Setting up a Squash 101 - Women's course

Squash 101 - Women is an introductory course to help women master the basics of the game in a safe and welcoming environment with other like-minded women. Clubs choose the length of the course between 4 and 6 weeks, this should be enough time for players to develop their skills before moving into regular club activity.

To set up your course log into your account on Play Squash here.

Make sure you have your Leaders and Coaches added to the account, to do so, follow this process.

Select the coaching tap from the navigation on the left hand side of the screen:

Once the page changes, scroll down the categories page to find the Squash 101 - Women course template:

Click on "Squash 101 - Women" and when on the next page click "Create a new course":

Work through the page populating it with as much information as possible:

Status - do you want the session to appear on the session finder, will it be a session people can only sign up to if they are shared the link etc.

Your reference - this is personal to the club and unique to the course
Activity - select between squash and or squash 57
Minimum age - the minimum age for Squash 101 is 16, you can change the age higher if you wish
Maximum age - you can set a maximum age for the course
Additional information - here you can include additional information to appear on the course page, try to reassure any nerves or answer questions a newcomer might ask e.g. is equipment provided
Additional confirmation - this will appear in the confirmation email the player receives when they book onto the course. You might want to include information about the facility here, is there parking, how do you locate the courts at the facility.
Send reminder emails - if you want to send your players a reminder email click this button, you will then be presented with a box to write the reminder message
Start date - what is the date of the first session of the course
Registration window - if you want to have a registration window select the button, you will then be asked to add the dates for when you want registration to open and close
Interval - do you want to host the sessions weekly or daily
On the following days - select the day of the week you are hosting the session. When you enter the start date, this will prepopulate this box
Number of weeks - Squash 101 courses are between 4 and 6 weeks. Your club can choose how many weeks they want the course to be over. We would recommend looking at when there are holidays in the year, you may have mums on the course, they might not be able to attend over summer and half term holidays.
Capacity - how many people can attend the course.
Waiting list - click the option you would like for your waiting list: Automatic, Manual or Not enabled
Contact name - Add contact details for the course should participants need to get in contact with someone from the club/venue
Contact email address
Contact phone number
Provide waiver - add any documents you need players to sign before attending a session, this could be a code of conduct. This isn't mandatory
Cover photo - if you have a photo you would like to be used for the cover photo on the course page, upload it here. For best viewing of this photo we recommend uploading a photo with dimensions of 1800px by 440px. There is already a default photo on the course template or you can choose a photo from here.
Cost - add how much it costs to attend the course, remember this is the whole course, not per session
Cancellations - click this button if you want to allow participants to be able to cancel their place on the course. If you click this there is a button to auto refund, if you don't click this you will have to refund them manually
Booking redirect URL - if you have your own booking platform you can redirect users to book there, simply add the url in this box. When a user is on Play Squash and they are on the course page, when they click "Book now", they will be taken to your website.
Leader - select the leader/coach from the list who will be delivering the sessions. You should add your leaders/coaches before you start, follow this process to add them.
Session start time - what time is your session going to start
Duration - how long is each session on the course

Once you have populated the page click "Save course". It may take a few minutes but your session will then appear on the Play Squash session finder.