Guides
Tennis and padel guides: dues and court booking management for clubs, lesson and payment tracking for coaches, building tournament draws, padel rules, rating systems and ladder leagues.
For clubs
- How to track membership dues at a tennis clubHow to set up dues tracking at tennis and padel clubs: billing periods, the running-account model, handling late payments, and what to watch for when moving off a spreadsheet.
- How to set up a court booking systemThe rules to decide before rolling out a court booking system at a tennis or padel club: booking window, cancellation policy, guest access, double bookings and no-shows.
- How to build a tournament draw and fixturesBuilding draws and fixtures for tennis and padel tournaments: knockout versus round robin versus ladder, how seeds and byes work, and planning courts and match times.
- How do you start a tennis club?A guide for anyone opening a tennis or padel club: deciding on court count and surface, membership versus hourly rental, building the revenue model, and keeping records from day one.
- How do you build a padel court?A guide for anyone building a padel court: standard dimensions, surface and glass choices, indoor versus outdoor, how many courts to build, and the occupancy that pays the investment back.
- Sports facility management: running a court rental businessA management guide for facilities that rent courts: measuring occupancy, consolidating booking channels, filling dead hours, splitting staff permissions and keeping control across multiple sites.
- How do you run a tennis or padel tournament?A guide for tournament organizers: choosing a format for your entry count, splitting categories by level, court planning and scheduling, and handling entries, payments and match-day communication.
For coaches
- Lesson and payment tracking for coachesTracking students, lesson packages and payments as a tennis or padel coach: how packages work, cancellation policy, court-rent agreements with clubs, and one ledger instead of a spreadsheet.
- How do you become a tennis coach?A guide for new tennis and padel coaches: coaching certification and levels, finding your first students, structuring lessons into packages, and staying visible.
- How do you set tennis and padel lesson prices?A pricing guide for coaches: packages instead of hourly rates, separating court rent, the economics of group lessons, cancellation policy, and when to raise prices.
For players
- What is padel and how is it played?Padel rules, court dimensions, serving and playing the walls, scoring, and how it differs from tennis. A beginner’s guide to padel.
- Rating systems in tennis and padelNTRP, ITN and UTR explained, how padel levels are scaled, and a practical way to rate yourself honestly. Why your level is what makes a match worth playing.
- What is a ladder league?How a ladder league works: challenge rules, how positions change, setting one up as a club, and how it differs from a tournament or a conventional league.