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Create a team selection
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap 'Choose player' from one of the starting lineup or substitute positions
- Tap the player's name
- You can search by the player's name on the screen
- Use the player availability status and filters to help gauge who can play/which players are eligible to play.
- Repeat the previous step to complete the lineup
Top Tips:
By default, the Team Selection is set to Not Published while it's still being created and edited by admins. Once you're ready to publish the team selection (to the selected players only or to all members) see the 'Publish a team selection' section below.
The Team Admin/Webmaster can select the captain for the game (cricket teams can also select the wicketkeeper too). Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap on a selected player's name
- Toggle Captain to selected/unselected
- The team can have only one player selected as captain for the fixture. If a different player is selected as captain, the captaincy will be moved from the previous selected to the newly selected player.
Formations and starters
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap the formation name (next to Team Selection on the screen)
- Enter the number of starters from the dropdown menu
- Select a formation
- Tap the 'back arrow' in the top left corner of the screen
Publish a team selection
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap the downward arrow icon next to Publish State towards the top of the screen
- Tap the team selection status
- Not Published - Only Webmasters and Team Admins can view the team selection in the mobile app and the club admin dashboard
The team selection is still being edited and/or is not yet ready to be viewed by selected players/the club - Players Only - players/parents can see they have been selected and can confirm their selection, but they cannot see who else has been selected.
The team selection is subject to change based on player/parent confirmations and is not yet ready to be seen by the wider club. - Published to All/Members - All visitors/authorised members members can see the team selection on the Pitchero Club app and the club's website.
The team selection is finalised
- Not Published - Only Webmasters and Team Admins can view the team selection in the mobile app and the club admin dashboard
Once selected, the new status will be automatically be saved.
Please Note:
Changing the team selection status to 'Players Only' or 'Published to All' will trigger a notification to the selected members/the club's members.
The team selection status should only be changed from 'Not Published' once the team is ready for non-admins (i.e the selected players/all members) to see it.
Monitor confirmed attendance for the fixture
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- A tick or cross will show whether the selected player has accepted/declined the invite
- Separately from the tick/cross for the player's selection response, you can see the player's availability status on the selection screen too based on the circle colour around the player's photo.
- Green - available for the date
- Red - unavailable for the date
- Amber - maybe available for the date
- White - availability not set for the date
- Separately from the tick/cross for the player's selection response, you can see the player's availability status on the selection screen too based on the circle colour around the player's photo.
Manually confirm a player's attendance
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap on the player's name
- Tap 'Change'
- Enter/update the player's team selection confirmation status; 'Playing', 'Not Playing', or 'Not Responded'
The player's attendance status will update immediately on the screen.
Create a group chat from the selection list
Webmasters and Team Admins can start a group chat with selected players using the team selection - no need to select the recipient members separately.
The Webmaster/Team Admin who creates the group chat is the only admin of the chat with the selected players.
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap 'Create group chat' at the bottom of the screen
- If you haven't entered a team selection for the first, enter the team selection first
- Enter the message group name
- Tap 'Confirm' at the bottom screen
- A chat will be created in the Messages area of the app
- Tap 'Type a message' and enter your message
- Tap the send icon (blue triangle) to send the message
Add the opposition's lineup
Step-by-step guide:
- Load the Pitchero Club app on your phone
- Tap 'Matches' towards the top of the screen
- Tap on the team's fixture
- Tap 'Manage Lineup'
- Tap 'Opposition Line-Up' towards the bottom of the screen
- Enter the opposition player first and last names
Top Tips:
- Tap 'C' next to the opposition player name to indicate who the team captain is.
- Tap the red icon on the player row to remove them from the opposition lineup.
- The opposition lineup entered for the fixture will show on the club's Pitchero website and can be used to enter match events for and provide a holistic report of the game.
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