sportsYou - Messaging & media platform

sportsYou: The Ideal Team Communication Partner

We aim to be the best teammate you've ever had. At RISD, there are over 200 coaches, and we mandate that all of them use sportsYou. According to Leslie Slovak, the Athletic Director & THSADA President - Elect, this communication option is the top - notch platform available. It's user - friendly and well - liked by kids, parents, and coaches alike. Bobbie Kelsey, the Commissioner of Athletics and Academics at Milwaukee Public Schools, also requires all athletic programs to use sportsYou as the sole acceptable communication mode. This helps reduce the liability associated with less secure platforms.

Key Features to Elevate Team Culture

Posts: Facilitate announcements, content sharing, and engagement among athletes, families, and leadership.

Chat: Enable real - time communication with the entire team or specific groups.

Media: Showcase a vibrant gallery of all the pictures and videos taken off the field.

Calendar: Bring clarity to all team activities. Update schedules and share locations via Google Maps.

Files: Keep things organized with a centralized library for sharing and storing important documents.

The Essence of sportsYou

sportsYou is a powerful messaging and media platform owned and operated in the US. It was developed in collaboration with coaches to enhance team culture. It offers a data - secure and school - safe environment, promoting accountability and enriching youth sports communities. This helps young athletes thrive both in sports and in life.

For coaches, it allows them to reach out to athletes and families in real - time without disclosing personal emails or phone numbers. Athletic directors can get a comprehensive view of all team activities, segment teams efficiently by season, create captains' groups, and more. Athletes, parents, and team photographers have a space to share the wonderful moments they capture.

Setting up sportsYou is a breeze, and rest assured, we will never sell your data. Because for us, you're not just users; you're teammates.

Recap of Core Features

Calendar: Offers transparency for team activities, with the ability to update schedules and share locations through Google Maps.

Posts: Allow for announcements, content sharing, and interaction with everyone.

Chat: Enables real - time communication with teams or selected groups.

Teams: Let you quickly gather with an unlimited number of teammates.

Files: Provide a central library for storing and sharing important documents.

Media: Presents a dynamic gallery for team - related pictures and videos.

Comments

This is a great app. It is super easy to set up and allows seamless communication between players, parents and coaches. You can chat with each of the above separately if needed. The person who sets it up can also administer administration rights, so if you want to give extra admin privileges to your captains you can do so. The players also like that they can create their own profiles and that the calendar can sync with their google calendar. The players also can't wait to use the media module in this app. Here you can upload photos and videos to share with teammates. The app also allows you to upload documents which can then be shared with your members.

The app on the iPhone is pretty good without much issue (Please implement dark mode though in the app), but the Apple watch app does not let me sign in. When opening the watch app for the first time it gives the option to sign in on the watch itself or log in via iPhone. When pressing the option to log on via the Apple Watch, it tells you to put in your ID (what ID?) and password and doesn’t work. When selecting the log in via iPhone, it waits for you to authorize it on the iPhone, and when authorized on the iPhone, the app on the Apple Watch just sits there with “Requesting login info…” indefinitely displayed on the screen no matter how good the connection between the phone and watch is or strength of the internet or cellular connection. This is very annoying as I want to use the watch app version for this. 

Hello. So I am a player on a soccer team that use this app. I love it and it’s easy to use but there is just one tiny thing I’d add, an Apple Watch app. At school when I receive messages I can’t read it unless it’s a chat, which is really annoying if it’s an important announcement or we don’t have practice that day meaning I need to get a ride home. It doesn’t need to have everything the app for the phone has, just the ability to read messages. Besides that one tiny thing, I love this app.