GotSport Team App

I was a bit confused at first about how to use the app, but once I realized my club needed to activate my team, everything fell into place—and it became a total game-changer! Unlike other apps like TeamSnap or PlayMetrics, I don’t have to manually update games or schedules player info because GotSport Live automatically syncs with my kids’ games and team information. We use it for both rec and competitive teams, and it’s made communication so much easier. It cuts down on over-communication between parents and coaches since everything syncs directly with leagues and tournaments and my GotSport account ( just one log in for everything GotSport) . I can also create practice schedules, see who’s attending, and get important club updates—all without having to scroll through social media. The app is super simple to use, and I love that I don’t have to constantly input information. The automation and syncing save me so much time, letting me focus on what matters most—soccer!

Trying to save pics and videos shared via the chat is waaaaaay too unintuitive… I had to press/hold the screen on the pic (without opening it) to get a menu, to then click “share”, to then get another menu, to then be able to send the pictures to a browser and then from the browser, get an option to save to my Photos app. Why not have an option in the first menu?! And trying to do this with videos, couldn’t get a solution to work at all. And alternatively, having any option after you open the picture from that chat, nada. Come on GotSport, it shouldn’t be this difficult…

This app needs a lot of work. While it has the basics like a schedule, roster and a chat function, that’s about it. Basic enhancements need to be useable - 1) notifications when updates to the schedule occur. Sometimes things change quickly, especially during tournaments, so that alerting feature is a must. 2) Visibility into availability for all team members. I don’t understand why players / parents can’t see who is/is not coming. Gives players insight into what may be expected given the availability of others. 3) contact info for parents of players. Sometimes I need to shoot a text to a parent. Having visibility to a cell/email would be good. 4) ability to send email to the team within the app. This is especially useful for busy weekends when there is too much detail for a chat. These are just basics. There are a number of other enhancements needed after these are done. TeamSnap is far and away the best tool. I’ve used PlayMetrics as well, and it’s an improvement over this tool.