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Short guides for players and hosts—from choosing a format and setting up the group to standings, rankings, Toxic Mode, and Rewind.

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What Is FOM Play? A Guide for Padel Players and Hosts

Meet FOM Play, the web app for running a padel session from formats and players to scoring, standings, history, ranking, and the story after play.

Start & Hosting6 min read
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Start & Hosting5 min read

Host Your First Padel Game with FOM Play

A step-by-step guide to choosing a format and partner mode, adding players, setting courts and points, and running your first session.

HostOpen guide
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Formats & Rules4 min read

Setting Up an Americano Night

Learn how Rotating and Fix Partner modes change Americano pairings and standings, then set up courts, rounds, and point targets in FOM Play.

HostOpen guide
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Formats & Rules4 min read

Running a Mexicano Session

Mexicano uses current standings to build the next round. Learn how rotating and fixed-partner sessions work in FOM Play.

HostOpen guide
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Formats & Rules4 min read

Match Play & Fixed Partners, Explained

Learn how Match Play's tennis-style scoring works and when to combine it with Fix Partner for team fixtures and team standings.

HostOpen guide
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Features & Progress4 min read

Turn On Toxic Mode (You Know You Want To)

Learn how the optional Hall of Shame, Zona Cupu, evidence-based roasts, and Cupu D'Or work while the official standings stay separate.

Player & hostOpen guide
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Features & Progress4 min read

Understanding Your MMR & Rank Tiers

What MMR is, when it updates, who is eligible, and what the eight published tiers from Rookie to Hall of Fame mean.

PlayerOpen guide
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Features & Progress3 min read

Create Your First FOM Rewind

Turn a finalized session into a data-led recap with conditional slides, optional photos, and story or feed export.

Player & hostOpen guide
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Features & Progress3 min read

Share Live Scores Without Anyone Logging In

A public read-only link lets viewers follow from a browser without an account. Learn which match milestones update the shared snapshot.

Player & hostOpen guide
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Start & Hosting4 min read

Rooms: Schedule Games & Split the Court Bill

Rooms combine scheduling, player status, visibility, match setup, public pricing, friend cost splits, and host payment tracking.

HostOpen guide
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Community3 min read

Build Your Squad with Friends

Send and accept friend requests, see current MMR, and add regular players from your friends list during match setup.

Player & hostOpen guide
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Formats & Rules6 min read

Americano vs Mexicano: What's the Difference?

Compare Americano and Mexicano pairings, round flow, and competitive intensity so you can choose the right format for your next padel session.

Player & hostOpen guide
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Start & Hosting7 min read

How to Run an Organized Padel Tournament

A practical checklist for setting players, format, courts, rounds, scoring, and a viewer link before your padel session starts.

HostOpen guide
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Features & Progress6 min read

Why Live Scoring Matters in Padel

Learn the value of a shared scoreboard, read-only viewing, and FOM Play's synchronization model so everyone knows when a shared result updates.

Player & hostOpen guide
FOM Play scoring and standings screen
Features & Progress5 min read

Padel Standings Without the Manual Recap

Learn how FOM Play builds standings from the host's recorded scores, orders players, and makes results easier to share without a second spreadsheet.

Player & hostOpen guide
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Features & Progress7 min read

How FOM Play's MMR Ranking Works

Learn when MMR changes, how match results and team strength affect it, and how a long-term ranking differs from a single-session standings table.

PlayerOpen guide

From setup to recap

Before. Courtside. Afterwards.

  1. 01

    Before play

    Pick a format, add players, set pairings and Rooms

  2. 02

    During play

    Enter scores, move through rounds, share the standings

  3. 03

    After play

    Check MMR, open Rewind, send awards to the group

FOM PLAY

Know what you want to play? Set it up now.

Pick a format, add the players, and start round one. FOM keeps the scores and standings tidy.

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