How to Set Age, Game Duration, Field Size Parameters and Open or Close Divisions. Learn how to efficiently manage your sports team Age and Division data parameters, including age group, gender settings, game durations, field sizes, and how to open and close divisions by age. This guide simplifies one step in the setup process to ensure your organization's rosters and registration forms are correctly categorized.

1. Admin > Menu > Website Settings > Setup Team Registrations

   

2. Click "3" for Ages

   

3. There are three "tabs." Boys/Men, Girls/Women, CoEd. If you're offering all of these options, you'll need to set the ages under each category. Click the button to activate the ages you want to register. You may adjust which division you want the teams to "automatically" filter into (if you're combining any divisions. Ex: U08/U09, to allow U08 teams to register but filter into the U09 division so you don't have to move them at a later time). This where you may set your game durations (this may also be set in Scheduling). Ideally, you'll want to include both halves, halftime, and time for refs to change fields. For example: 7v7 teams typically play 25-minute halves, five minutes for halftime, and ten minutes for the refs to travel to their next match. The duration of one game until the next game start would be 50 + 5 + 10 = 65. This is where you may select the field size according to age (this may also be set in Scheduling). For initial setup, these should all be set to OPEN. When you wa

   

4. If you wish to change the way the ages are displayed, activate the Age/Division Display dropdown menu. The options are: UAge, AgeU, AgeU only, Grade, Graduation Year, Birth Year. Refresh Custom names: Some events want the UAge or AgeU AND Birth Year to display. To do this, make your selection from the dropdown (Example: UAge), then mark the checkbox to "Refresh Custom Names", and click Save Ages. You'll see the UAge in BOTH columns - the eligible ages and division name/description. Activate the dropdown again, and select Birth Year, but do NOT mark the checkbox to "Refresh Custom Names", and click Save Ages. Now you will see the birth year in the left column and the UAge in the right column.