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Team Locker is a free app for youth sports teams — schedules, RSVPs, team chat, game-day alerts and standings, with no accounts to create. Here are the questions that come up most.

Getting started

How do I join my team?

Your coach sends a link that looks like teamlocker.app/your-team-code. Open it and tap your family's name — that's the whole sign-in. No email, no password.

If tapping the link doesn't work (some apps strip links, and an already-installed app won't open one), open Team Locker and use Join a team at the bottom of the welcome screen. Paste the whole link, or just type the team code from the end of it.

I have kids on two teams — how do I switch between them?

Tap the team name at the top of the screen (it has a small arrow next to it). That opens My Teams, which lists every team you've joined on this device and lets you flip between them instantly.

To add the second team, open My Teams and paste the other team's link (or type its code) into Join another team. Coaching a second team yourself? Use Create a new team in the same place. Your choice of family — and a coach sign-in, if you're a coach — is remembered separately for each team, so you don't sign in again when you switch.

One thing to know: the home-screen widget shows the next game for whichever team you had open last.

How do I get the app on my phone?

iPhone or iPad: get Team Locker from the App Store, then open your team's link once so the app knows which team you're on.

Android, or if you'd rather not install anything: open your team's link in Chrome, then use the browser menu and choose Add to Home screen. It behaves like an app, works offline, and can send notifications.

It's asking me for a family PIN

Your coach turned on family PINs, so each family has its own 4-digit code. Ask your coach for yours, enter it once, and that phone stays signed in. If it says the PIN didn't match, your coach can read it back to you from Coach tools → Invite & PIN.

Team chat

How do I get someone's attention?

Type @ and pick a family, a player, or @all. Anyone who has alerts set to "mentions only" is notified for those and nothing else.

I sent a message by mistake

Tap the small trash icon beside your own message to delete it for everyone. Coaches can delete any message in the thread.

It says I'm chatting as the wrong family

The line above the message box shows who your messages are signed as. Tap Not you? to go back to the family list and pick the right one. Families are chosen by tapping a name, so a shared phone can end up on someone else's.

Notifications

How do I turn on game-day alerts?

Tap Turn on alerts on the card near the top of the home screen, then allow notifications when your phone asks. You'll get a push when the coach sends an announcement, posts a final score, or changes the schedule.

To change what you get, open Team chat and tap the bell — top right on a phone, in the chat header on iPad and desktop. Choose everything, mentions only (just chat messages that @mention your family or your player), or off.

I turned alerts on but nothing arrives

Schedule and calendar

How do I get games into my phone's calendar?

On the calendar, tap Add to my calendar and choose Subscribe. That's a live subscription, not a one-time import — when the coach moves a game or adds one, your calendar updates on its own.

For a single game, open it and tap Calendar. For Google Calendar on the web, use Copy feed URL, then in Google Calendar go to Settings → Add calendar → From URL and paste it.

The home-screen widget is out of date

The widget updates when you open the app, so opening Team Locker once will refresh it. It shows the next game for the team you last had open, and switches to the following game after the current one ends.

Someone posted something inappropriate in team chat

You have three options, and they do different things:

Reports come to [email protected], and you can always email that address directly instead. We read them and will act on anything abusive, including removing content and, if it comes to it, deleting a team.

For coaches

How do I set up my team?

Sign in by picking the coach entry on the family screen and entering your coach PIN, then open Team Settings. The four tabs cover everything:

For standings, copy the table off your league's website and paste it into Update standings — it fills in the rows for you. Or enter them by hand.

I forgot my coach PIN

Any device where you're still signed in as coach can set a new one: Team Settings → Invite & PIN → change PIN. If you're locked out everywhere, email support from an address you can be reached at, with your team's link, and we'll help you recover it.

Changing the PIN signs coach tools out on your other devices — sign in again there with the new PIN. Families are unaffected.

How do I delete a team, or someone's information?

A coach can delete the whole team in Team Settings. That permanently removes the roster, schedule, chat, photos and results — it can't be undone.

To remove one family, edit the roster and delete that row. If you're a parent and can't reach your coach, email us and we'll take care of it. See the privacy policy for what's stored and how it's handled.

Can I require a PIN for each family?

Yes. In Coach tools → Invite & PIN, turn on Family PINs. Every family gets its own 4-digit PIN, listed right there with a copy button per family and a Copy all PINs button for pasting into your group chat. Families enter their PIN once per phone. Anyone already signed in is sent back to the family list to enter theirs.

One thing to know: pasting the whole list into the group chat means every family can see every PIN. That stops accidental mis-taps onto the wrong family, which is the common problem. If you need families kept strictly apart, text each PIN on its own.

Still stuck?

Email [email protected]

It helps to include your team's link, what you tapped, what happened instead, and whether you're on an iPhone, Android or a computer. Team Locker is made by one person, so replies usually take a day or two.