How to save time as a coach

Being in charge of a team is hard work, with plenty to organise both on and off the pitch. As a coach, you may be in charge of your team alongside your day-to-day life, leaving you with limited time to prepare for training or your fixtures. We know how difficult it is to be organised when you're in a hurry!

Here are our top tips to help you save time as a coach whilst staying organised, so you can get the most out of your team!

Utilise the skills available

A problem shared is a problem halved! Utilise the team of coaches, board members and players around you. If you have their contact details delegate jobs to them, be that financial duties or arranging fixtures. Trust them to complete various jobs but remain in communication this means should any problems arise, everyone can help out. Delegating jobs to members of your team will alow you to focus on the more important tasks in hand.

Keep everything in one place

Lots of paperwork can be a nightmare, especially when you don't have long to find a particular snippet of information! Documents such as sign-up forms will build up; make sure you group these together in a folder and keep it somewhere you can easily access it.

Or perhaps it's time for you to go paperless?! Tools such as teamo are available, allowing you to keep everything in one place. From organising team sheets to your player's contact information, you'll be able to access this all with just a few taps on your phone - saving you time trying to find that lost piece of paperwork!

Use a Database

Club registration can always be a little stressful and often a long process, particularly if you have a lot of members, all communicating via different avenues. Build a membership database on your computer - or even printed out a spreadsheet - so that you have all team information in one place. Make sure you have their up-to-date contact details and any relevant information you need as this will save you time in the future. Alternatively, with teamo, every time a player registers with your club via the app they are automatically added to an online database. You can search, download and sort this database all in one place without having to update it! Whenever your players change their details this will automatically sync to your club database.

We know how frustrating it can be making sure you don't miss anyone out when sending an important email to your players, but with teamo, you'll never need to fear again! The teamoMail, service allows you to send emails to a certain group, the whole club or individually through one email address, saving you time when sending important messages.

If you want to see how teamo can save you and your players time and effort, download teamo today!