The Pro account

There's a single Pro account type — no coach tier vs organizer tier. Upgrading from a Personal account keeps everything you have (players, history, ratings) and unlocks the Pro toolkit. During setup you pick which of the three roles you want; you can add or drop roles later.

• Lessons (coach) — publish lesson listings into city/county zones, take bookings on your calendar, run recurring classes, collect reviews.
• Tournaments (organizer) — host tournaments and self-scheduled virtual leagues in your own custom zones, with entry fees collected at registration. You run the draw and report the scores.
• Community (club owner) — create private clubs: members-only zones with their own ladders, boards, and events, with an optional monthly club fee paid to you.

Coach credentials gate lessons only.To publish a lesson listing you must complete the coach profile — USTA certification info, NTRP playing level, years of experience, specialties — plus a photo and a bio. Until it's complete, the publish button tells you what's missing and points you to Pro setup.

Running tournaments or a club needs no credentials — just an active Pro account. (TFL doesn't vet or certify coaches; your credentials are shown to players as-is, alongside your reviews.)

• Pro Platform fee — one flat monthly fee (currently $10/month) that unlocks the whole toolkit: lessons, paid tournaments, and clubs.
• Subsidized player seats— your added players' TFL memberships are billed to you as seats at Pro rates (from about $4/player/month on the annual plan — cheaper than what players pay on their own). Pro accounts start at a minimum of 5 seats and grow as your roster does.
• Coach listing fee — one flat monthly coach fee covers unlimited lesson listings. There is no per-listing charge: publish as many listings as you like for the same monthly fee.

You set your own prices for everything you sell — lesson rates, entry fees, club fees. Current platform and seat prices are always shown live on the Pro pricing section.

Player payments flow through Stripe to your own connected account — lesson fees when you accept a booking, tournament entry fees when players register, club fees monthly. Set payouts up once from Platform & payouts: Stripe's hosted onboarding collects your details, and afterwards the same page links to your Stripe dashboard for balances and payout history.

Taxes: Stripe generates, delivers, and files your 1099-K when your volume requires one — TFL doesn't handle tax forms by hand.

You can schedule a downgrade any time; it takes effect at your next renewal so you keep what you paid for. Be aware of what winds down when it lands:

• Your lesson listings are cancelled (not paused).
• Your custom zones — including clubs — are deactivated.
• Your open tournaments are cancelled and registrants notified.

Re-upgrading later gives you the Pro toolkit back, but cancelled listings and events don't automatically resume — you'll recreate what you need.