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The best volleyball app for coaches: what to look for
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The best volleyball app for coaches: what to look for

Choosing a volleyball coaching app? A 7-point checklist to run through during a free trial, from live scoring and rotations to practice planning and price, plus where to compare the apps.

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Sports team apps for volleyball: the complete overview (2026)
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Sports team apps for volleyball: the complete overview (2026)

An overview of the apps volleyball coaches and teams use: from broad team organisers like TeamSnap, SportEasy, Spond, Heja and Teamy to volleyball tools like SoloStats, Rotate123 and Koach.

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TeamLinkt alternative for volleyball: club platform or coach app?
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TeamLinkt alternative for volleyball: club platform or coach app?

Looking for a TeamLinkt alternative for your volleyball team? TeamLinkt runs registration and leagues, Koach your lineup and live score.

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Sports attendance app: TeamSnap, Spond, Heja and more compared
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Sports attendance app: TeamSnap, Spond, Heja and more compared

Looking for a sports attendance app? Spond, TeamSnap, Heja, Teamcheck and Koach compared on RSVPs, reminders, attendance stats and price, with sources.

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Best sports team communication apps: six compared honestly
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Best sports team communication apps: six compared honestly

Comparing sports team communication apps? We put BAND, TeamReach, GroupMe, Spond, Heja and Koach side by side on chat, RSVPs, scheduling and cost.

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BAND vs TeamSnap: which app fits your volleyball team?
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BAND vs TeamSnap: which app fits your volleyball team?

BAND vs TeamSnap for your volleyball team? BAND is a group app for messages, TeamSnap runs schedules and availability.

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WhatsApp for sports teams: keep the group or add a team app?
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WhatsApp for sports teams: keep the group or add a team app?

Using WhatsApp for sports teams? See what the group chat does well, where it falls short for clubs and what a team app adds.

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Spond vs TeamSnap: which is better for a volleyball team?
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Spond vs TeamSnap: which is better for a volleyball team?

Spond vs TeamSnap compared honestly: messaging, attendance, payments, ads, languages and cost, with sources.

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Spond vs Heja: which team app works for a volleyball team?
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Spond vs Heja: which team app works for a volleyball team?

Spond vs Heja: both free to download and strong on scheduling and attendance.

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Team app cost comparison: Spond, TeamSnap, Heja, SportEasy
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Team app cost comparison: Spond, TeamSnap, Heja, SportEasy

Team app cost comparison: Spond is free and makes its money on payments.

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The best volleyball apps for coaches (2026): an honest comparison
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The best volleyball apps for coaches (2026): an honest comparison

The best volleyball apps for coaches in 2026, sorted by job: stats (SoloStats, iStatVball), rotations (Rotate123), practice plans, team management (TeamSnap, SportEasy, GameChanger) and all-in-one.

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Best volleyball rotation apps: six options, honestly compared
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Best volleyball rotation apps: six options, honestly compared

The best volleyball rotation apps compared: Volleyball Rotations, Rotate123, Rotaciones Voleibol, a tactics board and Koach.

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Best volleyball score keeping app: 5 scoreboard apps compared
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Best volleyball score keeping app: 5 scoreboard apps compared

Looking for the best volleyball score keeping app? Five apps compared on sets, serving order, player stats and scoring offline.

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Getting started with Koach: your team set up in 10 minutes
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Getting started with Koach: your team set up in 10 minutes

Getting started with Koach: create an account, set up your team, invite players and plan your first practice — the complete onboarding explained in ten minutes.

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Koach on iPhone: installing and setting up the app
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Koach on iPhone: installing and setting up the app

Using Koach on your iPhone: install, log in and set it up for courtside use — including the tips for match days in the sports hall.

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Volleyball app for Android: install it and use it courtside
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Volleyball app for Android: install it and use it courtside

A volleyball app on your Android phone? How to install and use Koach on Android, with tips for courtside use in the sports hall.

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Volleyball apps for iPhone: alerts, widget, live scoring
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Volleyball apps for iPhone: alerts, widget, live scoring

Comparing volleyball apps for iPhone? Koach gives coaches push alerts, a widget and live scoring that works on weak gym signal.

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Your account and data: how Koach handles privacy
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Your account and data: how Koach handles privacy

Privacy in your sports app: what data does a coach record, what does the GDPR say and how does Koach handle player data? The explanation for coaches and players.

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Statistiekie alternative: when you want more than statistics alone
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Statistiekie alternative: when you want more than statistics alone

Looking for a Statistiekie alternative? Statistiekie is a web app focused on volleyball statistics.

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Heja alternative for volleyball: more than communication alone
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Heja alternative for volleyball: more than communication alone

A Heja alternative for volleyball? Heja is strong at team communication and youth, but not volleyball-specific.

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Stack Team App alternative for volleyball: club app or coach app?
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Stack Team App alternative for volleyball: club app or coach app?

Need a Stack Team App alternative for volleyball? Stack builds a club app and website; Koach runs your schedule, attendance and live scoring.

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Teamer app closing down: where to move your volleyball team
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Teamer app closing down: where to move your volleyball team

Teamer app closing down: since 5 October 2026 there is no access and no export.

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Pitchero alternative for volleyball: club site or coaching app?
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Pitchero alternative for volleyball: club site or coaching app?

Looking for a Pitchero alternative for volleyball? What Pitchero does and costs, what coaches miss, and Koach with rotations and live scores.

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Using Koach in English (and 5 other languages)
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Using Koach in English (and 5 other languages)

Koach in English or another language: how to switch the language of the app and site — Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Italian or Polish, per user.

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SportEasy alternative for volleyball: general versus volleyball-smart
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SportEasy alternative for volleyball: general versus volleyball-smart

Looking for a SportEasy alternative for volleyball? SportEasy is broad team management with lineups and stats for many sports.

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Spond alternative for volleyball: from communication to coaching
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Spond alternative for volleyball: from communication to coaching

A Spond alternative for volleyball? Spond is excellent free team management and communication, but not volleyball-specific.

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TeamPlus alternative for volleyball: lineups and live scoring
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TeamPlus alternative for volleyball: lineups and live scoring

A TeamPlus alternative for volleyball: what TeamPlus (SpielerPlus) costs and does well, what it lacks for volleyball coaches and how to switch to Koach.

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What does Koach cost? Start free and upgrade
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What does Koach cost? Start free and upgrade

What does Koach cost? Try everything free for 14 days without payment details, then Coach (€2.99/month) or Club (€9.99/month) — how the pricing model works.

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Free volleyball apps for coaches: what is really free?
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Free volleyball apps for coaches: what is really free?

Free volleyball apps for scoring, rotations, lineups and team admin: what is really free, where the catch is, and which Koach tools need no account.

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Volleyball coaching resources: free drills, plans and rotations
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Volleyball coaching resources: free drills, plans and rotations

Free volleyball coaching resources, no account needed: 200 animated drills, 10 practice plans as PDFs, a rotation generator and a knowledge base.

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Volleyball coach essentials: from whistle to app
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Volleyball coach essentials: from whistle to app

Volleyball coach essentials at a glance: balls, whistle, cones, first aid, a board and the paperwork your phone takes over.

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Volleyball coaching software: why an app on your phone usually wins
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Volleyball coaching software: why an app on your phone usually wins

Looking for volleyball coaching software? Discover why an app on your phone usually works better in practice than desktop software — and when a web version stays useful.

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Volleyball stats app for Windows and Mac: program or web app?
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Volleyball stats app for Windows and Mac: program or web app?

Volleyball stats app for Windows: install a program or open a web app? Data Volley 4, Volleyball Scout and Koach compared, with prices and limits.

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Earning a Coach Month: 30 extra trial days per fellow coach
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Earning a Coach Month: 30 extra trial days per fellow coach

Share your invite link with a fellow coach: if they create a new coach account and confirm it, you get 30 extra trial days in Koach.

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Working with multiple coaches on one team
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Working with multiple coaches on one team

Head coach, assistant and guest coach in one team account: how to work together with multiple coaches in Koach — shared data, drills and match tracking.

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TeamSnap alternative for volleyball coaches
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TeamSnap alternative for volleyball coaches

Looking for a TeamSnap alternative for your volleyball team? TeamSnap is strong at schedules, messaging and payments.

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GameChanger volleyball app: free scoring, but is it enough?
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GameChanger volleyball app: free scoring, but is it enough?

GameChanger volleyball app: free for coaches, with serve tracking, live streaming and team messages.

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GameChanger vs TeamSnap: which app fits a volleyball team?
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GameChanger vs TeamSnap: which app fits a volleyball team?

GameChanger vs TeamSnap for volleyball: one scores and streams, the other plans your season.

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SoloStats alternative: stat depth versus a full team app
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SoloStats alternative: stat depth versus a full team app

Looking for a SoloStats alternative? SoloStats is a powerful volleyball stats app, but it does no team management.

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Easy volleyball stat app: keep stats solo from the bench
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Easy volleyball stat app: keep stats solo from the bench

An easy volleyball stat app takes two or three taps per point.

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iStatVball alternative: deep stats or your whole team?
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iStatVball alternative: deep stats or your whole team?

An iStatVball alternative? iStatVball 3 is a deep stats app at $39.99 per team-season, bought once.

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Volleyball scouting app: six scouting apps and Koach compared
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Volleyball scouting app: six scouting apps and Koach compared

Six volleyball scouting apps side by side with platform, price and source, and where Koach works differently.

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Volleyball Scout Pro: Premium, prices and how Koach compares
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Volleyball Scout Pro: Premium, prices and how Koach compares

Volleyball Scout Pro? The paid tier is called Premium.

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A VolleyStation alternative for the everyday coach
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A VolleyStation alternative for the everyday coach

A VolleyStation alternative? VolleyStation is pro software for video analysis and scouting on a desktop.

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Hudl alternative for volleyball: live stats without a camera
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Hudl alternative for volleyball: live stats without a camera

Need a Hudl alternative for volleyball with no camera or video plan? Koach tracks live stats per player and runs your team.

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Hudl vs GameChanger for volleyball: video or free scoring?
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Hudl vs GameChanger for volleyball: video or free scoring?

Hudl vs GameChanger for your volleyball team: Hudl is built on video and analysis, GameChanger on free scoring and streaming.

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Balltime alternative: volleyball stats without filming
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Balltime alternative: volleyball stats without filming

Looking for a Balltime alternative because you don't film? In Koach you tap who scored and how, live, and every player sees their own stats.

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AI volleyball stats app: the options, and stats without a camera
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AI volleyball stats app: the options, and stats without a camera

An AI volleyball stats app needs video; Koach does not.

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Data Volley alternative: what a club coach actually needs
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Data Volley alternative: what a club coach actually needs

Need a Data Volley alternative? Data Volley 4 costs $299 to $799 a year and runs only on Windows.

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Click and Scout: price, iPad and when a lighter app is enough
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Click and Scout: price, iPad and when a lighter app is enough

Click and Scout: what the annual licence costs, whether it runs on iPad, iPhone or Mac, and when a lighter app will do.

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Teamy alternative for volleyball: organising versus volleyball-smart coaching
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Teamy alternative for volleyball: organising versus volleyball-smart coaching

Looking for a Teamy alternative for volleyball? Teamy is a strong organiser for all team sports, with attendance, chat and a team pot.

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From Excel to Koach: migrating your team administration
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From Excel to Koach: migrating your team administration

Replacing your team administration in Excel: what to bring along, what to deliberately leave behind and how the switch to Koach is done in a single evening.

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What does a player see in Koach? The player account explained
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What does a player see in Koach? The player account explained

The player account in Koach explained: your own statistics, badges, schedule and attendance in one app — and what you as a player never get to see.

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The volleyball app for players: your own stats, schedule and attendance
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The volleyball app for players: your own stats, schedule and attendance

A volleyball app for players? With a free player account in Koach you see your own stats, badges and the team calendar — and sign up in one tap.

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Got a Koach invite? How to link your player account
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Got a Koach invite? How to link your player account

Received a Koach invite from your coach? How to accept the link, create your player account or connect an existing one — done in five minutes.

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Logging in without a password: code, Google or Apple
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Logging in without a password: code, Google or Apple

You log in to Koach without a password: a code by email, or one tap with Google or Apple.

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Need help? How Support works in the Koach app
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Need help? How Support works in the Koach app

Ask a question in the Koach app: Support instantly finds the right knowledge base article for your question — and otherwise you email us, with a reply within 24 hours.

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Rotation check: test your lineup before the first serve
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Rotation check: test your lineup before the first serve

The Rotation check in Koach shows all six rotations of your lineup in one tap: who serves when, who's in the front row and which rotation is your weakest.

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Notifications in Koach: push notifications and reminders on your device
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Notifications in Koach: push notifications and reminders on your device

What Koach puts on your phone: push notifications for team messages and schedule changes, and reminders for practice, match and duty.

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Koach settings: dark mode, notifications, language and your teams
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Koach settings: dark mode, notifications, language and your teams

Koach settings the way you want them: turn on dark mode, choose your notifications, switch the language and manage your teams.

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Plan faster: a full season in one go, duplicating matches and 'All present'
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Plan faster: a full season in one go, duplicating matches and 'All present'

Four time-saving features in Koach: recurring practices with a programme attached, duplicating matches, match notes and attendance in a single tap.

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New for players: your own goal, absences with a reason and badges on your dashboard
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New for players: your own goal, absences with a reason and badges on your dashboard

Players in Koach can now set their own goal, report absent with a reason, respond to the next practice straight from the dashboard and celebrate every new badge.

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New insights for coaches: serve pressure, opponent history and growth per season
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New insights for coaches: serve pressure, opponent history and growth per season

Four new insights in Koach: team side-out and serve runs per season, earlier results against every opponent, development per season and shareable visuals after every match.

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Koach is live in the App Store: announcement and an honest first impression
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Koach is live in the App Store: announcement and an honest first impression

Koach Volleyball has been approved and is live in the Apple App Store.

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Koach 3.0: what's new and where to find it
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Koach 3.0: what's new and where to find it

What's new in Koach 3.0? Simple and Expert for live scoring, analysis by rotation, a new player profile and dark mode, and where to find each of them.

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Bar duty roster for your whole club: one tap, a year sorted
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Bar duty roster for your whole club: one tap, a year sorted

Build a bar duty roster without the puzzle: Koach generates a bar duty for every home match of your club teams and shares the slots fairly — a year ahead.

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Adding parents to your team: how parent accounts work in Koach
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Adding parents to your team: how parent accounts work in Koach

Invite parents into your team app: their own parent account linked to their child, with the calendar, team messages, bar duty sign-ups and signing their child up or out, but without stats.

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Volleyball parent app: what parents see and do in Koach
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Volleyball parent app: what parents see and do in Koach

A volleyball parent app that works: parents say if their child is coming, get the schedule and their rides, and read your announcements.

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Youth sports team apps: 5 compared for parents and coaches
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Youth sports team apps: 5 compared for parents and coaches

Comparing youth sports team apps? TeamSnap, Spond, GameChanger, Heja and Koach on cost for parents, RSVPs, playing time and privacy.

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Managing your volleyball club: club managers, logo and sponsors
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Managing your volleyball club: club managers, logo and sponsors

Managing your volleyball club just got lighter: appoint club managers without an extra subscription, set your club logo and let a sponsor pay for Koach.

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SportsEngine alternatives for volleyball: replace it or keep it?
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SportsEngine alternatives for volleyball: replace it or keep it?

Looking for SportsEngine alternatives? What club platforms do and cost, what your volleyball coaches still need, and how Koach Club runs alongside them.

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Linking your team to the right club: club name, city and club code
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Linking your team to the right club: club name, city and club code

Linking your team to a club in Koach: filling in the club name and city, joining with a club code, and what happens when you change the club name later.

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New in Koach: a vice-captain for your volleyball team and more
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New in Koach: a vice-captain for your volleyball team and more

New in Koach: a vice-captain for your volleyball team with a VC badge, editing played tournament matches and drill explanations you can actually read.

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Driving rota for away matches: sharing the driving out fairly
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Driving rota for away matches: sharing the driving out fairly

Building a driving rota for away matches in Koach: home venue, kilometres per venue, the driver pool and generating the rota — shared out by kilometres, not by turns.

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Who drives on Saturday? The driving rota for players and parents
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Who drives on Saturday? The driving rota for players and parents

Where do you find out whether you're driving to an away match? The rota sits on your dashboard, in the calendar and on the match itself — for players and for parents.

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Match availability: who is coming on Saturday, and who is not?
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Match availability: who is coming on Saturday, and who is not?

Match availability in your team app: players tap I'm in, I'll watch or Can't make it, and the coach sees in one screen who's coming, who's out and who hasn't replied yet.

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Opponents the app remembers: never three spellings of one club again
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Opponents the app remembers: never three spellings of one club again

Koach suggests clubs from your own history while you plan a match.

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Editing without detours: matches, tournaments and calendar items
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Editing without detours: matches, tournaments and calendar items

Hall moved or the time changed? Open the item and tap Edit — for matches, tournaments, practices, bar duties, announcements and club announcements.

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Coming to watch: being there on Saturday without playing
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Coming to watch: being there on Saturday without playing

Next to I'm in and Can't make it there is a third answer: I'll watch.

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Google Maps sending you to the wrong venue? Fill in the address
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Google Maps sending you to the wrong venue? Fill in the address

A venue name is not an address: 'Sporthal de Slagen Waalwijk' lands on a street in another town.

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Your season has ended — setting up a new season
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Your season has ended — setting up a new season

Dashboard at zero while your calendar is full? Then your season has ended.

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Entering match stats afterwards without live scoring
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Entering match stats afterwards without live scoring

Didn't score live? Enter the points and faults per player after the match and your season stats and player development simply carry on.

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Cancel a match or practice instead of deleting it
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Cancel a match or practice instead of deleting it

Hall closed or too few players? Use Cancel instead of Delete: attendance, the session plan and the sign-ups are all kept, and your turnout figures stay right.

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The tactics board: explaining a situation in the time-out
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The tactics board: explaining a situation in the time-out

A tactics board in your volleyball app: draw your plan on a court that is always in your pocket.

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Volleyball tactics board app: phone, tablet or online
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Volleyball tactics board app: phone, tablet or online

Choosing a volleyball tactics board app? Board apps, online boards and Koach side by side: what each costs and does.

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Training-only players: in your session, not in your squad
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Training-only players: in your session, not in your squad

A player from another team trains with you.

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Two parents per player: an account each
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Two parents per player: an account each

Separated parents, a foster family, the grandad who drives: one child can have two parent accounts in Koach.

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Club announcements: one message to every team in the club
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Club announcements: one message to every team in the club

The hall is closed on Saturday.

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CourtsideView alternative: match day or the whole season
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CourtsideView alternative: match day or the whole season

A CourtsideView alternative for volleyball? CourtsideView is a free match-day app with a live link for family.

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Assistant Coach Volleyball alternative: own it or subscribe?
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Assistant Coach Volleyball alternative: own it or subscribe?

An Assistant Coach Volleyball alternative? Assistant Coach costs $4.99 once and is a strong iPad toolkit.

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VolleyballXL alternative: a drill library or an app for your whole team?
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VolleyballXL alternative: a drill library or an app for your whole team?

Looking for a VolleyballXL alternative? VolleyballXL is strong at drills and practice plans.

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Practice Pro Volleyball app alternative: practice and match day
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Practice Pro Volleyball app alternative: practice and match day

The Practice Pro Volleyball app plans practices with 300+ drills.

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How many club duties have I still got left? Your own total in the app
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How many club duties have I still got left? Your own total in the app

Bar duty, and how many shifts you have left: your dashboard shows what you have done, what the club asks of you and, as a parent, your children's total too.

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The volleyball widget on your home screen: iPhone and Android
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The volleyball widget on your home screen: iPhone and Android

Put the volleyball widget on your iPhone or Android home screen and see your next practice and next match at a glance, without ever opening the app.

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Cancelling or switching your Koach subscription in the App Store and Play Store
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Cancelling or switching your Koach subscription in the App Store and Play Store

Cancel your Koach subscription in the App Store or Play Store: where the button really sits, how to switch from monthly to yearly and when a change takes effect.

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Attendance history: who tapped which button, and when
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Attendance history: who tapped which button, and when

A player says he never cancelled.

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Koach on the iPad: what a bigger screen changes
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Koach on the iPad: what a bigger screen changes

Koach runs full screen on the iPad.

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Best tablet for coaching volleyball: iPad or Android?
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Best tablet for coaching volleyball: iPad or Android?

Looking for the best tablet for coaching volleyball? Check screen size, battery, glare and case, pick iPad or Android, and try Koach free for 14 days.

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Best volleyball stats app for iPad: six apps compared
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Best volleyball stats app for iPad: six apps compared

Best volleyball stats app for iPad? Six apps side by side on price, data entry, export and scoring together, with sources.

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See your child's volleyball stats: what parents can and can't see
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See your child's volleyball stats: what parents can and can't see

See your child's volleyball stats as a parent: a regular parent sees no match stats in Koach, a team parent sees their own child's.

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One parent account for siblings, even in the same team
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One parent account for siblings, even in the same team

One parent account for siblings, even in the same team: how to link a second child, choose which child you are viewing and sign each child in or out.

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Excuse your child from practice or a match in the app
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Excuse your child from practice or a match in the app

Excuse your child from practice or a match in Koach with one tap on the dashboard or in the schedule, with a reason that only the coaches get to read.

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