Set Up Your Play Profile
Tell us how you play — skill tier, format, dominant hand, goals, and postcode — so Find a Game can match you to the right games
Set Up Your Play Profile
Your play profile tells the platform how you actually play — the level you're at, the format you prefer, your dominant hand, what you're hoping to get out of badminton, and roughly where you live. It takes about 60 seconds to fill in and it's the data Find a Game uses to match you to the right games.
You can fill it in during onboarding (it's the second step after the identity questions) or later from the How you play section of your profile.
Why We Ask
The play profile powers two things in v1, with more on the way:
- Find a Game matching — when you open
/find-a-game, we default the level filter to roughly your level (±1 tier), and rank nearer-to-you games higher using your postcode. Without a play profile, the surface can't help you. - Game-create defaults for hosts — if you host a game, we default the level range and format to yours, so you don't fill the form from scratch every time.
In future waves: career stats by format, partner / opponent suggestions, training-content recommendations.
We don't share your level or goals publicly without you joining or hosting a game. Your postcode is only used to compute distance — never displayed to other players.
What You'll Be Asked
Self-rated Level
Pick the tier that best describes you. Be honest — overstating leaves you out of your depth, understating gets you matched into games that will bore you.
| Tier | What it means |
|---|---|
| Beginner | New to the sport, learning the basics. |
| Improver | Playing 1-2x/week, learning shots and tactics. |
| Club player | Comfortable in club nights and friendly matches. |
| County player | Competing in county leagues or county-level tournaments. |
| National player | National-circuit competitor. |
| Open / mixed | I play across levels. |
If you straddle two tiers, pick the lower one — it's better to get matched up than to find yourself out of your depth.
Primary Format
A chip select: Singles, Doubles, Mixed, or Any. Pick what you play most. "Any" tells us you're equally happy across formats and we'll surface a wider mix.
Dominant Hand
Right or Left. Used for partner-suggestion features later — left-handers are valuable mixed-doubles partners and we surface that information for hosts who want a balanced pairing.Goals
Multi-select — pick everything that applies:
- Social games
- Improve fitness
- Compete
- Return to sport
- Junior development
Goals don't filter Find a Game results in v1, but they do shape what we show you in later waves (training content, club recommendations, league prompts).
Postcode
Free-text postcode field with a find my location assist that fills it in from your device. We geocode it server-side and only store the rough lat/long for distance calculations. You can change it later if you move.
Filling It in Later
If you skipped the play profile during onboarding (or you're an existing member who joined before this surface launched), you'll see a card on your /me home:
"Tell us how you play. We'll use it to find games at your level."
> Set up my play profile
That CTA takes you to the How you play section of your profile. It's the same form — fill it in once and the card disappears.
We'll show the card on first and second load of /me. On the third load, if you still haven't filled it in, you'll see a one-time blocking step before the rest of /me loads. You can skip it again — but Find a Game won't be useful to you until the data is there. After three skips we stop nagging.
Updating Your Play Profile
Your level and goals will change. To update them later:
- Go to My profile from the sidebar (
/me/profile). - Scroll to the How you play section.
- Adjust any field — level, format, hand, goals, postcode.
- Tap Save changes.
Updates take effect immediately on Find a Game — your default level filter and any saved-search rules use the new values from the next page load.
Privacy
- Your level, format, hand, and goals are private until you join or host a game. When you do, the host (or your fellow joiners) can see your level — that's the whole point. They don't see your goals.
- Your postcode is never shown to other players. It's used for distance maths only.
- You can clear or change any of these fields whenever you like.
If you want to wipe the play profile entirely, contact your club committee or use Delete account under privacy — see Deleting your account.