Baseball/Softball Schedules using PlayBall!

These tutorials have been developed to demonstrate using PlayBall! to create schedules for your baseball/softball organization. They will take you through the entire scheduling process in the recommended step-by-step manner.

PlayBall! utilizes what is called a freedom of the week scheduling formula. This means teams can have games scheduled on any day of the week. The available days on which games can be scheduled is at the discretion of your organization. For instance, if you determine no games should be scheduled on Saturdays or Sundays, PlayBall! will schedule games only on Mondays through Fridays.

If your organization schedules games on specific days of the week (Mon-Wed-Fri, Tue-Wed-Sat, etc.), You will probably find PlayBall! doesn't work well for this type of scheduling.

On to the tutorials

Tutorial Index

Important Program Options

Organization Information

• Program Check List
• Enter Organization Information
• Set Season Begin And End Dates
• Create/Modify Age Classifications

Add A Local (Community)

• Overview Of Locals, Teams And Fields
• Create A New Local
• Enter Team And Field Counts
• Mark Local Information Complete

Entering Names

• Enter A Name Correctly
• Correct Name Entered As First Name-Last Name
• Correct Mis-Spelled Names
• Entering Phone Numbers

Maintain Team Information

• Edit An Existing Team
• Add A Team To A Local
• Delete A Team From A Local
• Modify A Team Calendar (Date Blocking)
• Advanced Date Blocking

Field Information View

• Enter Field Information
• Set Default Field Address And Location
• Assign Age Classifications to Fields
• Assign Teams To Fields
• Balance The Number Of Teams On The

Maintain Field Calendars

• Field Calendar Overview
• Adding Game Times To Any Day Of The Week
• Real Life Situation #1 (Severe Field Availability)
• Real Life Situation #2 (Weekday Games On Lighted Field)
• Real Life Situation #3 (Block Days On All Local Fields)
• Summary

Create League Divisions

• Create Suggested Divisions
• One Division Age Classification
• Two Division Age Classification
• Multiple Division Schedule Considered A Single Division

Advanced Division Changes

• Four Division Age Classification
• Change Number Of Divisions
• Three Division Age Classification
• Add New Division Tree Item
• Add New Division Name
• Assign Teams To Divisions
• Setting Team Order In Divisions
• Summary

Generate Game Pairings

• Viewing Game Pairings
• Recreate Game Pairings

Pre-Schedule Game Pairings

• Limited Field Availability
• Summary

Advanced Pre-Scheduling

• Verify Teams Assigned To Field
• Locate Opponents For Late Games
• Pre-Schedule Late Games
• Schedule Early Games
• Print The Pre-Scheduled Game List
• Summary

Completing The Schedules

• Computer Schedule Pairings
• Manual Schedule Remaining Pairings
• Summary

Printing Schedules

• Schedule Calendar
• Schedule By Team
• Schedule By Day
• Field Usage Calendar
• Field Usage By Field
• Summary

Reschedule Games

• Print Pre-Scheduled Games List
• Reset Game Pairings to Unscheduled
• Reschedule All Game Pairings
• Summary

Tips & Tricks

• Run A Test Schedule
• Complicated Field Availability
• Schedule Game On Alternate Field
• Summary

Game Results Setup

• Set Web Page And Server Options
• Game Results Overview
• Create Reporting Web Pages
• Create Standings Web Pages
• Summary

Process Game Results

• Report Game Results
• Reschedule A Game
• Retrieve and Process Email
• View Updated Web Pages
• Questions And Answers