United adds PlayMetrics
Matt Callahan • April 4, 2022
We are very excited to announce that Oshkosh United is adding PlayMetrics to our club. PlayMetrics is club management software that will improve the user experience while also providing tools to improve club efficiency.
PlayMetrics will be used for the following club functions:
- Registration - Mobile friendly registration which is a new feature
- Team communication - Will replace TeamSnap starting in the fall. As players are rostered in the management system they will automatically be put onto teams for the communication app. This will greatly improve club efficiency.
- Team scheduling - Will replace TeamSnap starting in the fall. Fields are scheduled within a field scheduler and then the practice schedules will automatically be pushed out to all the clubs. This will save every team rep time in that they won't have to manually enter in the practices anymore.
- Tryout offers and acceptance - This will now be done through PlayMetrics as opposed to mail merge spreadsheets. This will improve club efficiency and will be a one stop shop for families. Players will register in PlayMetrics, receive their offer from PlayMetrics and then accept that offer within the PlayMetrics app as well. No more email responses or external spreadsheets to fill out.
- Coaches will have access to a library of practice activities.
- Our website will be hosted by PlayMetrics
- We will have the ability to provide player evaluations that will be tied to the player account and will be visible by all future coaches.
- All of our club functions will be tied to PlayMetrics. When you go into the app to see what the practice schedule is you might see that tryout registration is open. You can register or dismiss that notification until a later date. If you aren't sure if you registered, you can go into the app and easily see what you registered for. No more having multiple apps and multiple accounts, everything will be in one app which should greatly improve the user experience!!!
Timeline of rollout:
- United Rec League - currently using for registration for the spring/summer season. Will begin to use immediately.
- Academy - will use for fall season registration and from that point forward
- Select/Elite - will use for tryout registration and from that point forward
If you have any questions, just reach out!
Matt
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Tryout registration is now open! Visit the tryouts section to find out more info!
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