# Getting started

Canonical: https://rufiostats.com/help/getting-started

Set up an organization, a team, or a single player, or join one that already exists.

## Sign in first

Rufio Stats uses an Arbito account. You need to sign in before creating a team, player, organization, or your own practice plan. Following a public team also needs an account, but watching a public team page does not.

Open the menu (top left) and tap **Sign in or create account**. Accounts are for ages 13 and older.

You can browse drills and run built-in plans on the [Practice tab](https://rufiostats.com/help/practice-tab) without an account or a team.

The menu. Your account sits at the top; teams, players, and the teams you follow are listed below it.

![The menu. Your account sits at the top; teams, players, and the teams you follow are listed below it.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/drawer.webp)

## The first-run screen

On a fresh install you get three choices. You can come back to this screen any time from the menu under **Setup**.

- **I was invited to a team**: enter the code you were sent. See [People and roles](https://rufiostats.com/help/people-and-roles#joining).
- **Jump in**: adds a demo team with a full roster and played games so you can poke around. On a fresh install it first asks the same three tracking questions a new team gets. Remove it any time from the menu.
- **Follow a team**: search public teams and follow the ones you care about.

First run. Tap "Skip setup" to go straight to the app.

![First run. Tap "Skip setup" to go straight to the app.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/wizard-welcome.webp)

The demo team is the fastest way to see what a full season looks like. It stays on your device only and never syncs.

## Adding a team, organization, or player

Every **+** in the menu opens the same short flow. First choose whether you are joining something someone else set up or creating something new. Then pick how much you are tracking.

Left: join or create. Right: one team, more than one team, or just one player.

![Left: join or create. Right: one team, more than one team, or just one player.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/add-what.webp)
![Left: join or create. Right: one team, more than one team, or just one player.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/add-scope.webp)

| Pick | When | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| One team | You coach or keep stats for a single roster. | A team with its own roster, schedule, and stats. |
| More than one team | A club, school, or program. | An organization. Teams are filed under it, share settings, and get a combined dashboard. |
| Just one player | You follow one athlete wherever they play. | A player workspace. No roster to build; stats belong to the player. |

This only decides how things are filed. You can add more teams, another organization, or a player later either way.

## Setting up an organization

1. Tap **+** next to **Organizations & teams**, then **Set up something new**.
2. Pick **More than one team**.
3. Name the organization and tap **Continue**.
4. Name its first team and tap **Create team**. An organization always starts with one team.

Naming the organization.

![Naming the organization.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/add-org.webp)

Once it exists, tap the organization in the menu to open its home: an overview across all teams, the team list, combined stats, and a **Manage** tab for staff and seats. Teams inside it can inherit tracking settings from the organization or override them.

## Setting up a team

1. Tap **+**, then **Set up something new**, then **One team** (or **Add a team** under an organization).
2. Pick **Indoor 6v6** or **Beach doubles (beta)**. It can be changed until the team has its first game.
3. Name the team. You can add optional details for the public directory now or later.
4. Tap **Create team**. You land on the team's Games tab.
5. Open the **Roster** tab and add players. You can also import a roster later.

Left to right: pick One team, choose indoor or beach, then fill the Roster tab.

![Left to right: pick One team, choose indoor or beach, then fill the Roster tab.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/add-scope.webp)
![Left to right: pick One team, choose indoor or beach, then fill the Roster tab.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/new-team.webp)
![Left to right: pick One team, choose indoor or beach, then fill the Roster tab.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/roster.webp)

The gear next to the team name opens the team page: tracking settings, **Manage** (people and invites), schedule, sync, sharing, and what other people can see.

The team page.

![The team page.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/team-page.webp)

Right after the team is created, three quick questions set up live tracking: which stats this device enters, whether to tap the court for locations, and whether to track set types and attack types. Each question opens with a recommended answer already picked, based on how much this one device is covering. Skip it any time. You can answer the same three questions later from the team's tracking settings, under **Choose a tracking level…**.

Question 1 and question 3. Each one shows what the live screen looks like either way, with the recommended answer already picked.

![Question 1 and question 3. Each one shows what the live screen looks like either way, with the recommended answer already picked.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/tracking-level-1.webp)
![Question 1 and question 3. Each one shows what the live screen looks like either way, with the recommended answer already picked.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/tracking-level-3.webp)

To log stats for the team only, with no player picking at all, pick **Team totals only** on the first question, or turn on **Team stats only** later under [Team tracking settings](https://rufiostats.com/help/team-tracking-settings#tracking-options).

## Tracking a single player

1. Tap **+** next to **Players** in the menu.
2. Enter the jersey number, name, and optionally a position.
3. Tap **Start tracking**.

A player workspace has a **Games**, **Stats**, and **Player** tab. Under the player's tracking settings you choose **Simple** (score plus core stats, good from the stands) or **Advanced** (court, rotation, and subs). You can switch any time, even mid-game.

## Sync and sharing

Anything you create while signed in syncs to your account automatically. If a team was created offline or before you had an account, its team page shows **Sync to website** with a **Turn on** button. Turn it on to back the team up and to use invites and the public page.

- **Sync now** pushes everything on this device right away.
- **Share team link** sends the public stats page. It only works once **Public team page** is on under Stat visibility.
- Use the menu on the sync row if a device stops syncing: **Reconnect** refreshes its connection.