Most coaches piece together their workflow from paper, spreadsheets, and generic design tools. That works -- until you need to reuse a drill from three months ago, share a plan with an assistant coach, or track athlete progress over a season.
vs. Paper and whiteboards
Paper is fast on the sideline, but it doesn't scale. You can't search last month's drills, share a diagram with a coach who wasn't there, or track which athletes attended which sessions.
Planner.coach gives you the speed of a quick sketch with the permanence of a digital library. Every drill is searchable, reusable, and shareable -- drawn on real playing surfaces with proper dimensions.
vs. Spreadsheets and Google Docs
Spreadsheets have no concept of a practice session. No drill diagrams, no phase structure, no athlete tracking. You end up maintaining separate files for plans, drawings, rosters, and calendars.
Planner.coach combines all of that. Build sessions with timed phases, drag drills with diagrams into each phase, and link everything to your athletes and calendar -- without switching tabs.
vs. Generic diagram tools
General-purpose design apps don't know what a soccer pitch looks like. You spend time drawing court lines and positioning elements that should be one click away. No session planning, no athlete management, no coaching AI.
In Planner.coach, pick your sport and get an accurate surface immediately. Player markers, cones, movement arrows, and equipment are purpose-built for coaching. The AI generates drill diagrams from text descriptions in seconds.
vs. Video analysis tools
Video analysis reviews what happened. Planner.coach plans what's next. They complement each other.
Use video to identify patterns from game footage, then open Planner.coach to design drills that address those issues and build them into a structured session plan.
What makes Planner.coach different
Sport-specific surfaces. Accurate playing surfaces for 25+ sports. No manual drawing.
AI that understands coaching. Generate drills, session plans, and diagrams from plain-language descriptions.
Structured session planning. Timed phases, drag-and-drop activities, and at-a-glance time tracking.
Athlete management built in. Profiles, measurements, Lists, and progress reports. No separate spreadsheet to maintain.
One tool instead of four. Drills, sessions, athletes, and calendar -- all connected in one place.
Try it
Create a free account at planner.coach and build your first session in under five minutes. No credit card required.