As a player, I mainly need to know when and where practice starts. As a coach, I also need to know who’s coming so I can plan drills for the group. As a youth coordinator, I need to see how the schedules of several teams fit together.
When a practice moves and attendance is tracked in a separate chat, someone has to piece together the current plan. I wanted the time, place, and replies in one spot. That was the starting point for TeamSet.
One person can have several roles
Someone can play on one team and coach another. TeamSet gives each person one account and assigns roles within each team. I can open the same app to check my own practice and then see who has replied for a team I coach.
One practice, one reply
Say the under-16s and under-18s train together. Someone who plays on both teams should count as one participant. In TeamSet, both teams see the same event and attendance list. That player replies once, and the coaches see one entry.
A double entry might sound like a small detail. It matters when you’re using the list to work out how many people will actually be in the gym.
Back in the gym
With twelve players coming, I might plan two groups. With six, I’d set up the drill differently. Knowing that before I get to the gym is what makes the schedule useful to me. It’s still the test I come back to when I work on TeamSet.