Managing Your Sports Team

It is amazing how the simplest of web tools can make life just a little bit easier. I have played on an indoor soccer team for the past five years and it has always been a bit of a headache for the team manager (thankfully never me) to make sure the team is organized for each game. The league has always posted their schedule online and we have a team Facebook Group, but our manager has still always had to individually contact each player to make sure they are coming, a time consuming minor headache.

Lately, I've come across many web tools that shoot to make recreational team organization much easier. Unfortunately, our league has mandated one of my least favorites by only posting the league schedule at Pointstreak.net. I am not a fan, especially considering that I have tried many superior sites. Two of my favorites team organization sites are local Vancouver products, TeamPages and RosterBot. I recommend TeamPages to teams looking for a more involved home on the web with forums, stat tracking, photos, and more. If you are looking for a simple tool that lets you organize your team, find out who's playing, and get people to the game, use RosterBot. TeamPages is really the social networking version of RosterBot and I prefer the latter's simplicity, which is really what makes any web tool standout for me.

When it comes to tools like RosterBot, what I want is something that lets me do what I need to do (not what I might want to do) as easily as possible. I don't need to make friends with other soccer players, chat about the game, post pictures, and whatnot. What I need to do is create a group for my team, add players, schedule games, find out who's coming to the games, and get everyone to the game. RosterBot does all of that with sweet email notifications, maps to the game, and calendar integration. TeamPages is cool, but RosterBot just does it for me without the clutter. Here's hoping for next season...

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist