A community is a group of players who have something in common that brings them together. The most obvious examples are the auto-generated communities for club and counties/regions but there are also other community types ranging from your teammates, the players you follow, a group of players that you define, a junior squad, PSA players, etc., etc.
The great thing about the auto-generated communities is that if you are eligible to be in one, then you probably already are! I.e. if you play for or in a club then you will automatically be in that club's community and also the county/regional community that the club is in. You might also be in the federation community above that!
You can access your communities either from the links in your footer (under MY COMMUNITIES) or from the community tab in your feed. Each of your communities will have its own page.
Communities give you a lot of cool information specific to your community:
- Rankings.
- Most improved player.
- Recent match results.
- Test of the month leaderboards.
- Win streaks.
- News posts from the community admin. These can be made up of text, pictures and even Youtube links.
A great note about the Youtube links is that they support Youtube live streaming so, if you have a Youtube account, you can pop your phone on the balcony or behind the glass and live steam your matches for the rest of your community to see!
For the admins- you are the ones that can post! Once you have claimed your community (just get in touch with us!) we can set you up as an admin and then you will see a FaceBook-like posting block at the top of your community page. Just click on that to get posting! Note you have a few controls available by clicking on the cog:
- Pin to top- the post will be at the top of your community page and near the top of your players' feed.
- Community tab only- the post will only be shown in the community page, not your players' feed.
- Image on top- normally, for desktop, the image and text are side by side but if that doesn't work for your image then you can force it on top. It's always on top for mobile.
- Email players- this causes an email to go out to all the players in the community who are registered and haven't disabled email! The email will give the title of your post and a link back to the site to view your content. Please use email sparingly!
Note that your community members will always see a notification in their top menu for your post and they will see the post itself in their feed if not disabled via the controls above.
Also note that only registered users can see your posts or visit your community page so do please encourage everyone to sign up. It's completely free!