the community's team rankings.

Let duos join forces and discover which pair is the undisputed number one in your community. Check the 'Team event' box at your next Americano and start an exciting competition for fixed teams!

Mexicano Individual is the "smart version" of the Americano. While Americano schedules are fixed in advance, Mexicano analyzes the standings after every round to determine the new court assignments. This ensures that as the event progresses, you play more frequently with and against people who have earned a similar number of points.

• Dynamic Matchmaking: The system attempts to place the top four players from the standings on court 1, players ranked 5 through 8 on court 2, and so on. This results in incredibly exciting and well-balanced matches.
• Individual Scoring: Similar to Americano, you play in rotating teams but collect points individually. Every game won or point scored is added directly to your personal total on the leaderboard.
• Balanced Challenge: The greatest advantage of Mexicano is that skill gaps on the court close quickly. If you're winning, you'll immediately face tougher opponents. If you lose, the next round becomes a bit more manageable.
• Every Point Counts: Because you often play to a fixed point total (such as 24 or 32), every rally matters until the final second, no matter who is ahead.

Do you want an event where the tension builds with every round and everyone is challenged at their specific level? Select 'Mexicano' and let the Padel2Day algorithms calculate the most competitive court assignments for you after every round!

Mexicano Team is the ultimate challenge for fixed duos who enjoy excitement and well-matched opponents. While in an Americano you know beforehand who you’re playing against, the Mexicano is a dynamic 'ladder' based on points: the better your team performs, the stronger the opponents you’ll face in the next round.

• How to set it up?: When creating your event, choose the 'Mexicano' game format and check the 'Team event' checkbox. This tells the system that players stay together as a fixed pair and collect points as a duo.
• Intelligent Matchmaking: After each round, the app looks at the standings. The numbers 1 and 2 on the ranking list will play against numbers 3 and 4 on court 1 in the next round. This naturally creates 'finals' at every level.
• Fixed Partners: Unlike the individual variant, you do not switch partners. Together with your partner, you work towards the highest possible total score to claim the top spot in the community ranking.
• Tension until the final rally: Because every point counts in the final tally (for example, in a 24 or 32 point format), every ball remains important. A small comeback can ensure that you move to a higher court in the next round.

Challenge the fixed pairs in your community and let the rankings speak. Check the 'Team event' box for your Mexicano and see which duo holds its own as the resistance increases each round!

King of the Court (KOTC) Individual is the ultimate race to the top where everyone chases that one coveted spot: Court 1. It is a dynamic game format where winners promote and losers demote, but with an individual twist that requires you to step up with a different partner each round.

• Climbing the Ladder: The goal is simple: end up on Court 1, the 'King’s Court'. Win on your court? Then you move up one court (towards Court 1). Lose? Then you drop down one court to redeem yourself there.
• Individual Partner Swaps: Since this is the individual variant, you don't have a fixed partner. You play every round with a different partner from your current court. This means you must constantly adapt to a new playing style while trying to climb the ladder.
• Speed and Time Pressure: KOTC is often played based on time instead of a fixed number of games. As soon as the buzzer sounds, the score is settled. If you're ahead, you pack your gear and move to a higher court for the next challenge.
• Social Competition: It’s the perfect mix of competitive fire and social networking. You talk to and play with almost everyone in the community, while the hierarchy on the courts provides a healthy dose of rivalry.

Ready to see who the true heirs to the throne are in your group? Select 'King of the Court' in the app and let your players fight for their spot on Court 1!

King of the Court (KOTC) Team is the classic ladder variant for fixed duos, also commonly known as 'move-up move-down'. The goal is simple: win to promote to a higher court, with Court 1, the 'King’s Court', as the ultimate destination. Here, the winners stay, while the rest of the community chases their spot. 

• How to set it up?: Choose 'King of the Court' when creating your event and check the 'Team event' box. The system will ensure that duos remain inseparable throughout the event. 
• Move-up Move-down: The mechanism is tough but fair. Winners of a match move up one court (towards Court 1), while losers move down one court. This ensures you always face a team of your skill level. 

• Fixed Partners: Unlike the individual variant, you play with the same partner for the entire event. This is the way for fixed pairs to test their synchronized tactics under high pressure. 

  The Ultimate Winner: The team that wins the final round on Court 1 is the official 'King of the Court' of the day. 

Bring the competition in your group to a boiling point and let duos battle for the throne. Check the 'Team event' box for your KOTC and prepare for an afternoon of quick transitions and exciting promotions!