Grow your pickleball
community, court by court.
Welcome a complete beginner and challenge your sharpest player on the same ladder. Tap Leagues keeps the rankings live and the round-robins flowing — so all you have to do is share one link and play. Optional points-per-game handicaps keep every match close, whatever the gap in standard.
Free for players and clubs · set up in minutes · no card required
Courts fill faster than the sign-up sheet.
Skill, not age, decides who you play next.
Share it once and watch the names roll in.
Everyone plays. Nobody sits out.
Pickleball wins people over because it is easy to pick up and hard to put down. A challenge ladder keeps that spirit alive — beginners and county-level players share one board, and every game means something.
Newcomers feel at home
A clear ladder shows beginners exactly who to play next — no awkward "who do I ask?" moment on the side of the court.
Regulars stay sharp
Challenge anyone within reach above you, win, and take their rung. There is always a reason to book another court.
The group grows itself
Every member you add brings a friend. One join link does the recruiting so you can keep playing.
One live ladder for the whole club
Give every member a rung and a reason to keep playing. Challenge someone above you, win, and take their spot — you decide how far anyone can reach, so the matchups always stay fair and friendly.
Heading off for the summer? Players freeze their place. Ignore a challenge and you choose what happens. The rankings update the moment a result is approved.
Social round-robins that organise themselves
Running a rec-centre session or a 55+ morning? Drop everyone into boxes by level and we lay out the round-robin grid. Players tap in their own scores, opponents approve, and the table sorts itself.
Run it in cycles with promotion and relegation so the groups keep mixing — newcomers move up, regulars get pushed, and everybody gets a full slate of games.
Round-robin groups into a live knockout bracket
Tournament day is the highlight of the pickleball calendar — so run the format the sport was made for. Seed everyone into round-robin groups for guaranteed games, then funnel the top of each group straight into a single knockout bracket. Open, social and good for every level, from first-timers to your sharpest pairing.
Odd numbers? Byes are sorted automatically, so nobody waits around. As scores are approved the bracket updates live on the big screen — the whole venue can follow the run to the final without crowding the results table.
Rotate partners, keep your points
The americano is made for pickleball's social side: everyone enters solo, partners rotate every round, and each player keeps their own points — so a newcomer and a veteran can share a court and both have something to play for.
Small divisions keep every game close, and when the cycle rolls over it's players who move up, not pairs.
Drop-in sessions, without the sign-up sheet
Run open play as a meet: members RSVP to the dates they can make, the waitlist promotes itself when someone drops out, and balanced games are made on the morning from whoever shows up.
Results still count, so the session feeds everyone's stats — and paid sessions collect the court fee automatically after people have played.
Celebrate every player's progress
Recent form, win rates and activity from every approved result — so the newcomer who just won three on the bounce gets their moment on the leaderboard too.
Pickleball handicaps — a points start every game
Each side carries a handicap in points per game. Games to 11 are short, so keep starts small: 2 or 3 points is a lot.
- Only the difference counts: +6 against +2 is a 4-point start to the +6 player.
- A negative handicap is a start you give, so the game begins below zero for you.
- The recorded game score includes the start, exactly as called on court.
With auto-adjust on, the winner's handicap drops and the loser's rises after each approved match: nothing for a deciding-game finish, one point for a normal win, two for a whitewash.
Available in box leagues, ladders, tournaments and americano leagues. Members see the start before they play, and the app scores each game from it.
Who's playing on Tap Leagues
Tap Leagues is free pickleball ladder software and pickleball league software — plus a pickleball app for iOS and Android. From a club ladder to a recreation-centre round-robin, an americano session, a drop-in open-play meet or a pickleball tournament with round-robin groups feeding a live knockout bracket, it handles rankings, matches, scores and live leaderboards for players of every age and level — no spreadsheet, no group-chat scorekeeping.
Get the whole group on one court schedule.
Set up your pickleball ladder in minutes, share a single join link, and let the community grow itself.
Download the app today
Download the app today and you can start to manage your clubs on the go.
