Court operations glossary

Shared language for the court day.

The terms CourtFoundry uses across courts, rules, bookings and programs.

Court inventory

The shared record of courts, surfaces, sports, statuses and relationships that every booking reads from.

Parent court

A court or space whose reservation can make one or more configured child courts unavailable.

Child court

A configured court that depends on a parent space, such as a pickleball layout inside a convertible tennis court.

Access window

A time and policy boundary that determines who can reserve or use a court.

Program block

Reserved capacity for a lesson, league, clinic, event, or other organized activity.

Utilization

Booked court time as a share of open court time over a period.

Hold

A short reservation of a court while a booking is completed. Holds release automatically if the booking isn't finished.

Waitlist

A prioritized list of people or groups waiting for a court, program place, or released capacity.

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