Retain your families.Retain your coaches.Grow your program.
The player development platform for clubs, camps and trainers. Coaches just talk. playerborn turns their raw notes into a real development update for every family.
Beckett and number 22Jack were really sharp on ground balls today. Owen, you've got to be louder on defense. Call out the slides.
✕Mateo won four of five at the X. Beckett needs to work on his off-ball cutting. He's standing still, find the opening and show.
✕Number 7Luke, great job on the clear. Calm with the ball under pressure, and Owen too
Hold to record • Say the player's name or number first
Hands-free option. Coaches can record with the phone in their pocket.
“Beckett, your right hand is excellent, and ground balls keep getting stronger.”
See Beckett's full example →Why it's different.
Other tools just put the clipboard online. playerborn turns how coaches already talk into development every family can follow.
Not a clipboard put online.
Other tools just move the clipboard to a screen: sliders, forms and setup. With playerborn, coaches just talk, with a hands-free option, and every player gets a real update.
Feedback built to stick.
Every update follows what more than 100 studies say about giving kids feedback, so players take it in and act on it.
Every update fits the player.
Written for each player's age, skill level, gender and sport. Beginners get encouragement and a clear next step; experienced players get it straight. It lands with every player.
Sport skills and mindset.
Mindset gets the same weight as skills, so families see the whole player and players work on the habits holding them back.
It speaks your sport.
Built from millions of words of real coaching in your sport, with reference players and drills for each area to develop. Players know exactly what to practice.
A development arc, not a report card.
Each update builds on the last: strengths, ongoing focuses and what's getting stronger. Families watch their player's development all season, and that keeps them in your program.
Built with the family in mind.
Coaches say what they think, however bluntly. playerborn keeps every point and words it constructively, so families get the whole message, said with respect.
No app required.
Updates and voice notes arrive by email, so every family gets them with no download. The family app adds private booking, the drill library and the players-to-know library.
Tryouts without clipboards.
Every coach taps the same button and talks. Their notes land on one profile per player, so you get a complete picture of everyone and pick your teams from it.
Each coach taps and talks. Their notes land on the player's profile, under their name.
Charlotte Whitman
Dodging and vision are the standout signals: coaches described her first step as elite and noted she reads the field two passes ahead. Mindset signal is uniformly positive across coachability, composure, compete level, and communication, all at maximum intensity.
Coaches described her first step as elite: she blew by her defender on every dodge and beat her mark off the split every single rep. Vision was called out repeatedly: she sees the field two passes ahead and hit the skip on time. Took a correction and applied it on the next rep; organized her group without being asked. Favors her right hand: predictable dodging left.
Sees the field two passes ahead, hit the skip on time.
stick work might be the best out here
Hardest worker on the field at every station.
Can tighten the slide recovery on the back end.
Snap each player's photo at check-in. It shows on every coach's screen.
Every evaluator's notes land on one profile, scored for skill and mindset, with tough and easy graders evened out.
A one-line take on where she stands out, then a summary of what the coaches saw.
Open any coach to see their own words. Trust one coach on midfielders? Read theirs first. If coaches disagree, it's flagged here.
Pick your teams right then and there, then upload them into your roster management platform.
Parent complaints often aren't about the coaching. They're about not knowing.
In a twelve-year study of a pro soccer academy, many parent concerns came from not knowing how their child was developing. Once families got clear, regular updates, complaints fell 80% from their peak.
Good for the player. Good for the family.
A complete development package.
Everything a player needs to develop, checked off in every update.
- Knows where they stand
Strengths and areas to develop, from every practice and game, in plain words.
- A clear next step
What to work on next, ending with a question that gets them thinking.
- Tools to work on their own
Solo drills for each area, ready whenever they are.
- Players to watch
Reference players who do exactly what they're working on.
- Mindset, not just skills
How they compete, respond to mistakes and lead, with the same weight as skills.
- Proof they're getting better
A development arc that shows how far they've come since the start of the season.
Finally, a window into their development.
Families see what the coach sees, and how to help.
- Know what the coach thinks
No more guessing. Families hear what the coach sees, skills and mindset, every few weeks.
- Understand the why
What happened, what it means and what comes next, so there's less to worry about.
- See progress since day one
A development arc that shows how their player has grown across the season.
- Help at home
Drills and players to watch they can use together, even if they never played the sport.
- Book privates that build on it
They book a coach who sees their player's profile first, so every session counts.
- More value from their investment
Families invest a lot of time and money in their player's sport. playerborn gives them more value from it.
What the research covers.
playerborn is built on more than 100 published studies on how to talk to kids about their game. These are the areas they cover.
The research →Clinics and privates, too.
Every attendee goes home with an update.
Small-group training for players from inside and outside your club.
- Members and guests alike. Everyone who attends gets a written update.
- A first look at your coaching. Guests' families see what your program is like.
- A development arc across sessions. Multi-session clinics track each player's progress from one session to the next.
A write-up after every private.
Families book the coaches your program approves, and pay through playerborn.
- Coaches post their own times. Families book what's open.
- The coach sees the player's profile first, so the session is built for that player.
- The family gets a written update after every session.
Reach families in real time.
Some things can't wait for the next update.
Up to a minute in the coach's own voice, sent to a player's family the moment it's recorded.
Say it once. It goes out right away as a clean written message to the players you pick.
Message any coach or director in your program, by email and in the app.
Built for every kind of program.
Camps
Every camper goes home with a written update, even when visiting college coaches run the session.
For camps →Community rec programs
Rec leagues and community organizations. Volunteer coaches just talk, and every family gets a real update.
For programs →Running a showcase? Talk to us.
See it with your own roster.
A short walkthrough with an example for your sport and age group.
Retain your families. Retain your coaches. Grow your program.