It started with a sign-up sheet in a coffee shop.
Teenagers, parents, retirees, the barista — people who shared a neighborhood but not a friend group — wrote their names on a piece of paper taped to the wall, and showed up to play. It worked because it was low-stakes, in public, and human.
Rally is that sheet, grown up. Same spirit community and play first, the sport just the reason to gather.
01 A host opens a rally A time, a place, and a court-cost goal. Sunday 10am, Dundee courts, $80 to fund.
02 Everyone chips in Claim a spot with whatever you can give. Your card is authorized, not charged — yet.
03 The Pot fills → game on Hit the goal by the deadline and the court books itself. Fall short and nobody pays.
Community over competition
The sport is just the excuse. We optimize for people meeting, not for winning.
Everyone can play
Skill-blind, age-blind, wallet-blind. A 16-year-old and a 60-year-old on the same court.
Pay what you can
Chip in $3 or $20. Nobody fronts the court alone, and nobody's turned away for money.
Half paper
Print the poster, pin the sign-up sheet. If it can't live on a corkboard, it isn't done.
