Common PB Play terms are listed below.
- About page
- The help and reference area. It explains league rules, important dates, page functions, glossary terms, and support information.
- Absence / Opt-out
- A team availability setting showing that the team is unavailable for a round.
- Absences
- Legacy and compatibility wording for team unavailability or opt-outs. The lifecycle workflow is intended to normalize this over time without losing historical meaning.
- Advanced stats
- Calculated or comparative measures that may include trends, margins, opponent context, pool movement, or other derived indicators.
- Advanced Stats page
- A deeper statistics view for comparisons, trends, and calculated measures that go beyond the basic standings and stats display.
- Approval request
- A pending workflow item asking affected teams or admins to approve a score, void, forfeit, or other competitive change.
- Availability
- A team-level indication of whether the team can play in a round. Availability affects round creation and scheduling expectations.
- Basic stats
- Simple performance totals such as matches played, games played, wins, losses, points for, points against, and standings-related summaries.
- Calendar
- The league schedule view that aggregates scheduled matches and other visible league events.
- Calendar page
- The shared schedule view. It shows scheduled matches and league events that are visible to the player, usually grouped by date.
- Chat
- The site messaging surface when enabled for a league.
- Closed-round correction
- An explicit admin correction workflow for a round that has already closed. This is separate from normal competitive result changes.
- Compatibility snapshot
- Legacy table data kept in sync temporarily while newer lifecycle-backed workflows are verified.
- Court
- The specific court within a facility where a match is scheduled.
- Create Round
- The admin workflow that creates the next round, assigns teams to pools, and prepares the next set of matches.
- DUPR
- An external pickleball rating system. This site may read DUPR ratings when enabled, but league results are not submitted to DUPR.
- Facility
- A place where matches can be played.
- Forfeit
- A game conceded by one team. A forfeit is stored as the configured forfeit score, normally 11-0, for the non-forfeiting team.
- Game
- One scored contest inside a match.
- Home page
- The player-facing landing page. It gives players the current league context, important notices, quick navigation, and links into their active tasks.
- Lifecycle event
- A normalized internal event record used to track important state changes over time.
- Login
- The account access process. Players normally identify themselves through a secure sign-in link, passkey, OTP, or another enabled authentication method.
- Match
- The scheduled meeting between two teams. A match contains one or more games.
- Match Complete
- A scheduler flag indicating the match has been completed. It is separate from individual game scores and should not bypass competitive result approvals.
- Matches page
- The player-facing match list. Players use it to see assigned matches, enter or review scores, request competitive changes, and open scheduling tools for each match.
- Messaging links
- Player-facing communication shortcuts such as SMS or chat links used to coordinate matches and league activity.
- Notifications
- Messages the site may send or display for scheduling, approvals, reminders, login support, or administrative workflows.
- OTP
- One-time passcode used for verification or account access support workflows.
- Passkeys
- Passwordless sign-in credentials stored by the browser, device, or password manager. Passkeys let a player sign in without typing a reusable password.
- Pending change
- A requested competitive change that has been submitted but has not yet been approved, rejected, cancelled, or resolved.
- Player
- A registered person who can belong to teams, enter scores, receive messages, and appear in league records.
- Players page
- The player directory and profile area. Players can review public player information and, when allowed, update their own profile details.
- Pool
- A small group of teams assigned to play each other during a round.
- Profile
- A player-facing area for personal league information such as display name, contact preferences, profile photo, and account/access details when enabled.
- Rating band
- The optional minimum and maximum rating range used to control who is eligible for a league or event.
- Round
- A block of play within a season. Teams are grouped into pools and play the teams assigned to them for that round.
- Schedule comment
- An optional note stored with a scheduled match, often used for context such as timing, location details, or coordination notes.
- Scheduler
- The match scheduling tool for date, time, facility, court, and completion status.
- Scheduler page / Schedule Match
- The scheduling workflow for a match. It records date, start time, optional end time, facility, court, schedule notes, and whether the match has been completed.
- Score
- The recorded points for one game. Normal competitive score changes must go through the approval workflow when required.
- Season
- The full league period containing all rounds, standings, schedules, and results.
- Seed
- The starting or recalculated ordering used to place teams into pools.
- SMS
- Text-message communication used for selected notifications, links, and verification workflows when configured.
- Standings
- The ranked list of teams based on league rules, season record, and any enabled rating or seeding settings.
- Standings page
- The ranking view for teams. It shows how teams compare under the league scoring and ranking rules.
- Stats page
- The player-facing statistics view. It summarizes results such as wins, losses, games played, points, and other basic performance measures.
- Substitute
- A league player who temporarily plays for an unavailable original player under league substitution rules.
- Team
- The pair of players competing together in the league.
- Team movement
- A change in team placement between pools, rounds, or standings positions.
- Teams page
- The team directory. It shows team rosters, team profile links, availability information, and team-level context when available.
- Void
- A game or result removed from competitive counting. A pending void request requires approval before it changes standings or stats.