Tool tips · Planning sessions
Planning a block instead of planning a Tuesday
Five weeks at a glance, so a topic gets long enough to land.
Training weeks, match days and reflection deadlines in one view, with a 48-hour revisit prompt on every reflection.
When
Set it at the start of the season and let it prompt you.
Why
The 48-hour prompt asks what you think NOW, which is a different answer from the one you gave on the night, once the feeling has cleared.
The mistake most coaches make
Changing topic every week because the last game exposed something. Three weeks on one theme beats nine weeks on nine, and a topic abandoned after one session was never coached, it was mentioned.
Measured in weeks.
In practice
Log a reflection on Tuesday night. On Thursday the product asks what actually mattered about it. Coaches routinely change their answer, and the second one is the useful one.
Season calendar
Open it and try it on one session
You will not get anything out of a single entry, and that is the honest answer. Season calendar is inside the platform. Setting up takes a couple of minutes and needs no payment details.
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