> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.time2.bike/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What a team is

> Teams are racing clubs — a roster, a practice schedule, and a place riders race from. Start here if the word 'team' just came up and you're not sure what it means.

A **team** on Time2Bike is a racing club: a high-school squad, a junior
development program, a shop team, a college club. It has a roster, its own
practices, a public page, and a name that shows up next to its riders in
results.

Find your teams at [time2.bike/teams](https://time2.bike/teams) — or **Teams**
in the top navigation once you're signed in.

> !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The **Teams** page at `/teams` with two or three team cards.

## Team, organization, league — which is which?

These three words get mixed up constantly. They're separate things and they
never share permissions.

|                  | What it is                            | Who runs it                  | Example                        |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| **Team**         | A racing club riders belong to        | A coach or club owner        | Coldwater Composite            |
| **Organization** | The workspace that *hosts* races      | A promoter or race director  | Rocky Mountain Race Series     |
| **League**       | The governing body a team races under | A state or conference office | A state interscholastic league |

A rider on a team registers for events run by an organization. The team travels
with them — it shows next to their name on start lists and results — but the
organization can't edit the team, and the team can't edit the event.

<Note>
  You do **not** need an organization to run a team. Practices, rosters, and
  timing all work on a team by itself.
</Note>

## The two kinds of "role"

A team has two role systems, and they answer different questions. This is the
single most confusing thing about teams, so it's worth thirty seconds.

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Team role" icon="key">
    **Owner · Admin · Member**

    Who can *change the team* — edit settings, send invites, approve
    applications, edit the public page.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Roster role" icon="person-biking">
    **Athlete · Coach · Manager**

    What someone *does on the team* — race, run practices, handle paperwork.
    This is what the league prices dues from.
  </Card>
</Columns>

They're independent on purpose. A head coach is very often a plain **member**
with the roster role **coach** — that's normal and gives them everything they
need to run practices. A parent who set up the team is usually the **owner**
with the roster role **manager**.

See [Roster & roles](/teams/roster) for exactly what each one unlocks.

## What a team gives you

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="A roster" icon="users">
    Every athlete, coach, and manager in one list, with emergency contacts a
    tap away. See [Roster & roles](/teams/roster).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Ways in that don't cost you an evening" icon="key">
    A shared join code you read out at the first practice, a link you paste in
    a group chat, email invites, or a full application form.
    See [Invites & join codes](/teams/invites-and-codes).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Practices you can actually time" icon="stopwatch">
    Schedule a practice, and your whole roster is entered automatically. Run a
    time trial and a dual-slalom bracket at the same time on two phones.
    See [Practices](/teams/practices).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="A coach's clipboard" icon="clipboard-list">
    Every athlete against every practice — who showed, what they ran, who's
    trending the wrong way. See [The clipboard](/teams/clipboard).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Emergency info" icon="briefcase-medical">
    Who to call and what a paramedic needs to know, printable as one page for
    the trailhead. See [Emergency & medical info](/teams/emergency-info).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="A public page" icon="globe">
    `time2.bike/team/your-slug` — logo, bio, roster, and an apply button.
    See [Your public page](/teams/public-page).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Where do I go next?

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="I was given a code or a link" icon="right-to-bracket" href="/teams/join-a-team">
    Join an existing team — as a rider, a parent signing up kids, or a coach.
  </Card>

  <Card title="I'm setting up a new team" icon="flag" href="/teams/start-a-team">
    Create the team and get your riders on the roster in about ten minutes.
  </Card>
</Columns>