Introducing Courts: See What Is Free and Plan Around It
Nothing kills a planned hit faster than turning up to find every court taken. Courts gives you a live read on your club's courts: what is open, what is booked, what is out of action, and what hits are already on.
By Two brothers in Melbourne, co-founder of RallyHub.
Deuce is ready to play, which only helps if there is a court free to play on. Courts is the screen that tells you whether there is.
Nothing kills a planned hit faster than turning up to find every court taken, or one closed for resurfacing that nobody mentioned. Courts gives you a live read on your club's courts: what is open, what is booked, what is out of action, and what hits are already happening on them.
What it is
Courts is the live view of the courts at your club. Each court shows its surface and current status, whether it is available, under repair, or closed, along with any unavailability windows and upcoming bookings. It is the at-a-glance answer to "can we actually play right now?"
How it works
- Real status, not a guess. Courts reflects what the club has set: surface type, whether the court is available, under repair, or closed, and any blocked-out times.
- Unavailability that repeats. Clubs can block a court once, or on a recurring weekly basis (coaching every Tuesday, comp every Saturday), and that shows up here so you plan around it.
- Hits in context. Social hits scheduled on a court appear against it, so you can see what is already on before you rock up.
- Tied to your club. Courts is scoped to the club you belong to, so you are always looking at the courts that are actually yours to use.
How to use it
- Open /courts to see your club's courts and their status.
- Check before you commit. A quick look saves a wasted trip to a full or closed court.
- Match it to the weather. Pair it with Hit Weather so you are not booking a court into a downpour.
- No club court free? Our city guides to the best public courts in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane have you covered.
Why we built it
Court availability is the one piece of information every player needs and almost no club shares well. It lives in a booking sheet behind the bar, or in the head of whoever runs the roster. Surfacing it, with surfaces, status, and the recurring blocks that trip people up, means the answer to "is there a court?" is on your phone instead of a phone call. Less guesswork, fewer wasted trips, more tennis.
Cheers, the RallyHub team
Quick context if you are new here: RallyHub is an Australian social tennis platform built by two brothers. Invite-only beta. More blog posts here.