This guide shows how to quickly generate a conflict-free tournament schedule using SincSports’ Auto Schedule by ensuring required pre-scheduling setup, configuring key parameters (rest, schedule type, venue clustering for multi-team coaches), and running conflict checks. It explains selecting divisions, setting min/preferred/max days, and handling unscheduled bracket games either manually on the grid or by re-running Auto Schedule for bracket games.

  1. Admin > Scheduling Before Auto Scheduling, make sure: Complete all steps of Pre-Scheduling Create your age groups and divisions Enter game formats, and fields for all divisions Seed Teams

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 1
  2. Click "Auto Schedule"

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 2
  3. Configure core Scheduling Parameters including rest periods and schedule type.

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 3
  4. Expand Additional options. Toggle 'Keep coach's teams at same venue' to minimize travel for multi-team coaches. Click the Configure drop down.

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 4
  5. Check the box to the left of the divisions below (Divisions Overview -not shown). Then select the Min number of days, Preferred number of days, and Max number of days per date. Click "Save Check Divisions".

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 5
  6. Check the divisions you want to auto schedule,(clicking the top box will check all divisions.) Click "Schedule Games"

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 6
  7. You can see the number of games scheduled, and unscheduled. *We only scheduled the Round Robin games in this scenario.

    Scheduling Part 3b: Auto Scheduling - step 7