Simple Automation Solutions

Case Study: Coaching Planner

Completed and Delivered in December 2024

Demo Link: https://coaching-planner.bubbleapps.io/version-test/

Problem Statement:

Football coaches at the academies face a fragmented and inefficient process for managing their coaching activities. There is no single platform to plan training sessions, track players, manage teams, or analyze performance data. Existing tools are scattered, non-intuitive, and lacked the ability to generate actionable insights. The reliance on manual methods such as paper-based planning and Excel sheets further increases the workload, wasted valuable time, and limited coaches’ ability to focus on player development. Additionally, budget and time constraints made traditional custom development impractical, creating the need for a cost-effective, scalable, and user-friendly solution.

Coaching Planner is a feature rich, fully responsive web application for football coaches. It helps plan, manage, and optimize daily coaching activities. From training session design to player data analytics, everything lives in one place. The entire product is built with no code on Bubble.io, which means rapid delivery, lower cost, and easier iteration.

Coaching Planner scaled image by Simple Automation Solutions

The Coaching Planner was designed to bring together powerful features that directly addressed the everyday needs of coaches while ensuring scalability and usability. At its core, it is a fully custom SaaS platform built entirely in Bubble.io without relying on third-party backends, designed with a modular architecture to allow easy scaling and reuse. The interface is fully responsive and dynamic, adapting seamlessly to desktops, tablets, and mobile devices, while also tailoring the user experience based on screen size and user roles. Coaches benefit from workflow automation where they can create and assign drills with drag-and-drop simplicity, while players, drills, and attendance are automatically linked in the background. To support data-driven coaching, the MVP includes a centralized database of teams, players, and performance records, complemented by radar charts and bar graphs that offer visual insights through Bubble plugins. Security and privacy are maintained with role-based access controls, ensuring that each coach only sees their own data while all actions are logged. To make planning easier, the platform features a custom calendar with dynamic session planning, notifications, and an extensive drill library organized with categories and search filters for quick access. Finally, advanced filtering and search options allow coaches to refine data by player stats, age groups, sessions, and more, delivering a smooth user experience without adding complexity.

An end to end SaaS with Bubble.io. Automated workflows, responsive UI, secure data handling, and real time analytics replaced manual, paper based processes. Coaches now run their program in one system, with clarity and speed.