With so many people now adding pickleball courts to their backyards, I wanted to share new location features that are now available in our favorite scheduling tool — PlaytimeScheduler.com!
Invite-Only Sessions Allowed – All locations are set to allow invite-only sessions by default. However, there might be some parks that are all open play only 100% of the time so we can now set this parameter. If set to “no,” users will not be allowed to create invite-only sessions at this location.
Invite-Only Sessions Invisible – Invite-only sessions are visible to everyone by default, even though only the invitees can see the full details. With this option set to “yes,” invite-only sessions at this location will be completely hidden from the calendar to those not invited. This is most commonly used for private/ residential courts. If you have been hesitant to add your private court to the location list because all users can see the information, this feature solves that problem. Only the those invited will be able to see the location and details.
Only Admin/Owners Can Schedule – Currently, anyone can schedule sessions at any of the locations in our local region. This will continue to be the case for any new locations added. However, there is now a new feature where you can designate up to 4 users who are allowed to create sessions at this location. For example, if you don’t want other people to be able to schedule sessions in your backyard court, you can now prevent others from scheduling besides you and a select group by setting this parameter to “yes.” All other users will see this location listed as “Restricted” and grayed out in the dropdown list on the Add Session page, and they will not be able to create sessions at the location.
Display on Public Map/List – The default setting for all of our locations is “yes,” meaning all courts are public and visible to everyone on the locations map. However, you can add your private, residential pickleball court and set this parameter to “no.” This setting will prevent your court from appearing on the locations map. It will also not be listed in the dropdown list on the Add Session page, other than to those permitted to schedule sessions at the location per the previous setting. In other words, instead of it showing as “Restricted” or grayed out, it will not be listed in the menu at all. This is most commonly used for private/residential courts.
Here’s an example of how you could set up a private backyard pickleball court in the system so that you can still benefit from the convenience of using Playtime Scheduler features and functions without anyone (besides the owners and admins) knowing that your court exists:
- Invite-Only Sessions Allowed – YES
- Invite-Only Sessions Invisible – YES
- Only Admins/Owners Can Schedule – YES
- Display on Public Map/List – NO
Along these lines, we currently have 70+ active locations in the Wichita and surrounding area. Please be sure to check the list before submitting court suggestions as we have been receiving some duplicate suggestions lately.
- Albright Park
- Aley Park
- Andover 13th Street Sports Park
- Andover Cornerstone Park
- Andover YMCA Farha Sports Complex
- Bel Aire Recreation Complex
- Boston Recreation Center
- Briarwood Estates
- Buffalo Park
- Carl G Brewer Community Center
- Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit
- CHENEY SPORTS COMPLEX
- Cheney Sports Complex
- Chicken N Pickle (WI)
- Colwich City Park
- Country Acres Baptist Church
- Crestview Country Club (members only)
- Dennis Schoenebeck NORTH YMCA
- Derby Golf and Country Club
- Derby Recreation Center
- Dorner Park
- Downtown Senior Center
- Downtown YMCA
- Dr. Jim Farha Andover YMCA
- East YMCA
- Edgemoor Park (outside)
- Edgemoor Recreation Center (inside)
- El Dorado Recreation Center
- Evergreen Recreation Center
- Farha Sports Center
- FLC Family LIfe Center
- Genesis Health Clubs West Central
- Genesis Rock Road
- Haysville Activity Center
- Hutchinson Ken Shannon Northwest YMCA
- Linwood ParkMagill (Private Access)
- Newton Rec Center
- Newton YMCA
- North YMCA
- Northwest YMCA
- NPC – Newton Pickleball Club
- Oaklawn Activity Center
- Orchard Park Recreation Center
- Osage ParkOther
- Park City McLean Park
- Pathway Church Westlink Campus
- Ralph Wulz Riverside Tennis Center
- Reflection Ridge
- Richard A. DeVore SOUTH YMCA
- Rolling Hills Country Club
- Sam Binter Tennis Complex (El Dorado Outdoor Courts)
- Sedgwick County Park
- Seneca Park
- Steve Clark YMCA at WSU
- Styx Creek Park Mulvane Sunset Park
- Talia Clubhouse (members or guest with member only)
- Tallgrass East HOA (members only)
- Terradyne Country Club
- The Field House (private access)
- The Pickle Club
- The Sandbox – Derby
- Valley Center Intermediate School Gym
- Valley Center Lions Park
- West YMCA
- Wichita Country Club (members only)
- Wichita Hoops
- Wichita State University
- Willo-Esque Courts (private access)
- Winfield Rec Commission
Click here to suggest a court. If any courts need to be removed or settings need to be updated (changed from the default), please email wichitapb@gmail.com.