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🎮 Play Sessions

Casual matches and practice sessions with calories tracking

Play Sessions Overview

Play Sessions are perfect for organizing casual matches, practice games, or regular play sessions outside of formal tournaments. They allow you to track multiple matches, record results, and automatically calculate calories burned.

Key Features:

  • • Create sessions for any sport
  • • Track multiple matches in one session
  • • Automatic calories calculation
  • • Activity history tracking
  • • Venue/location support

Creating Play Sessions

  1. Go to a community → Play Sessions tab
  2. Tap the "+" button to create a new session
  3. Fill in session details:
    • Session name
    • Sport type
    • Date and time
    • Venue/location (optional)
    • Participants
  4. Tap "Create" to create the session

Managing Matches in a Session

Starting a Match

  1. Open a play session
  2. Go to the "Matches" tab
  3. Tap "Start Match" to create a new match
  4. Select players and match format
  5. Record the match results

Recording Match Results

For set-based matches (Badminton, Table Tennis, etc.):

  1. Record points for each set
  2. System automatically tracks set winners
  3. Match completes when required sets are won

For Carrom matches:

  1. Record points for each player
  2. Match completes when a player reaches target points

Calories Tracking

Play Sessions automatically calculate calories burned based on:

  • Sport type: Different sports burn calories at different rates
  • Match duration: Calculated from start and end times
  • Match format: Singles vs doubles, match type, etc.

Viewing Calories

  1. Go to a completed match summary
  2. View calories burned in the match summary
  3. Tap on calories to see calculation details (approximation metrics)

Recalculating Calories

If you enter custom start and end times:

  1. Update the match start and end times
  2. Tap "Recalculate Calories" button
  3. Calories will be recalculated based on the new duration

Activity History

All matches in play sessions are tracked in your activity history:

  1. Go to Profile → Activities tab
  2. View all your matches from play sessions
  3. See match results, duration, and calories burned
  4. Tap on an activity to view match summary

Quick Access

Star a play session to add it to the Quick Access card on the News page:

  1. Go to a play session detail page
  2. Tap the star icon in the top right
  3. The session will appear on the Quick Access card
  4. Tap the star again to remove it from Quick Access