Youth teams for coaches & parents
Kids’ teams wey coaches dey run, with parents for the loop.
Youth sport get two audiences — the coach wey dey run the team and the parents wey dey carry the pikin come. SportPadi dey give each of dem their own view: coaches dey manage squads, fixtures and match day; parents dey add their children as wards, RSVP for dem, pay for their place and scan dem in for the venue. Children no dey get login, their profiles dey stay private, and nothing about dem go ever show for search engine.
Wards, no be accounts
Parents dey add child as ward — profile wey no get login, wey im guardians dey manage.
Coaches with limits
Coach dey run im own teams: events, line-ups, announcements, messages — nothing else.
Private by default
Wards no dey listed and nobody fit search dem; outsiders go see only first name and initial, no photo.
Parents dey really read am
Announcements dey reach every guardian, with Seen / Got it receipts for each child.
Kids’ teams with age groups
Create team as Kids instead of Adults and pick age group — Under 12, Under 16 or Under 18. When coach invite player, the child age go show beside the name as guide, so you go see ward wey don pass the age before the invite comot. The invitation itself dey go to the child guardians; if any one of dem accept, the child don enter the team.
- Under 12 · Under 16 · Under 18 age groups
- Ward ages dey show when you dey invite
- Guardians dey accept team invitations
Team events wey only the team fit see
Coach go create event for im team — training, friendly, cup match — and na only that team players, their guardians and the coaches go hear. E no go ever show for public listings, discovery or search. Parents go see one calendar entry for each team event, tagged with every pikin wey dem get for the team.
- Private to the team by default
- Recurring training dey carry forward by itself
- Reminders dey reach guardians, no be the child
Parents dey RSVP, pay and check in for their pikin
For the event page, guardian go choose who dey go — imself, one child, or both. If the event need ticket, the parent go pay for the child place. For the venue, the parent go scan the coach QR once and tick each child wey e carry come; the coach go see who let dem in.
- One scan, plenty check-ins
- Na the guardian dey pay tickets and dues
- Guardians fit check child out again
Announcements and messages wey dey reach house
Coaches dey post to their team and every guardian go get am — once each, tagged ‘For Tobi, Zara’ — with push, and email for parents wey no get the app. Read receipts dey show who don see am and who tap Got it. Parents fit message the coach about their child; every group admin fit read those threads, so nothing dey happen for hiding.
- Read receipts for each guardian
- Urgent notices dey pass through muted groups
- Coach–parent messages wey admins fit see
Who e dey for
We build am for the people wey dey run the game
Coaches
Your squads, fixtures, line-ups and match day — with the permissions wey you need and nothing extra.
Parents & guardians
Add your pikin, see their games for your calendar, pay and check dem in. Co-guardians dey share the load.
Clubs & academies
Age-group teams under one group, coaches for each team, dues for each family, and admins wey fit see everything.
FAQ
Questions about youth teams for coaches & parents
My child need account?
No. Guardian go add the child as ward: profile with name, date of birth and photo but no login, email or password. Guardians dey act for the ward — RSVPs, tickets, check-in — and dem fit invite second guardian to share am.
Who fit see my pikin profile?
By default, na only their guardians plus the admins and coaches for their groups. Everybody else go see only first name and initial, no photo. We no dey list ward profiles, people no fit search dem, and search engines no dey index dem.
Wetin coach fit do?
Create and run events for the teams wey dem dey coach, invite players and set line-ups, post announcements to the team, message their players’ guardians and officiate matches. Na only group admins fit make event for the whole group or handle money.
Two parents fit manage the same pikin?
Yes. The first guardian go invite co-guardian from the ward page. Any of dem fit RSVP, pay and check in, and both of dem go dey get the team announcements.
How age groups dey work?
You fit mark kids team as Under 12, Under 16 or Under 18. Na guide e be: coach go see each ward age when e dey invite, so players wey don pass the age go show clear, but na the coach go decide.
My pikin stats fit enter the leaderboard?
Leaderboards get age bands — Under 12, Under 16, Under 18 and Adults — and we dey rank ward for their own band, with their short name unless their profile dey public.
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