Notes on social tennis, ladders and the admin spiral.
Field notes from clubs running Rallio, plus the thinking behind how we build it.
·3 min readWhat to Look for in a Racket Sports Session Management App
What a racket sports session management app should actually do, and how Rallio handles signups, pairings, reserves and results in one place.
·3 min readHow to Run a Social Tennis Mixer: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical guide to running a social tennis mixer, from numbers and court balancing to rotations, reserves and results, plus how to take the admin off your plate.
·5 min readHow to Manage Tennis Ladder Rankings (Without the Spreadsheet)
How to manage tennis ladder rankings, from choosing a format and setting the rules to keeping it active, plus how Rallio reorders the ladder automatically.
·5 min readI Built an App to Fix Our Club's Social Tennis. Then It Became Something Else.
It started with a WhatsApp message. A messy Excel spreadsheet. A combinatorial problem nobody had solved. Here's how a weekend hack became Rallio.
·4 min readKeeping the rally going: why social racket sports stop working past 12 people
Every group hits a wall. Past a certain size the WhatsApp chat stops being a tool and starts being the thing you dread checking. Here's what breaks, and how to fix it.
·3 min readFinding a partner shouldn't be this hard
The 'I want a game on Saturday' problem is small for two people and impossible for forty. The answer isn't more apps — it's fewer decisions.
·3 min readOrganiser fog and the forgotten middle
There's a quiet majority of racket-sports players that no app is built for: the intermediate social player. Not a beginner, not in a team, not on a coaching pathway. They're who Rallio is for.
