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Events and schedule

The team's practices, matches and appointments, always up to date for everyone.

The Events section holds the team calendar. Events can be created by the coach and anyone with the Create events permission; other members see them in the app and get notified when something changes.

The event list in the app on iPhone
The event list on iPhone

Creating an event

  1. Open Events and tap +.
  2. Choose the type: Practice, Match or Other.
  3. Select the date and, optionally, the time: start only ("20:00") or a range ("20:00-22:00").
  4. Choose the venue and add any notes.
  5. If needed, attach one or more documents.
  6. Tap Create Event.

Practices: plan and attendance

Opening a practice, the coach finds Prepare the exercises (Prepara gli esercizi): it opens the linked session or creates it. Once the session is published, the practice plan appears read-only in the event detail, with drawings and PDF. Without a published plan, the section doesn't appear. Full details in Practice planning.

On iPhone and Android the detail also contains an Attendance row, collapsed at first: open it to record who is there. See Attendance.

If you delete a practice or change its type, the linked session isn't deleted: it stays among the coach's sessions, unlinked from the event.

Version 2.2.0 update: web app available now; iPhone and Android available after updating the app to 2.2.0.

Matches: the linked page

A Match event can be linked to the Match page, which gathers roster, documents, live box score, statistics and videos. Event and match share date, time, venue and organisational notes: change the time on one and the other updates. From the Dashboard's month calendar, linked matches open the match page directly.

Venue and attached documents

Venue and saved gyms

In the Venue field choose one of your saved gyms or "New venue...", entering name and Google Maps link. With Save to my gyms it's ready next time. Anyone opening the event can tap "Open in Maps".

Attached documents

You can attach several documents to each event, visible to team members from the event detail. Every addition or removal asks for confirmation. For linked matches these attachments also appear in the match Materials, marked "From the calendar".

On iPhone you can also attach a file from another app with "Share with VCC": see Documents.

Editing or deleting

  1. Open the event from the list or the calendar.
  2. Tap Edit to change type, date, time, venue or notes, then Save.
  3. Or tap Delete and confirm. Deletion can't be undone.

Importing many events

  1. In Events tap the import button (table icon) and choose Download Excel template. The template already includes your saved gyms.
  2. Fill in the file with one row per event.
  3. Back in the app, choose Import from Excel and select the file (.xlsx or CSV).
  4. The app tells you how many events were created and, for invalid rows, the reason row by row.

Creating an event doesn't create an empty practice plan: a session is only prepared when you open it.

Notifications and phone calendar

When you create or edit an event, the team gets a notification; for a bulk import a single summary notification is sent. Calendar notifications are "essential" (see Notifications). Publishing a practice plan doesn't send a dedicated push notification.

Athletes find events in the Events section (with search, type filters and past events), in the Dashboard month calendar and in each event's detail.

From an event's detail tap "Add to Calendar" to save it to your phone calendar; from the list you can export all events.

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