Aussie Rules match day

About 10 minutes. Do it before game day.

1. Create your team

   Open Kickd and sign in. Tap Create Team, then enter the team name, the sport (Aussie Rules) and the age group off your rego.

   The age group sets your team size and quarter length for you.

2. Add your players

   Go to the TEAM tab at the bottom of the screen. Tap + Add Player and enter a name and shirt number.

   Under Plays, tap Forward, Mid or Back for each line they play, any mix. Kickd uses these to fill your lineup and suggest subs that fit the line.

3. Check the format

   On the same TEAM tab, check the AGE GROUP. It locks after your first match, so fix it now if it's wrong.

   QUARTER TIME and TEAM SIZE start at league defaults. Tap to match your comp, for example 13-minute quarters (U12 and U13) or 15 players a side.

   ROTATION ALERTS start on for new teams. See Rotation alerts.

   

4. Invite parents and helpers

   On the TEAM tab, tap Share Join Link under INVITE PARENTS/GUARDIANS (INVITE SUPPORTERS on an Opens team) and send it to your team chat. Parents follow the score live on their own phones. The link is for adults only.

   Want a helper to run the clock and log the game? Tap Share PA Link under PERFORMANCE ANALYSTS. They join as your Performance Analyst and run the live screen while you coach.

   Borrowing a player for the day? Tap + Add Guest Player. Guests play and get minutes but stay out of your season stats.

League defaults. Change the side under TEAM SIZE (9, 12, 15, 16 or 18) and the quarter length under QUARTER TIME.

Until your first match, HOME shows a BEFORE YOUR FIRST GAME checklist. Tap any line to go straight there. Your three free matches include every stat, so you can see what Team Stats adds before you choose a pass.

About 60 seconds on the sideline.

1. Mark who's here

   On the home screen, tap any player who didn't turn up to grey them out. Everyone else is in.

   Type the other team's name under OPPONENT if you like. It shows on the live screen.

2. Set your first quarter

   Tap Set Lineup, then tap a position on the oval and pick who plays there: forwards, centre line, backs and ruck. Younger ages use fewer positions on the same oval. Or tap Auto-fill to fill it from who turned up, fewest season minutes first. Then tap Save & Back.

   You only set the first quarter. Each later quarter starts from where the last one finished. At the break, tap Edit Q2 Lineup (Q3, Q4 later) to move players, then Start Q2.

   

3. Tap Start Game

   The clock runs four quarters. Kickd won't start the game until your first-quarter team is set.

The live screen.

1. Log your score

   On a phone, tap the green US + SCORE cell and pick Goal or Behind, then tap who kicked it. Kickd keeps the running score.

   On a tablet, tap Goal or Behind in the stats column, then the player.

   

2. Log their score

   Tap their blue + SCORE cell and pick Goal or Behind. No names needed.

3. Interchange

   Tap a player on the ground, then a bench player, to swap them. Tap two players on the ground to swap their positions. Every swap updates everyone's minutes.

4. Keep it fair

   Every player shows their minutes, on the ground and on the bench. Anyone getting too much game time turns amber.

   Junior matches (U8 to U12) get a Fairness % plus a season chart on the stats screen.

5. If a player can't go on

   Long-press them and choose Mark Unavailable, then tap a bench player to fill the spot. For a no-show, choose Not Here - Mark Absent. It clears their minutes.

6. Fix a mistake

   On a phone, tap the Undo bar under the score to take back the last thing you logged. It shows what it will undo. On a tablet, tap Undo in the match log. Or say "undo".

   

Match stats, U13 and up

Match stats come with Team Stats. On Team Stats, U10 to U12 teams can switch them on with EXTENDED STATS on the TEAM tab.

You can log marks, kicks, handballs, possessions, tackles, intercepts, turnovers, frees against and goal assists. It all adds up in each player's season stats.

On a phone, tap the round stats button at the bottom left, pick a stat, then tap the player. Tackle stays armed so you can log one after another. To stop, tap the amber banner under the field or the stats button.

On a tablet, pick the stat in the column beside the field, then tap the player. Tap Tackle before each one.

Inside 50s and centre clearances

For the same teams: Team Stats, U13 and up, or U10 to U12 with EXTENDED STATS on.

• Each time the ball goes inside 50, tap US or THEM on the INSIDE 50s bar above the field. THEM shows the opponent's name if you entered one.
• After every goal, and at the start of each quarter, a CENTRE prompt asks who won it. Tap US, then the player who won the clearance, or tap THEM. If you're busy, leave it. It won't nag.
• Missed the tap before a score? Kickd still counts that entry.
• At each break, the INSIDE 50s card shows both sides' entries and how many scored. Tap it to see every entry.

On for new teams. Turn off ROTATION ALERTS on the TEAM tab to interchange on feel. The minutes still show.

At your interval Kickd buzzes, shows ROTATION TIME! and lines up who comes on for who goes off.

• Set how often under ROTATION on the TEAM tab. The NEXT ROTATION card pairs each player going on with the player they replace. Tap Rotate Now and all the swaps happen at once.
• Big bench? Set SUBS PER ROTATION on the TEAM tab to swap a few players at a time instead of a full line change.
• Kickd prefers a bench player tagged for that line (Forward, Mid or Back). Your back won't be sent to full forward while a forward sits on the bench.
• If nobody on the bench fits the line, the next player waiting goes on anyway, with an amber warning mark so you know they're out of position. Minutes always decide who comes off.
• Plans change during a game. Every suggestion works from the minutes actually played, so after an early swap or an unavailable player the next rotation corrects itself.
• You're in charge. Drag to reorder who goes on, tap a player coming off to pick a different one from the field, or ignore the card and sub on the ground.

Stoppages, early whistles, late arrivals.

• Tap Pause for a long stoppage and Resume to go again. On a phone it sits under the field. On a tablet it's the pause button in the top bar.
• The clock stops itself at each break. To end a period early, tap Finish Half (or Finish Q1 and so on for quarters) and confirm.
• At the break, make any changes, then tap Start 2nd Half (Start Q2 and so on for quarters).
• Clock beat the whistle? On the break screen, tap Half not finished, keep playing (Quarter for quarters). Keep logging as normal, nothing spills into the next period, then tap End 1st Half when play stops. Full time has the same button.
• You can lock your phone. The clock keeps running and alerts still come through. If play was stopped while you were away, tap Rewind, play was stopped when you come back.
• Someone turns up late? Tap + Add to Game next to their name under Absent on the live screen.
• The clock counts down each period. Prefer it counting up? Change MATCH CLOCK on the TEAM tab.

No rush at the huddle.

End the game and pick your player

1. At full time, tap End Game at the top of the screen. The match ends straight away.

2. Pick your Player of the Match on the results screen when you've got a moment. You've got an hour after the whistle, and Kickd sends a reminder if you haven't picked.

Who votes, and when

• Juniors (U8 to U12): parents vote Players' Player on their child's behalf, for an hour after full time. It's on by default, under PLAYERS' PLAYER on the TEAM tab.
• Every vote builds the season Players' Player leaderboard. Parents never see the tally.
• Seniors (U13 to Opens): turn on PLAYER VOTING on the TEAM tab and players vote after each match. Opens players join with your Player Code (TEAM tab). U13 to U18 players need a parent to switch on their login under PLAYER LOGINS on the parent's TEAM tab.

After the game

• Tap Share result to the team on the results screen to send the score to your group chat.
• Every match is saved on the STATS tab under HISTORY. Tap one for the full match.
• On Team Stats, tap Share PDF there to send the match report to your club or parents.
• Ran a test game by mistake? The head coach can remove it with Delete Match.

Dead spots, country grounds, carnival days.

• The whole match runs on your device. The clock, the lineup, scores, stats and subs don't need the internet.
• Finished games wait on the device and save to your season as soon as reception returns.
• Parents' live view needs signal. Their screens catch up once they're connected again.
• Voice works with no signal too, once the voice pack is on your phone. Download it at home on Wi-Fi: on the TEAM tab, tap Download in the KICKD CALLOUT row (about 68 MB).

Kickd Callout comes with every pass, at every age.

1. Pick your mic

   On HOME, tap Bluetooth headset or Phone mic (Tablet mic on a tablet). A headset with a boom mic holds up in crowd noise. The phone or tablet mic suits training or a quiet ground, and you tap the mic button each time you want it to listen.

   

2. Arm the mic

   If you picked a mic on HOME, it arms itself at the start of play. Otherwise tap the mic button in the top bar. Red means it's logging what it hears, and the bar shows what it heard and what it logged.

3. Mute when you step away

   Tap the mic again to mute for sideline chats or stoppages. On the phone or tablet mic, press and hold to mute. Nothing logs while it's muted. The mic stays armed through the break and switches off at full time.

Which headset

A Bluetooth headset keeps you hands-free, with your eyes on the game, so one person can log the whole match by voice. Most Bluetooth headsets work, and coaches have even used smart glasses, but results vary with noise cancelling. The Shokz OpenComm 2 boom mic is the best tested on a noisy sideline.

Mix taps and voice freely. Undo fixes either.

Speech recognition runs on your device. Your audio is never recorded, stored or sent anywhere.