Your schedule page

Your organizer sends you a personal link that goes straight to your schedule. No account is required. The URL looks like picklefriend.net/schedule?token=… and is unique to you.

The event list

The left side of the page (or the top on a phone) shows upcoming events in chronological order. Tap or click any event to open its detail panel. Events drop off the list a few hours after they end.

In a ladder league you may see events from several divisions; each event in the list carries a compact chip such as 🪜 A so you know which tier it belongs to. Open the event for the fuller division pill.

Event detail

Opening an event shows the name, date, time, and location. The location card has a Map link (opens Google Maps) and a Copy button for the address. Below that, Players In / Courts / Duration give you a quick size snapshot, and Your Status tells you where you stand right now: "You're in," "You're on the waitlist," "You're undecided," and so on.

A pulsing Session In Progress badge appears once the session has started and stays visible until roughly four hours after the scheduled start. After that window the RSVP buttons are replaced with a "Session ended" notice.

Division pill

On ladder events, the event's header banner and detail header show a pill such as 🪜 Div A (Home), 🪜 Div B (Spare up) or 🪜 Div B (Spare down):

Pill	Meaning
Home (green)	The event is in your own division.
Spare up (red)	The event is in a division above yours.
Spare down (red)	The event is in a division below yours.

Hover the pill for the long version, e.g. "Event division: Division B — you're sparing up, above your own division". Custom division names show as-is. Non-ladder events have no pill.

RSVP

Four buttons control your status:

Button	What it means
I'm In	You plan to play. If the event is full, this becomes Join Waitlist automatically.
Join Waitlist	You want to play but the event is at capacity. You'll be promoted automatically if a spot opens.
Undecided	You haven't committed either way.
I'm Out	You won't be there.

Your selection highlights immediately and the organizer sees the update right away.

Grace period: the organizer can set a window before the event during which late RSVPs go to the waitlist even if spots remain. If that window is active, tapping I'm In lands you on the waitlist.

Waitlist auto-promotion: when someone switches from In to Out, the next person on the waitlist is moved to In automatically and receives an email. See Waitlists for more detail.

Your other events that day: when another of your events falls on the same date, it's listed right under the RSVP buttons. Each row links to that event and shows its time, its name (or its division, when that differs from this one), and your status there: In, Waitlisted, Awaiting partner, Out, or No reply. "Also in" means you're In there too. If you hold a spot in both, the row is tinted amber as a double-booking hint. Cancelled events and events whose invites haven't gone out yet aren't listed. The list covers this schedule link's group or ladder (sibling divisions and guest invites included), not every group you play in.

Fixed-partner events

Some events require you to play as a fixed pair. When fixed partners are mandatory, the primary button reads Determine Partner instead of I'm In. Tapping it opens a partner-selection picker where you indicate who you want to play with.

Once both players have selected each other, the pairing confirms automatically and your status moves to In (or Waitlist if the event is full). Until then your status reads "Waiting for a partner," or "You are on partner waitlist looking for a partner" when partners are optional rather than required.

If fixed partners are optional, a Partner Optional side button appears next to your RSVP buttons. You can RSVP In first and find a partner separately, or skip partnering altogether. When a partnership dissolves (either player cancels or RSVPs out), both players are notified and returned to an unpartnered state.

Partnering with last time's partner

If you're invited to a fixed-partner event (partners optional or required), have no partner yet and haven't picked any potential partners, and your most recent past event in the group had a confirmed partner, the page asks whether you want them again. A Confirm partner dialog reads "Declare {name} as your confirmed partner again?" (with " for Div B" added on ladder division events) and reminds you to select Yes only if {name} has confirmed they will partner you again this time.

The prompt is only offered when that partner isn't Out, isn't already partnered on this event, and can be invited to it.

• Yes forms the pairing right away, with no further consent step. The partner is added to the event if they weren't invited yet. Either of you who was undecided moves to In, or to the waitlist if the event is full or still in its early-bird window. Both of you get a "partnership formed" email.
• No (or closing the dialog) changes nothing, and the page won't ask again for that event on this device.

See Partner requests for the full partner-selection flow.

Show more

A Show more disclosure below the event header expands additional sections.

Player list: a searchable list of everyone invited, grouped by status: In, Waitlist, and Out. The header shows waitlist count when there are any; the Players In card above also shows a combined waiting count (waitlist plus partner-waiting).

Help Needed (booking jobs): if your organizer has set up tasks ("book the courts," "bring extra balls"), they appear here. Each job shows who has already volunteered and a text field where you can add your name and a short note. Tap Volunteer Status to save; you can update your note any time before the event. See Booking jobs for how organizers configure these.

Notices: organizer bulletins pinned to the event, including any late-dropout notices when someone cancels within 24 hours of game time. Each notice shows a timestamp.

Chat: a message thread between you, the organizer, and other players. Messages are capped at 500 characters; the last 100 messages are shown. Chat pushes a notification to players who have push enabled; see Enable Notifications below.

Secondary actions (inside Show more):

• Add to Calendar: downloads a .ics file for a single event, or shows your active subscription badge if you have already subscribed to the calendar feed. See Calendar subscription.
• Enable Notifications: subscribes your browser to web push for this group. You'll get nudges for chat messages, new booking jobs, and partner interest.
• View Standings: opens the group's public ratings page (when ratings are enabled).
• League Policy: opens the organizer's policy text on the ratings page.

Score entry

When a session is live and the organizer has enabled player score entry, a View Court and Enter Scores button appears above the Show more section. It's visible about an hour before the scheduled start and active until the session ends. Tapping it takes you to your personal score page. See Player score entry.

Pre-invite ghost cards

A card with a lock icon and a countdown ("Auto-invite · 3d before") is an event whose invites haven't gone out yet. See auto-invite for how the timing works.

You can answer early. I'm in when invites open counts as a real I'm In the moment invites go out, waitlist included if the event is full by then. I'm Out means no invite email and a recorded out. Undo takes either back. Early I'm In isn't offered on partner-required events.

Chat, notices, and booking jobs work on these cards as they always have. Once the auto-invite fires, the card turns into a normal event with the usual RSVP buttons.

My Profile

A My Profile section on your schedule page lets you set a short introduction that other players can see when they are looking for a partner.

Intro blurb: up to 500 characters. Describe your play style, skill level, availability, or anything you'd like potential partners to know. A character counter tracks how much space remains. Changes save automatically when you click outside the text box, or you can tap Save explicitly. If you have a blurb saved for a different group and the current field is empty, a Copy a blurb from another group dropdown appears so you can reuse it.

Three preference toggles control how you participate in partner-finding:

Toggle	Default	What it controls
Partner digest email	On	Receive a daily email listing players who have expressed interest in partnering with you.
Partner push notifications	On	Receive a push notification when a player selects you as a potential partner.
Share my email with partners	Off	Allow confirmed partners to see your email address in the partner-info modal.

These preferences apply to your player record for the current group and do not affect any organizer account email preferences.

Signing in or creating an account

Your schedule link works without an account. If you want one, for All Events across your groups and a single message inbox, tap your name in the header and choose Sign up or Log in. Sign up pre-fills your name and email from this group's player record. The account connects to that record only while the email your organizer recorded matches your account's email; see Connecting your player record to an account.

What's next

• Waitlists if you're waiting on a spot.
• Partner requests to find a partner.
• Calendar subscription to get events into your calendar app.
• Player score entry once a session is live.