A school sports programme is a big operation hiding in plain sight. Many teams across several codes, a coach for each (often a parent or teacher volunteering), fixtures every week, and hundreds of families wanting to know what’s happening.
Most of it is still run with spreadsheets, emails and goodwill.
What schools need from sports software
A view across every team. Coordinators need to see all teams, coaches and fixtures without asking each coach individually.
Easy onboarding for coaches. Volunteer coaches won’t use a complicated system. It needs to work on a phone in minutes.
Parent communication. Families should see fixtures and updates for their child’s team without the school sending hundreds of emails.
Availability and lineups. When coaches can see who’s playing and build fair lineups quickly, they’re more likely to keep volunteering.
Fair play by default. School sport is about participation. Tools should make fair game time easy.
Affordable school pricing. A predictable monthly cost, in NZD.
How Squaddie works for schools
Squaddie is a “coach-up” platform: it makes each coach’s job easier, which makes the whole programme run better.
- School admins manage teams across sports groups and link coaches.
- Coaches handle availability, lineups and training with simple tools.
- Parents see fixtures and mark availability.
- Coaching support through a drill library and AI coaching assistant helps less experienced coaches.
Schools and clubs can choose the School / Club plan (NZD $49.99/month, up to 20 teams) or School / Club Professional (NZD $99/month, unlimited teams).
Coming next
Squaddie is building tools to help coordinators create whole rounds of fixtures at once across a sports group — a common pain point for schools running internal competitions.
Talk to us about Squaddie for your school at squaddie.app.
