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Pickup volleyball

Adult volleyball: find a game or start your own

Short answer: pickup volleyball mostly lives in group chats, not on websites: a group books a gym for an hour and a half or two and gets 12–14 people together every week. The easiest way to find one is through the gym or friends. Can’t find one? Start your own: a court, a Telegram group and a bot that handles sign-ups, the seat limit and the waitlist.

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Where to play volleyball

Ask at the gym

Gyms and sports centres rent courts to regular groups by the hour. The front desk usually knows who plays on weekday evenings and weekends — and who is short of players.

Local group chats

Pickup games are almost always organized in Telegram or WhatsApp. Look for volleyball chats in your city or neighbourhood; in expat and community chats people ask “who plays volleyball?” too.

Leagues and clubs

Want a coach and tournaments — look at adult leagues and clubs. Just want to play once a week — you need a group, not a club.

How to start your own volleyball game

Indoor volleyball is 6 on 6, so you need 12 people on the court — better 14, with subs. Here’s how to set it up without counting “+1” in the chat.

  1. Book a court

    for an hour and a half or two at the same time every week: a regular slot is easier to keep than to hunt for a new one each time.

  2. Create a Telegram group

    and invite the people you’ve already played with. Half of the line-up is usually friends of friends.

  3. Add the bot and create an event

    a recurring one — say, “every Wednesday at 20:00”, 12 spots and the court rent. The bot posts the sign-up card on schedule by itself.

  4. People tap “Join”

    The list, free spots and the waitlist update right in the card. Someone drops out — the next person on the waitlist gets the spot and a private message.

What sign-ups look like in the chat

A game card in the group: 6 of 6 spots taken, one person on the waitlist, the court rent split among everyone.

Volleyball sign-ups in Telegram: what the bot does

Seat limit and a waitlist

Set 12 or 14 spots — the 15th person joins the waitlist instead of turning up “just in case”. A spot frees up — the next person gets it automatically.

Court rent split

Enter the gym rent — the card shows the share per person and recalculates it as people join or leave. Money doesn’t go through the bot.

Reminders

Up to three reminders in private messages — say, a day and an hour before. And a day before, the organizer is told if the game is short of its minimum.

Even teams

Before the game, the admin splits everyone who signed up into teams — at random or evenly by level — and posts the line-ups in the chat.

“+1” for a friend

A friend without Telegram takes a spot too and is counted in the limit.

Who actually came

After the game — attendance marks: you see who drops out at the last minute.

See it in action

Every feature in short — from signing up in the chat and the waitlist to splitting the cost, teams and attendance.

Docker Event Bot video overview — a sign-up bot for Telegram groups

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Questions

How many people do you need for volleyball?

Indoor volleyball is 6 on 6, which is 12 people. Many groups take 14 sign-ups: two subs, and the game still happens if someone doesn’t show up. Beach volleyball is 2 on 2 or 4 on 4.

How do I organize volleyball sign-ups in Telegram?

Add Docker Event Bot to your group and create an event: place, time, number of spots. The bot posts a card with a “Join” button, and the list updates by itself. All the ways compared — in the guide to sign-ups in Telegram groups.

How do we split the court rent?

Enter the rent in the event — the card shows how much each person pays and recalculates the share every time someone joins or leaves. You collect the money yourselves: the bot doesn’t take payments.

How do we split into teams by level?

The admin can split everyone who signed up right in the bot and post the line-ups in the chat. Without the bot — the free team generator on this site: random or balanced by skill from 1 to 5.

Is it free?

Yes: no subscription and no payments through the bot. Players don’t install anything — Telegram is enough.

Other sports and get-togethers

Start your own game

Add the bot to your volleyball chat — the first sign-up card is a minute away.

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