In Slams you set two things per part when it comes to courts: how many courts are available and (optionally) which court numbers you use. That set of courts is the basis for your entire schedule, the court QR codes and the print. You'll find these settings on the part's Settings tab.
Number of courts
The number of courts determines how many matches can be played at the same time. For round-based formats (Americano, Mexicano, Beat the Box, Team Clash), Slams never schedules more matches per round than there are courts. For a tournament, the number of courts determines how many group matches run in parallel. So set this equal to the number of physical courts you actually have available that day.
Which courts (optional)
Are you not playing on courts 1 through N, but for example on courts 2 through 5? Then fill in the real court numbers under Which courts. You can do this with commas (2,3,4,5) or as a range (2-5). If you leave this field empty, Slams simply uses court 1 through the number of courts. The numbers you enter appear exactly like that in the schedule, on the print and on the court QR codes.
What updates automatically
The court numbers are the single source of truth. When you change the set of courts, Slams updates everything in one go:
- Existing matches move along by position: the match on the first court of the old set moves to the first court of the new set, and so on.
- The court QR codes are synchronized: new courts get their own QR, courts that drop out lose their code.
- The print and the live schedule show the new numbers.
So you never have to manually change a court label on an individual match. If you want to move one specific match to another court or time, use the day scheduler or see rescheduling matches.
Fewer courts when a schedule already exists
Lowering the number of courts while rounds have already been generated is refused. That would lead to double bookings on the same court and time. In that case, first clear the rounds and generate the schedule again with the new number of courts.
Not every format supports custom court numbers
You can set custom court numbers for tournament, Americano, Mexicano, the Mix variants, Beat the Box and Team Clash. For King of the Court, the rotation works based on court position (court 1 is the winners' court), so custom numbers aren't available there yet. League and ladder don't assign fixed courts per match and don't have this setting.
