Coach/Entraineur

Player attrition rarely happens overnight a player misses one session, then two, then quietly stops responding. By the time a coach notices, the relationship has cooled and re-engagement is a difficult conversation.

Quiet attrition is also expensive: replacing a developed competitive player takes years. Coaches need an early-warning system that flags pattern changes (declining attendance, missed goal check-ins, disengagement from squad chat) before the player has emotionally exited.

The signal must be timely and actionable, not a quarterly report.

The coach dashboard scores each player on engagement (attendance, goal updates, session logging) and surfaces a weekly at-risk list with one-tap re-engagement actions message, schedule a 1:1, suggest a tailored drill. Goal-tracking is integrated, so coaches see not just attendance but whether players are progressing on the goals they set together.

Pétanque has historically lacked the objective metrics that football and tennis take for granted. Selection conversations devolve into reputation and recent visible results, leaving developing players feeling overlooked and selectors exposed to bias accusations.

Players themselves need evidence that the work is paying off otherwise motivation drains. Position-specific metrics (pointer success rate at distance, shooter efficiency under pressure, tactical decision quality) make the invisible visible and let coaches build a defensible case for selection or rotation.

Player analytics per position aggregates session and match data into role-specific dashboards: pointer accuracy by distance and surface, shooter percentage by carreau vs simple touch, tactical metrics from match scoring. Performance benchmarks contextualise each athlete against squad and federation peers.

Coaches export selector-ready briefings in two clicks.

Coordinating eight working adults around shared courts, club commitments, and a tournament calendar is a logistical drain that consumes hours coaches would rather spend on the boules. Group chats fragment, doodle polls die, and players miss sessions because the schedule lived in three different threads.

A unified squad calendar with smart polling restores the coach's time and ensures attendance decisions are made on data, not on whoever shouted loudest in the chat.

Squad calendar and availability syncs personal calendars, court bookings, and the federation competition schedule. Coaches propose sessions; players respond with one tap; the system suggests optimal times based on historical availability.

Conflicts with sanctioned competitions surface automatically so the squad never books over a key tournament.