New to Rotato? Start with Getting started. It walks through the demo teams and setting up your own program in about ten minutes. Can't find something? Check Troubleshooting or use our contact form.
- Getting startedSet up Rotato in about ten minutes: try the demo school and club programs, create your program, add a team and roster, and build your first lineup.
- Programs, teams and seasonsHow Rotato organizes your volleyball program: programs hold seasons, seasons hold teams, and players carry across seasons with a jersey number per team.
- New season rolloverRoll your volleyball program into next season in Rotato: graduate seniors and move players up for school teams, or reset rosters for club teams.
- Roster importBring your roster into Rotato by pasting a list or CSV, using a Google Doc or Sheet link, or taking a photo of a printed roster. Review before saving.
- Lineups and systemsBuild a volleyball lineup in Rotato: pick Standard, Triangle / 3-Middle or Texas with a 5-1, 6-2, 5-2 or 4-2, then edit serve order, roles and rules.
- Liberos and subsSet up one or two liberos, who they replace and whose serve they take, plus front-row and back-row substitutions with a running sub count per set.
- Rotations boardUse Rotato's rotations board: step through R1–R6, switch between serve receive, serving, defense and offense, drag players, and fix overlap warnings.
- DefenseSet up defense in Rotato: base, OH, Middle and RS block and backrow views, with perimeter, rotation, man-up, middle-middle and pinch systems.
- Offense and playsDraw serve receive, free ball, in system and out of system plays for every rotation, using USA Volleyball set names or your own calls.
- Player card New in 1.1Tap a player in Rotato to see their job in every phase of a rotation: serve receive, serving, defense and offense, and change their set or defensive spot.
- Share with your teamShare a team from Rotato on iPad or Mac with a link or 6-letter code. Players and parents see rotations, plays, roster and schedule on iPhone, view only.
- Join a team on iPhonePlayers and parents: install Rotato free on iPhone, then tap your coach's link or enter the 6-letter team code to see rotations, plays, roster and schedule.
- AES tournamentsLink your club team to AES once and Rotato follows its tournaments all season: times, courts, work duties, calendar, and alerts when a schedule posts or moves.
- Print & share PDFsPrint or share PDFs from Rotato: lineup sheets in NFHS or USAV layout, all six rotations on one page, and a play sheet. Plus program export and import.
- Rotato AI photo lineups New in 1.1Snap a photo of a lineup sheet, whiteboard court or rotation wheel and Rotato AI puts the lineup on the board, matched to your roster. How it works and what it uses.
- Plans & purchases New in 1.1How Rotato plans work: Free, Assistant Coach, Head Coach and Program, what counts as a team, extra AES teams, restoring purchases and managing subscriptions.
- Send feedbackRotato is brand new and coach feedback decides what we build next. Send feedback from Settings in the app or use the contact form on the website.
- TroubleshootingFixes for common Rotato questions: overlap warnings, team links and codes, AES schedules not posted, notifications, roster import, backups and moving devices.
Coaching guides
Rules and systems explained in plain language: volleyball rotations, 5-1 vs 6-2, overlap rules and libero rules.