What is the court & pitch booking form template?
Clubs and venues without a full booking system often end up juggling court and pitch requests by phone, text and email. This template collects everything you need in one request: who's booking, which facility, when and for how long, how many players, what it's for, and what they need on the day.
Bookers give their contact details, membership number if they're a member, and any club, team or company. They pick the facility — tennis, padel, squash, badminton, pickleball, basketball, 5-a-side or full-size pitch, sports hall, swimming or running lane, bowling lane or other — whether they want indoor or outdoor, the date, start time, duration and an alternative time. Repeat bookings ask how often and until when.
The second page covers the number of players (with a supervising adult if any are under 18), names, the purpose (with the opposition for league matches), equipment hire, coaching and how they'll pay. The booker agrees to your booking terms before submitting, and each request is saved as a PDF in your FileIt vault.
- Best for
- Sports clubs, leisure centres, schools and community venues
- Filled in by
- The person making the booking
- Time to complete
- About 3 minutes
- Includes
- Repeat bookings, junior supervision, equipment hire, coaching, booking terms
Who uses a court & pitch booking form?
- A group of friends books a padel court for Saturday morning
- A 5-a-side team books the same pitch every Tuesday for a season
- A school hires the sports hall for a tournament
- A league club books a pitch for a cup match against named opposition
- A parent books a tennis court and a coach for a junior lesson
- A company books courts and equipment for a team social
Questions on this court & pitch booking form
29 questions over 3 pages · includes conditional questions, multiple pages, consent checkbox.
1 Your booking
- Your name*
- Email*
- Mobile*
- Are you a member?*
- Membership number asked only when it applies
- Club, team or company
- Facility* Tennis court · Padel court · Squash court · Badminton court · Pickleball court · Basketball court · 5-a-side pitch · Full-size pitch · Sports hall · Swimming or running lane · Bowling lane · Other
- Which facility?* asked only when it applies
- Indoor or outdoor? Indoor · Outdoor · Either
- Date*
- Start time*
- Duration* 30 minutes · 45 minutes · 1 hour · 1 hour 30 · 2 hours · 3 hours or more
- Alternative time if that's taken
- Is this a repeat booking?
- How often?* asked only when it applies Weekly · Every two weeks · Monthly
- Until* asked only when it applies
2 Players & extras
- Number of players*
- Are any players under 18?
- Supervising adult* asked only when it applies
- Players' names
- What's the booking for?* Casual game · Team training · League or cup match · Coaching or lesson · Party or event · Tournament
- Opposition and competition asked only when it applies
- Equipment to hire Rackets or bats · Balls · Bibs · Goals or nets · Scoreboard · Floodlights · Changing rooms
- Would you like to book a coach?
- Coaching details asked only when it applies
- Accessibility or other needs
- How would you like to pay?* Online payment link · On arrival · Club or company account
3 Terms
- Booking terms*
- Taking part*
The court & pitch booking form, page by page
1 Your booking
Name, email, mobile, whether they're a member (with membership number), and club, team or company. A required facility choice — 'Other' asks which — indoor or outdoor preference, date, start time, duration and an alternative time. A repeat booking asks for weekly, fortnightly or monthly and an end date.
2 Players & extras
The number of players, whether any are under 18 (which asks for a supervising adult), optional player names, and a required purpose from casual games to training, league matches, coaching, events or tournaments. League matches ask for the opposition. Equipment hire covers rackets, balls, bibs, goals or nets, a scoreboard, floodlights and changing rooms. There's a coaching request, accessibility needs, and a required payment choice with a note not to write card details.
3 Terms
A placeholder for your booking terms, a required agreement to them, and a required acknowledgement that sport carries a risk of injury.
Make the template yours
- Trim the facility list to what your venue has
- Replace the placeholder with your cancellation, weather and no-show terms
- Add a price list as a paragraph so bookers know the cost up front
- Remove the payment question if bookings are free for members
- Add a pitch size or court number question if you have several
- Set notification emails to your bookings team
Tips for a better court & pitch booking form
- Ask for an alternative time — it saves a round of emails when the first choice is taken
- Confirm repeat bookings with every date listed, so there's no confusion over holidays
- Check the supervising adult answer for junior bookings before confirming
- State your weather policy for outdoor courts clearly in the terms
- Use the Responses table as a waiting list when popular slots fill up
Every response becomes a PDF in your vault
Each booking request is saved as a PDF in your vault and your team is emailed straight away. The booker sees a message saying you'll confirm availability and the price by email.
Sort the Responses table by date to work through requests in order, and keep repeat bookings together so the season's schedule is easy to check.
- Start from this template. It opens in the FileIt Forms designer — change any question, add pages, set the rules for when questions appear.
- Share it. Turn on a public link, or send it to people by email, each with their own link. They don’t need a FileIt account.
- Get the answers as PDFs. Each response is saved as a PDF in the vault folder you choose, with uploaded files attached — and listed in a Responses table you can export to CSV.
Court & pitch booking form: frequently asked questions
Is this court and pitch booking template free?
Yes, it's included in the Forms app on every FileIt account, including the free plan, and every question can be edited.
Does this form check availability in real time?
No. It collects a booking request. Your team checks availability and confirms by email.
Can people make weekly repeat bookings?
Yes. Answering yes to a repeat booking asks for the frequency and an end date.
Can I take payment on the form?
No. The form records how the booker wants to pay. Send a payment link or take payment on arrival.
Which sports does it cover?
Tennis, padel, squash, badminton, pickleball, basketball, 5-a-side and full-size pitches, sports halls, swimming and running lanes, bowling lanes and anything else you add.
What if children are playing?
Answering yes to players under 18 asks for the name of a supervising adult who'll be there for the whole booking.