---
title: "Starting a Playbook from a Template"
description: "Start a new playbook from a ready-made HockeyShare template instead of a blank page, then make it your own."
category: "Playbooks"
published: "2026-10-10 20:19:11"
updated: "2026-10-11 00:19:11"
url: "https://www.hockeyshare.com/support/kb/playbooks/playbook-templates"
---

# Starting a Playbook from a Template

Templates are ready-made playbooks built by HockeyShare, like a systems playbook with the sections already laid out. Starting from one gives you a structure to fill in instead of a blank page.

## Step 1 — Pick a template

Go to **Playbooks → New Playbook**. Under **Start from a template**, each card shows the template's name, its category and how many sections it has. Click **Use this template** on the one you want.

![Start from a template section with a template card and Use this template button](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a12841-d5bc-7e13-89a6-ad9907fea6de/-/format/webp/)

## Step 2 — Make it yours

The builder opens with your own copy of the template. Change anything you like: rewrite the text, swap in your own drills, add or remove blocks. Click **Playbook Settings** to rename it, add a description, attach teams or set it to public.

## What you get

- A copy of every section in the template, in the same order.
- The copy is **private**. Nobody else can see it until you share it.
- It isn't attached to any team yet, and it has no tags.
- Changes you make never affect the template, and later changes to the template don't affect your copy.

## Good to Know

- A playbook made from a template counts toward your playbook limit like any other. Free accounts can have one playbook.
- Don't see **Start from a template**? There are no templates available yet; start blank instead.

## Tips

- Use a template once to see how a good playbook is laid out, then build your own the same way.
- Replace the template's example drills with drills from your own library using the **Hockey Drill** block, so your players see your diagrams.