A new group is created at the start of the season and new members can be added as part of the group creation or later. Provided you have adequate Chat Admin privileges you can create new groups. Alternatively, a club may setup the groups for all teams and make coaches an admin of their own particular group.
Open the app and go to the chat tab
Click on the chat button represented by a bubble in the bottom right of screen.
Select your club from the list.
Click on the New Group button and fill in the following information:
Title - Name of the group you are creating. e.g.: U14 Football Parents
Purpose - Reason for this group. e.g.: Communicating with parents regarding training and matches.
Group Type:
Team - Mixed Ages (Mix of U18 and O18)
This is a private chat group intended for communicating with participants over the age of 18 and parents of children under the age of 18. To join, one must initiate a request or receive an invite from the chat group admin.
Team - Players (All Over 18)
This is a private chat group intended for communicating with participants over the age of 18. To join, one must initiate a request or receive an invite from the chat group admin.
Team - Parents (Children All Under 18)
This is a private chat group intended for communicating with parents of children under the age of 18. To join, one must initiate a request or receive an invite from the chat group admin.
Committee
This is a private chat group intended for communicating with participants over the age of 18 who are part of an internal management group in the club such as the club executive. To join, one must initiate a request or receive an invite from the chat group admin.
Open Group
This is a public chat group intended for communicating with participants over the age of 18. There is no restriction on who can join these groups and content published will be visible to everyone in the group.
Team – Select from a preconfigured list of teams as defined here
Can Chat - Defines whether chat group is 1 way or 2 way. This feature can be enabled/disabled at any stage by the admin. Normally for team communication can chat is off.
Adding members to your new group
Click on Next to start adding members to the group.
Enter a user’s name or mobile number - select add to include them in the group.
Once all users are added click on Create to complete the setup.
More info on adding users to a chat group once the group has been created here >>>>