Set it up once
League setup walks you through five short steps: the league and venue, the calendar, sign-ups, the rules and reffing.
- Nights and courts. Play one or more weeknights, on up to four courts, with as many start times as you need.
- Divisions. Split teams by level and name each division, with optional games against other divisions.
- Match format. 1, 2, 3 or 5 games, all played or best of, to any score with or without a cap, a shorter deciding game, and ties allowed when a split is a real result. Which format to pick.
- Sign-up window. Open, early-bird and close dates, with automatic notices as each one arrives.
- Co-ed. Half and half, at least one, or open. Captains get a warning if a lineup does not fit; nothing is blocked.
One tap builds the season
When the teams are in, tap Lock Roster. Sideout builds every match for the season on your nights, courts and start times, with byes handled automatically when a division has an odd number of teams. Up to three rain makeup nights wait in the calendar if you want them.
When it rains
Open Rain delay, pick the reason (rain, lightning, courts closed, heat, or something else), and move the night to a new date and time or postpone it with no date yet. Sideout writes the announcement and posts it to the league feed and the captains chat. You decide in setup what happens to a match stopped halfway: finished games stand, resume exactly, or replay. A commissioner's plan for rainouts.
Standings everyone trusts
The table sorts on win percentage (or on games won, if you prefer) so a washed-out night never costs a team its place. You set the order of the tiebreakers, and Sideout prints them under the table. Forfeits, points for and points against are all there. How tiebreakers work.
Playoffs
Let every team in, or the top teams from each division. Each division plays its own bracket and the winners meet in the final, with byes to the top seeds. Playoff matches can be best of 3 or 5 with their own scores, and you can add extra start times on playoff nights only. How long playoffs should take.
Captains, refs and stat keepers
- Captains and co-captains confirm each week's lineup and get a reminder to do it.
- Referees can be the league's, the teams', or self-called, with check-in and ref swaps.
- Stat keepers can track kills, aces, blocks, digs and assists.
- Co-commissioners share the work.
- Free agents sign up on their own link, and you place them on a team.
A league that talks to itself
Every league has a feed with results, upset cards, the weekly MVP (captains nominate, you pick), photos and reactions. Captains have their own chat, and each team has one too. Final scores push to both teams.
On your phone or a computer
Everything works in the iPhone and Android apps, and on a computer at sideoutsports.net for the nights you want a big screen for the schedule and standings.
What it costs
Sideout is free. It does not take sign-up payments; you can show prices on the sign-up page and collect the way you already do.