Court operations glossary

Shared language for the court day.

These working definitions keep product conversations grounded in the operating relationships a facility team already manages.

Court inventory

The shared record of courts, surfaces, capacities, statuses, and relationships that affect scheduling.

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

A measure of booked or used court capacity over a defined period, always interpreted with its source and limits.

Operating workspace

The connected context operators use to understand inventory, reservations, access, programs, and daily actions together.

Waitlist

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

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