Coach's Clock app good for
This app is very simple but thats why it is so good. Ive used this app for a season now and will continue to use it next. I tried other apps and found them difficult to use especially when players end up in the wrong positions or you need to quickly sub a player out. The simple nature of this app allows you to quickly make corrections. I also enjoy the freedom to place players down anywhere in any number or formation, this makes Coaches Clock more flexible than other player substitution apps.
Let me turn off seconds display. Its distracting and superfluous.
Add an easily-seen counter for the total number of on-field player cycles for each player (configurable to show or not show)
Let me erase from the screen (but bring back if needed, during the game) players that are injured or didnt show up (or are really late to practice).
I have been wracking my brain for a couple days now trying to come up with an easy efficient way of keeping track. I was writing all this down but found myself getting confused and missing important subs etc. This will really help!
I wish I had found this years ago! Loaded on iPad in waterproof case and we are good to go for soccer season. At start of game I just show the ipad instead of yelling out eleven positioning instructions. Substitutions are clear and intuitive. The time tracking saves me from looking at the bench and wondering or having to ask who has been sitting the longest. Rec leagues usually require equal play time and with large teams that is an annoying challenge when you are also trying to direct the game.
The update changed the text color to black, making it very hard to read. Was a lot easier to read player names in white text.
Ive been using this for a couple years now for my youth soccer teams. Definitely recommend.
Some bad moments
Crashes whenever you try and do any sport other then soccer...not worth the money, should provide refund
Im looking for an app to help with substitutions for a youth sports team (soccer). This app is great in its simplicity allowing you to plan substitutions based on current time in and (total playing time). You can manage the next substitution by dragging and dropping players from the bench to the field, get all the bench players set to go in and let them know who they are replacing, and then simply mark the timing of the planned substitution with the push of a button. This is great for a coach who is busy enough at substitution time.
I cant overstate the utility of the "planned" substitution feature of this app. This feature alone is worth the modest price.
The only thing missing to me is the ability to name the positions or in some other way record where the players had played. You can easily drag the players anywhere on the field to reflect your playing strategy. However, at least in youth soccer, it is important to move players around and give them the chance to play everywhere. It would be nice to have this recorded and pull up a quick summary by tapping on the player with a final game summary (available to email).
Does what it says. In addition to the feature recommended by the prior reviewer, I would suggest adding a countdown feature for the game clock to reflect time remaining rather than elapsed.
I love this app! Rec leagues are supposed to be about giving young boys and girls the opportunity to learn and enjoy sports. Too often,
Coaches and parents get too wrapped up in winning at a very young age. This app helps bring rec league sports back to its core value by giving coaches an easy way to track time played and spread playing time out more evenly giving each child equal opportunity to experience the game.
As simple as this app is to use, I suggest that the coach assign an assistant or parent to track time so that he/she can concentrate on other aspects of the game and better recognize areas where team members need work or guidance.
I agree that the ability to track positions played would be useful. I would also love to see the ability to track points scored. If everyone on the team has scored except one or two players, we try to get the ball to those players and give them the opportunity to score. I prefer the time accumulation to time elapsed. If you make that enhancement, please make it a user-definable setting.
Great app for rec. coachs keeping tack of player position and time on field. Very easy to use. However, travels coaches would also like to keep track of game score, basic individual player stats.......goals, assists, etc. Would also like to see a feature that would log all of this info. to keep track of an entire season. Even without the extras mentioned, I still love this app and will be putting it to use this upcoming spring season.
Perfect app. Does what is says, no more, no less.
Suggestions:
After making the sub, sort the players on the bench by time so we can easily see who has priority. You could use a background color for the player box to indicate priority if auto-positioning doesnt appeal to you.
Check out the app Paperless Lite - they have a nice GUI for adding to a their lists. Yours works fine, but could be easier.
Time in goal vs field position would be nice to have, but I wouldnt sacrifice simplicity.
Nice work!
