Player development, made visible

Their next goal, in the coach's words — with the clip that proves it.

A private development record for each player: what they're working on, how it's going, the match moments that show it — shared with their family.

Built on a season of real matches at a grassroots academy: 382 tagged moments, 22 goals placed on the pitch and in the goal, one record per child.

7AlfieU8 · right-footed · 2 objectives

Finish with the left foot

Set 14 September by Coach Dan · review 12 December
StartedWorking onGetting thereGot it

Nearly every shot so far has been with the right. A defender who knows that can show him onto the left; a shot with either foot is twice as hard to stop.

Septv Wroxham · 12'
Octv Blofield · 31'
Novv Aylsham · 7'
0 of 11left-foot shots, Sept
4 of 9left-foot shots, Nov
2left-foot goals
From the coachesHe's stopped shifting it onto his right. The second clip is the moment it clicked — watch his first touch.
One record per player, richer every seasonCoach's judgement, evidenced on videoEach family sees only their own childYour badge, your domain
For academies

Make the quality of your coaching visible.

Parents pay for development they mostly can't see. Sessions happen on a Tuesday night; the match is a blur from the touchline; the report comes twice a year. KickForward shows them, match by match, what your coaches are doing and that it's working.

01

Objectives with evidence, not adjectives

A coach sets what a player is working on, in their own words. Each objective carries the clips that show it and the numbers that back it — the left-foot count, the tackles won, the shots on target.

02

Progress that survives the season

September's assessment sits next to December's and March's. The record follows the player through age groups and coaches, so the story isn't lost every time a group is reshuffled.

03

Retention you can point to

A family that can see their child getting better is a family that renews. The parent's page answers "how's he doing?" before they have to ask you in the car park.

04

Coaches' time, respected

Tag a match in an evening from the video. Objectives are suggested from the record — the rules, not a robot — and a coach adds, edits or dismisses them. Corrections are one click, from anywhere a moment is shown.

05

Safeguarding by design

Every family signs in and sees exactly one child: theirs. No names on the shared pages, no league table of seven-year-olds, no lost tackles on a parent's screen. Coaches never see a spreadsheet.

06

Yours, not ours

Your badge in the header, your colours, your domain. Everything you record is yours to export — a workbook a coach can hand to any tool they like.

What a parent sees

Their child, and only their child. One page, one story, top to bottom.

  • Development — what the coaches are working on, how it's going, a note written for them.
  • Highlights — the coach's picks first, then every goal, chance, tackle and save, each one playable from a few seconds before.
  • Season — goals, assists, where they shoot from, which foot; the same tiles for a keeper or a defender as for a striker.
  • Matches — every result and what their child did in it.
  • Journey — first goal, first start in goal, the objective they completed.

What a coach does

Ten minutes after a match, an evening when the video's up.

  • Pitchside — goals, kick-offs and the line-up on a phone, no signal needed.
  • Tag the video — one key per event: shot, tackle, save, key pass, beat a player. Where from, which foot, where it went.
  • Star the moments a family should watch; attach them to an objective.
  • Read the numbers — what they say about the team, the opposition and each player, each line with how much it rests on.
  • Set the next goal — from a suggestion or from scratch; the family sees it that evening.
How it works

From the final whistle to the family's phone.

SATURDAY 10:40

Pitchside

The coach logs goals, kick-offs and who's on, as it happens. Works with no signal at the ground.

SUNDAY EVENING

Tag the match

Video up, tagger open. Every moment gets a player, a place on the pitch and — for a shot — where it went and with which foot.

MONDAY 03:15

The record updates itself

Overnight, everything tagged is folded into each player's record and every page rebuilds. Nobody runs anything.

MONDAY 07:30

The family opens it

Their child's page, with the weekend's moments and a note from the coach. The objective has one more clip on it.

What the numbers say

Insight without a robot in the room.

Every line is a rule over the record — a count, a share, a comparison — with how many moments it rests on. Nothing is generated; nothing is guessed. Coaches see it, act on it or dismiss it. Parents see the outcome: an objective in a coach's words.

67% of Alfie's attempts hit the target (4 of 6), 3 in.n=6
0 of 6 attempts with the left foot.n=6
Tackles: 9 won, 14 lost — 39% won, squad 62%.n=23
Most clearances in the squad: 9.n=9
Busiest in Q2: 27 of 48 recorded actions.n=48
Suggested by the numbers — nothing is set until you add it
Timing the tackle

14 of 23 tackles lost. The willingness is there; the timing is what to work on.

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Privacy and ownership

Built for a sport played by children.

  • A family signs in and is linked to one child by a coach. They see that child, and the team's football — never another child's misses.
  • Guests see fixtures, results and a sample page with nobody in it.
  • Every action a coach takes on the site is logged: who corrected what, who approved whom.
  • The record is exported nightly to a private backup you hold.
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Start with one age group.

A pilot is a season with one squad: we set up the club, the coaches tag, the families sign up. If the parents don't ask for the other age groups by Christmas, we've both learned something.

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