Doubles Rotation App for Badminton, Tennis & Pickleball

Hi, I'm Hans. I play badminton several times a week and have also enjoyed pickleball and padel at social events. Like many players, I appreciate the welcoming, easy-going atmosphere of casual racket sports sessions.

In many of the sessions, I noticed a common frustration: traditional doubles rotation systems break down when players arrive late or leave early. Some players would sit out multiple games in a row while others never got a break. And even if the group leader manages this sitting out, changing the number of players in a session means you are likely to end up playing repeatedly in the same teams or against the same opponents.

I don't mind sitting out to catch my breath, but the lack of fair rotation was a problem I knew could be solved. Having developed operational optimization solutions for complex workforce rostering in the past, this seemed to me like a straightforward challenge.

So one evening, I built the first version of my player rotation scheduler 'Racket Social'. It solved the problem immediately—no more unfair sit-outs, no more confusion when players joined late. The app handled it all automatically. I gradually made adjustments to improve the usability. Allowing manual edits of upcoming matches, adding match history. I made sure it worked for badminton, tennis, padel and pickleball alike, and recently I had feedback that it could even work for fencing groups.

I'm not stopping yet. I have had great feedback from the initial users and I'm excited to keep improving the app. My goal is to make Racket Social the go-to free session organizer app. And I need your help to get there!

If you organize social racket sports sessions and struggle with player rotation, this tool is for you. Please try it out, share your feedback, and join our community to help shape the future of this tool.