MEMBERS if you are looking for playing partners then PLEASE BOOK VIA OPEN MATCHES. This will book your slot in the game, paying your share of the court fee, and notify other players a game is on. IN OPEN MATCHES you can also tailor the level you want to play, and you can also create a private match and invite your friends to join it in the APP or sharing it via Whatsapp.
How? find OPEN MATCHES in the side bar, create new from the top bar and select your date and time and add yourself into a match and pay by balance or from a card, and once you have created a match and booked yourself in ( images 1 to 6 below) you can then click on the 3 dots in the top right hand corner, and from here you can forward the match, Share or Challenge friends. image 8/9 shows how you would challenge friends and you just select who you think will want to play at that time - they get an alert and sign up. You could also share the game like on image 10 and put it on the whatsapp group if say you were looking looking for a last minute game or happy to get a game in with anyone.
Remember all of your open matches or bookings or social session bookings will appear in YOUR SCHEDULE in the sidebar ( you don't need to track email bookings etc) and your Open matches will also appear in my matches in the Open matches section and this is where you can share the game with people you know or on a WA group etc.
You can also book a court and pay the right fee in BOOK A COURT, but remember if you do not enter 4 active members then you will be charged non member fees for the outstanding slot/s.
Theoretically in an Open match you could for instance also book all 4 slots yourself ( one booking at a time) and then your playing partners can then transfer from their credit balance to you from the Balance Transfer option:
BALANCE Transfer functionality. If one of your playing partners books the whole court, Or books 4 places in an open match you can now easily transfer money to them from your balance via a balance transfer which allows you to select how much and to who you send it. or if you want to give them some money for a tube of balls etc just follow the 7 steps below:
ADDING CREDIT to your BALANCE
To pay for any activity or your share of a court booking you need to have credit on your account. In your settings if you click on the 3 dots it will give you the option to Balance recharge and you can add to your balance to pay for courts via stripe. We are not taking money for court bookings in any other way and top ups can be done from your accout in the balance area.
AND NOW FOR THE REST in a 5 minute fly though of the essentials.....
WELCOME TO THE APP FOR UK PADEL DOWNLOADABLE FROM GOOGLE PLAY AND THE APP STORE by scanning the barcode above and also AVAILABLE IN BROWSE ( Reccomended Google Chrome or IOS). HERE’S A QUICK GUIDE TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE, .
1) HOME PAGE
What your home page will look like on windows but please use the APP if you can it is much easier!
MESSAGES/ MATCHES/ BOOKING HISTORY/ MY SCHEDULE Will show you what you have booked into, matches played and any messages from fellow players about games.
2) PERSONAL INFORMATION
From the PERSONAL INFORMATION tab you can set up your profile and preferences. These are self explanatory around your details, privacy settings, notifications, notice of availability services e.g. if you want to be told there is a game available to join.
If you would like to be found by other players you will need to Adjust your privacy settings to EVERYONE, and also tick locating on searches, show name, and ideally 'authorise image use' so we can see you or a picture you would like.
In the APP you can adjust your privacy setting by clicking on your NAME at the top of the menu bar - then Privacy and selecting how you want your public profile to be seen - this will have an impact on your ability to connect and join open games or messages friends and other players in the app.
And you also have your PLAYER RATING – which we will be getting more into in the coming weeks. For the time being please self rate yourself as a number versus the update UK PADEL Ratings guide which is referencing multiple ratings guides:
3) MEMBERSHIP
To apply for a MEMBERSHIP you can do this in your profile in the APP by clicking on your name and then FEES and SUBSCRIBE
Or on browse via the memberships tab at the top or FEES in your user profile
4) BOOKING
Hit the BOOKINGS tab at the top of the home page, or on the side bar of your app homepage and if you have a membership subscription you will be able to book a court 28 days ahead. You can currently also buy a tube of balls at the same time as self service at the club, we will increase this functionality:
At this point you will be able to share the cost of the court by selecting other players
5) ACTIVITIES
From the Drop down menu on the bookings tab this will take you to ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES will cover all of the social sessions, and you can click and book straight into them in the calendar.
You can also access the ACTIVITY page like all the other pages from your home profile:
6) OPEN MATCHES
OPEN A MATCH, ENTER YOURSELF & LET YOUR NETWORK KNOW TO JOIN VIA THE APP
Q: WHAT IS AN OPEN MATCH?
A: When You Open a match in the booking system and enter yourself and then 3 other players can see there is a game and available and how many places there are left. You can restrict an OPEN MATCH, such as only asking players of the same level to join, playing friends ( people you have selected in your network) or people you have already played with, or you can leave it entirely open. and anyone who is registered can sign up with you.
HIT CREATE NEW MATCH:
AND THEN FILL IN THE INTUITIVE DETAILS:
Don’t forget we are able to dynamically increase or decrease playing levels in the system so keep track of your scores from games easily once you have finished
7) COACHING
You will find all coaching slots under Social, Coaching & Beinners Sessions in the APP
Or in the web under the weekly grid
https://ukpadel-gb.matchpoint.com.es/ActBooking/WeekGrid.aspx
ADDING CREDIT VIA YOUR BALANCE EXAMPLE: