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The Six / Living Manual

Learn the app where you use it.

Open How to from any page for instant contextual help. This library is the full reference built from the same source.

16 current guides / role access still applies

What are you trying to do?

Guide library

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Start here

Find your way around Ball in the 6

Use HQ, The 6, the context switcher, Gamebook, Community, and Record as one connected application.

01Choose context
02Open a destination
03Act on the named subject

01
Check where you are acting
The active context identifies the role you are using. When a child, team, or organization is selected, its name should travel with the workspace.
02
Use the shared destinations
HQ is your starting point. Gamebook owns games and official stats. Community owns conversation. Record owns identity and proven sport history.
03
Switch before you change something
If an action is for a different child, team, or organization, change the selected context first. Visibility in a menu does not grant permission.
Open HQ

Start here

Create an account and enter the right corridor

01Person signs in
02Role is verified
03Context becomes available

01
Create the adult or athlete account
Use the real account holder’s information. Complete the Cloudflare challenge before submitting; when protection is unavailable, entry stays disabled instead of bypassing the check. Parents register and pay for children through the parent path; they do not become the child’s identity.
02
Recover or verify deliberately
Password recovery always gives the same confirmation whether or not an account exists. Use the newest delivered link, while an older unexpired link remains usable if replacement delivery failed. Email-verification links open a confirmation screen and change the account only after you choose Confirm.
03
Complete the role-specific questions
The onboarding corridor collects the relationships needed for the role. A role label is presentation; server-verified relationships control access.
04
Confirm the active context
After entry, use the context switcher to confirm who or what the next action affects.
Open registration

Identity & Record

Use Record as identity and proven sport history

Profile and Record are one durable identity; finalized Gamebook facts project into Athlete and Team history.

01Durable subject
02Gamebook projections
03History & approved highlights

01
Start with the Record header
The header is the profile layer inside Record: identity, biography, avatar, links, and public presentation belong here rather than in a competing profile hub. Athlete, Team, Organization, and Business each resolve through their own durable subject.
02
Read each section by trust state
Official Gamebook history, derived reports, predictions, community material, and self-reported submissions remain visibly distinct. Approved highlights can appear in Record and Feed; revocation removes that approved projection without rewriting the source.
03
Follow finalized history, not a second game record
Gamebook finalization and revision feed Athlete and durable Team history. Owners, verified guardians, members, and public visitors may receive different projections of the same Record subject.
Open Record

Gamebook

Set up, track, and finalize a game in Gamebook

Gamebook is the authority for game events, scoring, box scores, corrections, and official statistics.

01Set up the book
02Record events
03Finalize & project to Record

01
Choose the game path shown to you
Live and Fast Start appear only when the server can prove scorekeeper, coach, team, or organization authority. Add Stats After remains a separate self-report path, and standalone Gamebooks remain valid where authorized.
02
Record from the named scorekeeper context
The score is rebuilt from event entries. Scorekeeper entries can be verified; other submissions remain self-reported until an approved verification path applies.
03
Finalize, then correct through the book
Finalization creates official history and downstream projections. Same-winner corrections revise that source. Winner-changing tournament corrections require a privileged impact preview and audited repair or rebuild; played descendants are never silently rewritten.
Open Gamebook

Workspaces

Manage a family without losing track of the child

Select the child first, then review registration, schedules, payments, messages, permissions, and Record.

01Select child
02Open the family task
03Review before submitting

01
Confirm the selected child
The parent context includes only children with a currently verified ParentChild link. Confirm the child name before acting.
02
Use the family workspace
Home summarizes the active child. Kids, schedule, calendar, payments, messages, documents, announcements, and permissions keep family tasks organized.
03
Open the child’s permitted Record view
Guardian access is a relationship-based view of the child’s Record. It does not transfer ownership of the athlete identity.
Open Parent Home

Workspaces

Operate from the correct coach team

Select the active team, then use dashboard, Gamebook, equipment, invitations, messages, and scouting tools.

01Select team
02Prepare people & equipment
03Run Gamebook & communicate

01
Confirm the active team
Coach team choices come from active coach membership. A stored selection is revalidated before it drives workspace data.
02
Prepare the team
Use the coach workspace for current team activity, invitations, equipment, organizations, and communication available to your membership.
03
Run official games through Gamebook
Use Gamebook for events and official statistics so player and team history can project into Record.
Open Coach Dashboard

Workspaces

Run programs from the organization workspace

Use only the modules and actions authorized for the currently selected organization.

01Select organization
02Build program & registration
03Operate teams & schedule

01
Confirm the organization context
The selected organization identifies the workspace subject. An explicit stale, revoked, or cross-organization selection fails closed instead of silently switching organizations. Hidden navigation never replaces direct-page authorization.
02
Build the operating structure
Programs define the offering. Registrations connect players and verified guardians. Divisions and durable teams organize competition. Staff invitations expose delivery status but never reveal reusable invite tokens.
03
Run and review
Read, manage, and financial actions are separate permissions. Equipment inventory, payment details, Gamebook, messages, facilities, and reports appear only when a source-backed capability is available; unavailable or placeholder modules are omitted.
Open Organization Dashboard

Workspaces

Create a program and receive registrations

Define a source-backed program, publish only an eligible registration path, then operate its schedule and registrations.

01Program setup
02Family registration
03Organization review

01
Define the offering
Create the program in the organization workspace and complete the fields the current program form requires. Do not infer missing fees, dates, divisions, or availability.
02
Share the actual registration route
Families should enter through the program’s generated route only while the owning organization and program are active, the window is open, and capacity is available. QR and Register actions stay absent when that contract is not met.
03
Schedule against exact locations and identities
Tournament fixtures use explicit participant source slots and exact Court-to-Venue relationships. Review the player, verified registering guardian, status, documents, and payment state from authorized organization views; never infer missing teams, courts, fees, or dates.
Open Programs

Community

Use messages, notifications, and community for different jobs

Messages are direct conversations, notifications report activity, and Community holds shared discussion and feed content.

01Direct → Messages
02Activity → Notifications
03Shared → Community

01
Use Messages for named recipients
Open an existing conversation or a supported compose path when you need a direct exchange. Recipient discovery, typing events, group creation, and sends are checked against current contact, youth-safety, program, and organization relationships.
02
Use Notifications to review activity
Notifications tell you what happened and route you back to the relevant feature. They are not a second conversation thread.
03
Use Community for shared discussion
Posts, comments, and replies stay in their community context. Replies carry a validated parent. Share and Assist are separate actions, and only registry-backed interactions and destinations are shown.
Open Community

Store

Browse, review, and order from the Store

Move from catalog to product details to checkout, then use the order surface that matches the signed-in or token-based path.

01Browse real catalog
02Review product & options
03Checkout & track order

01
Start from a catalog or team store
Browse the products returned by the current store source. Availability, options, price, and fulfillment details must come from the product record shown.
02
Review before checkout
Confirm the selected product, customization, quantity, delivery information, and displayed totals. Missing options should stay unavailable rather than being assumed.
03
Use the matching order view
Signed-in buyers can use their account order surfaces. Token links support the specific logged-out order or proof flow named by that link.
Open Store

Store

Create a creator-store plan and verify its rules

Define which verified contexts may open stores, then test the plan without inventing fees, shares, or availability.

01Set policy
02Create active plan
03Test with an eligible context

01
Understand the plan boundary
A plan is the administrator-defined access and limits contract for creator stores. It controls eligible owner contexts, monthly fee, listing cap, optional creator share, and whether a subscription is required.
02
Create a low-risk test plan
For an adult individual test, use a unique lowercase key, a zero monthly fee, a positive listing cap such as five, no required subscription, and only the INDIVIDUAL context. New plans created on this page are active immediately.
Open commerce operations
03
Verify before expanding access
Confirm the plan row, sign in with an account that actually has the selected context, and record the plan, store, listing, expected result, actual result, and evidence. Add other contexts only after their approval path is tested.

Store

Open and test a creator storefront

Choose a server-authorized context and eligible plan, create the draft, then add a supplier-backed listing.

01Choose authorized context & plan
02Create draft store
03Add listing & approve when required

01
Use a purpose allowed for the context
Adult individual, team, coach, and trainer contexts use Merchandise. Youth NIL requires a verified guardian. Organization or tournament Fundraisers require a positive fundraiser share.
02
Create the draft
Open Your storefronts, choose a plan returned for the selected context, enter the store name, and create it. The server rechecks the relationship and plan; the browser selection does not grant authority.
Open Store account
03
Add an eligible listing
Choose a published, in-stock supplier style and enter a retail price at or above its catalog floor. Individual merchandise can become live; youth and organization fundraiser stores enter their required approval path.

Store

Review commerce referral status

See referrals attached to the signed-in account and interpret pending, qualified, rewarded, or rejected status.

01Referral attached
02Paid non-refunded order
03Qualification & reward

01
Open Referral status
Use Store account and select View referrals. The page shows only records where the signed-in account is the inviter or referred account.
View referral status
02
Read the recorded state
Pending waits for a qualifying paid, non-refunded order. Qualified means the order condition was met but policy or issuance remains pending. Rewarded records the completed reward.
03
Record unavailable actions honestly
The current page is a status view. It does not provide a create-or-share referral form, so an empty state does not mean the referral lifecycle was tested.

Account

Manage settings without confusing identity and context

Account settings change the signed-in person; the context switcher changes the role and subject used for work.

01Account = signed-in person
02Context = working role
03Subject = affected entity

01
Use Settings for the account holder
Account, display, notification, and other settings belong to the signed-in person unless the page explicitly names another target.
02
Use the context switcher for work
Changing from parent to coach or organization changes the workspace. When supported, the selected child, team, or organization identifies the subject.
03
Read the target before saving
A form should identify what record it will mutate. If the target is unclear, return to the relevant workspace and reselect it before submitting.
Open Settings

Workspaces

Import organization spreadsheets with a review first

Bring programs, teams, players, registrations, or staff from CSV, XLSX, Google Sheets, or OneDrive into one reviewed import flow.

01Choose destination and source
02Confirm worksheet and columns
03Review rows and commit

01
Start with the destination
Choose Programs, Teams, Roster, Registrations, or Staff. Download that destination’s CSV template when you need the accepted headings and example shape.
02
Load only the intended table
Upload CSV or XLSX, choose a Google Sheet, or search your OneDrive for an XLSX workbook. For workbooks, select the exact worksheet and header-row number before review.
03
Validate before writing
Confirm the column mapping and read the server-validated ready and skipped counts. Nothing is written until the final Confirm import action.
Read the complete import guide

Account

Use the living guide

Open How to from any page for the contextual guide, or search the full library by task, role, or feature.

01Open How to
02Read this-page guide
03Search or open full library

01
Open How to on the page where you are stuck
The universal control resolves the current route to its closest verified guide and keeps general help available as a fallback.
02
Search in plain language
Search by feature, task, or role. Results come from the same registry used by the full guide, so the drawer and manual do not drift apart.
03
Contact support when the guide is not enough
Describe the page, selected context, intended action, and visible error. Do not include passwords, payment credentials, or private youth information.
Email support

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The Six / Living Manual

Learn the app where you use it.

Open How to from any page for instant contextual help. This library is the full reference built from the same source.

16 current guides / role access still applies

What are you trying to do?

Guide library

16 shown

Start here

Find your way around Ball in the 6

Use HQ, The 6, the context switcher, Gamebook, Community, and Record as one connected application.

01Choose context
02Open a destination
03Act on the named subject

01
Check where you are acting
The active context identifies the role you are using. When a child, team, or organization is selected, its name should travel with the workspace.
02
Use the shared destinations
HQ is your starting point. Gamebook owns games and official stats. Community owns conversation. Record owns identity and proven sport history.
03
Switch before you change something
If an action is for a different child, team, or organization, change the selected context first. Visibility in a menu does not grant permission.
Open HQ

Start here

Create an account and enter the right corridor

01Person signs in
02Role is verified
03Context becomes available

01
Create the adult or athlete account
Use the real account holder’s information. Complete the Cloudflare challenge before submitting; when protection is unavailable, entry stays disabled instead of bypassing the check. Parents register and pay for children through the parent path; they do not become the child’s identity.
02
Recover or verify deliberately
Password recovery always gives the same confirmation whether or not an account exists. Use the newest delivered link, while an older unexpired link remains usable if replacement delivery failed. Email-verification links open a confirmation screen and change the account only after you choose Confirm.
03
Complete the role-specific questions
The onboarding corridor collects the relationships needed for the role. A role label is presentation; server-verified relationships control access.
04
Confirm the active context
After entry, use the context switcher to confirm who or what the next action affects.
Open registration

Identity & Record

Use Record as identity and proven sport history

Profile and Record are one durable identity; finalized Gamebook facts project into Athlete and Team history.

01Durable subject
02Gamebook projections
03History & approved highlights

01
Start with the Record header
The header is the profile layer inside Record: identity, biography, avatar, links, and public presentation belong here rather than in a competing profile hub. Athlete, Team, Organization, and Business each resolve through their own durable subject.
02
Read each section by trust state
Official Gamebook history, derived reports, predictions, community material, and self-reported submissions remain visibly distinct. Approved highlights can appear in Record and Feed; revocation removes that approved projection without rewriting the source.
03
Follow finalized history, not a second game record
Gamebook finalization and revision feed Athlete and durable Team history. Owners, verified guardians, members, and public visitors may receive different projections of the same Record subject.
Open Record

Gamebook

Set up, track, and finalize a game in Gamebook

Gamebook is the authority for game events, scoring, box scores, corrections, and official statistics.

01Set up the book
02Record events
03Finalize & project to Record

01
Choose the game path shown to you
Live and Fast Start appear only when the server can prove scorekeeper, coach, team, or organization authority. Add Stats After remains a separate self-report path, and standalone Gamebooks remain valid where authorized.
02
Record from the named scorekeeper context
The score is rebuilt from event entries. Scorekeeper entries can be verified; other submissions remain self-reported until an approved verification path applies.
03
Finalize, then correct through the book
Finalization creates official history and downstream projections. Same-winner corrections revise that source. Winner-changing tournament corrections require a privileged impact preview and audited repair or rebuild; played descendants are never silently rewritten.
Open Gamebook

Workspaces

Manage a family without losing track of the child

Select the child first, then review registration, schedules, payments, messages, permissions, and Record.

01Select child
02Open the family task
03Review before submitting

01
Confirm the selected child
The parent context includes only children with a currently verified ParentChild link. Confirm the child name before acting.
02
Use the family workspace
Home summarizes the active child. Kids, schedule, calendar, payments, messages, documents, announcements, and permissions keep family tasks organized.
03
Open the child’s permitted Record view
Guardian access is a relationship-based view of the child’s Record. It does not transfer ownership of the athlete identity.
Open Parent Home

Workspaces

Operate from the correct coach team

Select the active team, then use dashboard, Gamebook, equipment, invitations, messages, and scouting tools.

01Select team
02Prepare people & equipment
03Run Gamebook & communicate

01
Confirm the active team
Coach team choices come from active coach membership. A stored selection is revalidated before it drives workspace data.
02
Prepare the team
Use the coach workspace for current team activity, invitations, equipment, organizations, and communication available to your membership.
03
Run official games through Gamebook
Use Gamebook for events and official statistics so player and team history can project into Record.
Open Coach Dashboard

Workspaces

Run programs from the organization workspace

Use only the modules and actions authorized for the currently selected organization.

01Select organization
02Build program & registration
03Operate teams & schedule

01
Confirm the organization context
The selected organization identifies the workspace subject. An explicit stale, revoked, or cross-organization selection fails closed instead of silently switching organizations. Hidden navigation never replaces direct-page authorization.
02
Build the operating structure
Programs define the offering. Registrations connect players and verified guardians. Divisions and durable teams organize competition. Staff invitations expose delivery status but never reveal reusable invite tokens.
03
Run and review
Read, manage, and financial actions are separate permissions. Equipment inventory, payment details, Gamebook, messages, facilities, and reports appear only when a source-backed capability is available; unavailable or placeholder modules are omitted.
Open Organization Dashboard

Workspaces

Create a program and receive registrations

Define a source-backed program, publish only an eligible registration path, then operate its schedule and registrations.

01Program setup
02Family registration
03Organization review

01
Define the offering
Create the program in the organization workspace and complete the fields the current program form requires. Do not infer missing fees, dates, divisions, or availability.
02
Share the actual registration route
Families should enter through the program’s generated route only while the owning organization and program are active, the window is open, and capacity is available. QR and Register actions stay absent when that contract is not met.
03
Schedule against exact locations and identities
Tournament fixtures use explicit participant source slots and exact Court-to-Venue relationships. Review the player, verified registering guardian, status, documents, and payment state from authorized organization views; never infer missing teams, courts, fees, or dates.
Open Programs

Community

Use messages, notifications, and community for different jobs

Messages are direct conversations, notifications report activity, and Community holds shared discussion and feed content.

01Direct → Messages
02Activity → Notifications
03Shared → Community

01
Use Messages for named recipients
Open an existing conversation or a supported compose path when you need a direct exchange. Recipient discovery, typing events, group creation, and sends are checked against current contact, youth-safety, program, and organization relationships.
02
Use Notifications to review activity
Notifications tell you what happened and route you back to the relevant feature. They are not a second conversation thread.
03
Use Community for shared discussion
Posts, comments, and replies stay in their community context. Replies carry a validated parent. Share and Assist are separate actions, and only registry-backed interactions and destinations are shown.
Open Community

Store

Browse, review, and order from the Store

Move from catalog to product details to checkout, then use the order surface that matches the signed-in or token-based path.

01Browse real catalog
02Review product & options
03Checkout & track order

01
Start from a catalog or team store
Browse the products returned by the current store source. Availability, options, price, and fulfillment details must come from the product record shown.
02
Review before checkout
Confirm the selected product, customization, quantity, delivery information, and displayed totals. Missing options should stay unavailable rather than being assumed.
03
Use the matching order view
Signed-in buyers can use their account order surfaces. Token links support the specific logged-out order or proof flow named by that link.
Open Store

Store

Create a creator-store plan and verify its rules

Define which verified contexts may open stores, then test the plan without inventing fees, shares, or availability.

01Set policy
02Create active plan
03Test with an eligible context

01
Understand the plan boundary
A plan is the administrator-defined access and limits contract for creator stores. It controls eligible owner contexts, monthly fee, listing cap, optional creator share, and whether a subscription is required.
02
Create a low-risk test plan
For an adult individual test, use a unique lowercase key, a zero monthly fee, a positive listing cap such as five, no required subscription, and only the INDIVIDUAL context. New plans created on this page are active immediately.
Open commerce operations
03
Verify before expanding access
Confirm the plan row, sign in with an account that actually has the selected context, and record the plan, store, listing, expected result, actual result, and evidence. Add other contexts only after their approval path is tested.

Store

Open and test a creator storefront

Choose a server-authorized context and eligible plan, create the draft, then add a supplier-backed listing.

01Choose authorized context & plan
02Create draft store
03Add listing & approve when required

01
Use a purpose allowed for the context
Adult individual, team, coach, and trainer contexts use Merchandise. Youth NIL requires a verified guardian. Organization or tournament Fundraisers require a positive fundraiser share.
02
Create the draft
Open Your storefronts, choose a plan returned for the selected context, enter the store name, and create it. The server rechecks the relationship and plan; the browser selection does not grant authority.
Open Store account
03
Add an eligible listing
Choose a published, in-stock supplier style and enter a retail price at or above its catalog floor. Individual merchandise can become live; youth and organization fundraiser stores enter their required approval path.

Store

Review commerce referral status

See referrals attached to the signed-in account and interpret pending, qualified, rewarded, or rejected status.

01Referral attached
02Paid non-refunded order
03Qualification & reward

01
Open Referral status
Use Store account and select View referrals. The page shows only records where the signed-in account is the inviter or referred account.
View referral status
02
Read the recorded state
Pending waits for a qualifying paid, non-refunded order. Qualified means the order condition was met but policy or issuance remains pending. Rewarded records the completed reward.
03
Record unavailable actions honestly
The current page is a status view. It does not provide a create-or-share referral form, so an empty state does not mean the referral lifecycle was tested.

Account

Manage settings without confusing identity and context

Account settings change the signed-in person; the context switcher changes the role and subject used for work.

01Account = signed-in person
02Context = working role
03Subject = affected entity

01
Use Settings for the account holder
Account, display, notification, and other settings belong to the signed-in person unless the page explicitly names another target.
02
Use the context switcher for work
Changing from parent to coach or organization changes the workspace. When supported, the selected child, team, or organization identifies the subject.
03
Read the target before saving
A form should identify what record it will mutate. If the target is unclear, return to the relevant workspace and reselect it before submitting.
Open Settings

Workspaces

Import organization spreadsheets with a review first

Bring programs, teams, players, registrations, or staff from CSV, XLSX, Google Sheets, or OneDrive into one reviewed import flow.

01Choose destination and source
02Confirm worksheet and columns
03Review rows and commit

01
Start with the destination
Choose Programs, Teams, Roster, Registrations, or Staff. Download that destination’s CSV template when you need the accepted headings and example shape.
02
Load only the intended table
Upload CSV or XLSX, choose a Google Sheet, or search your OneDrive for an XLSX workbook. For workbooks, select the exact worksheet and header-row number before review.
03
Validate before writing
Confirm the column mapping and read the server-validated ready and skipped counts. Nothing is written until the final Confirm import action.
Read the complete import guide

Account

Use the living guide

Open How to from any page for the contextual guide, or search the full library by task, role, or feature.

01Open How to
02Read this-page guide
03Search or open full library

01
Open How to on the page where you are stuck
The universal control resolves the current route to its closest verified guide and keeps general help available as a fallback.
02
Search in plain language
Search by feature, task, or role. Results come from the same registry used by the full guide, so the drawer and manual do not drift apart.
03
Contact support when the guide is not enough
Describe the page, selected context, intended action, and visible error. Do not include passwords, payment credentials, or private youth information.
Email support

Loading Ball in the 6

Guide library

Find your way around Ball in the 6

Check where you are acting

Use the shared destinations

Switch before you change something

Create an account and enter the right corridor

Create the adult or athlete account

Recover or verify deliberately

Complete the role-specific questions

Confirm the active context

Use Record as identity and proven sport history

Start with the Record header

Read each section by trust state

Follow finalized history, not a second game record

Set up, track, and finalize a game in Gamebook

Choose the game path shown to you

Record from the named scorekeeper context

Finalize, then correct through the book

Manage a family without losing track of the child

Confirm the selected child

Use the family workspace

Open the child’s permitted Record view

Operate from the correct coach team

Confirm the active team

Prepare the team

Run official games through Gamebook

Run programs from the organization workspace

Confirm the organization context

Build the operating structure

Run and review

Create a program and receive registrations

Define the offering

Share the actual registration route

Schedule against exact locations and identities

Use messages, notifications, and community for different jobs

Use Messages for named recipients

Use Notifications to review activity

Use Community for shared discussion

Browse, review, and order from the Store

Start from a catalog or team store

Review before checkout

Use the matching order view

Create a creator-store plan and verify its rules

Understand the plan boundary

Create a low-risk test plan

Verify before expanding access

Open and test a creator storefront

Use a purpose allowed for the context

Create the draft

Add an eligible listing

Review commerce referral status

Open Referral status

Read the recorded state

Record unavailable actions honestly

Manage settings without confusing identity and context

Use Settings for the account holder

Use the context switcher for work

Read the target before saving

Import organization spreadsheets with a review first

Start with the destination

Load only the intended table

Validate before writing

Use the living guide

Open How to on the page where you are stuck

Search in plain language

Contact support when the guide is not enough

Loading Ball in the 6

Guide library

Find your way around Ball in the 6

Check where you are acting

Use the shared destinations

Switch before you change something

Create an account and enter the right corridor

Create the adult or athlete account

Recover or verify deliberately

Complete the role-specific questions

Confirm the active context

Use Record as identity and proven sport history

Start with the Record header