Youth Player

A 14-year-old will not check a complex calendar. They will, however, react to a phone notification at the right moment.

The challenge is balance: enough reminders to drive turnout and timely registration, not so many that the app becomes noise to be muted. Parents need parallel visibility — they organise the lift to the boulodrome, write the absence note for school, pay the registration.

Scheduling that respects exam weeks, school holidays and family weekends is the difference between an academy keeping a class together for a season and losing half its cohort by spring.

Notifications respect quiet hours, exam-week pauses set by parents and a frequency cap suited to a young user. The Youth-Friendly Profile syncs a simplified personal calendar with parent visibility, surfacing only confirmed sessions, not every possible event.

Reminders are actionable — confirm attendance, request a lift, mark unable to attend — in two taps.

Youth competitions are governed by strict age categories that change on January 1st, and registration almost always requires parental consent. A 12-year-old turning 13 mid-season may shift category, affecting eligibility.

Parents need to find which competitions are appropriate, sign a digital consent and trust the chaperoning arrangement. Today consent is paper, eligibility is unclear, and many parents simply opt their child out because the process feels opaque.

A clean registration funnel transforms participation rates.

Youth Tournament Discovery filters every competition by age category, applies the player's birthdate automatically and flags eligibility windows. Registration triggers a parental consent flow sent to the linked guardian account — digital signature, transport details, dietary needs, emergency contact, all stored once and reused.

The flow respects each federation's safeguarding rules.

Young players respond to visible progress. A badge for the first official match, a streak for a month of training attendance, a milestone for the first shot above 50% in a session — these markers convert practice into pride.

Crucially, the system has to reward real skill development, not just app engagement, or it loses credibility with the player and the coach. Done well, it becomes a conversation starter at school, a screen to show grandparents, a reason to come back to training next Wednesday.

Done poorly, it feels like a game-for-the-game.

The Achievement System defines badges and milestones tied to verifiable events: matches played, drills completed, technique milestones validated by a coach, first competition entered, first podium, attendance streaks. Coaches can issue custom recognitions.

Profiles display recent achievements prominently and allow sharing to family with a tap.