Netball 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 (Netball) and the age group off your rego. The age group sets your court size and quarter length for you.

2. Add your players

   Go to the TEAM tab at the bottom of the screen. Tap + Add Player. A name is all you need: netball runs on bibs, not shirt numbers, so players show by name and bib everywhere.

3. Check the format

   On the same TEAM tab, check the AGE GROUP: it locks after your first match. A COMMON TIMES chip (4×15, 4×10, 2×20) sets the format and time in one tap. Otherwise use FORMAT and the QUARTER TIME (or HALF TIME) chips.

   

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.

U6 to U9 play NetSetGO. Comps vary: periods can run 6 to 20 minutes, as halves or quarters.

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 court-side.

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 court

   Tap Set Positions and fill the bibs for every quarter. Auto-fill fills every empty quarter for you. On Q2 to Q4, Copy starts the quarter from the one before (the button names it, such as Copy Q1). Tap Save & Back.

   U6 to U9 play NetSetGO 5-a-side. U10 and up play 7-a-side.

   

3. Tap Start Game

   Kickd checks every quarter has a court set, and takes you to any that doesn't.

   Then it asks who takes the first centre pass: tap Us or the other team, or Later to leave it.

   

The live screen, during play.

1. Log your goals

   Under the circle row, your GS and GA each have a + GOAL button. Tap the shooter's button and the goal is theirs. MISS beside it logs a missed shot, and their shooting % shows on their bib.

   

2. Log their goals

   Tap the other team's + GOAL cell on the court. It shows their name, or THEM.

3. Follow the centre pass

   The CP chip on the court shows who takes the next centre pass, US or THEM. It flips after every goal. Tap it any time to set or correct it.

   

4. Swap players

   Tap a player on the court (they turn amber), then tap a bench player to put them in that bib. Minutes update straight away.

   Later quarters follow the swap: the player who came on takes the bibs the other player was planned for, unless you already planned them in that quarter.

5. If a player can't go on

   Long-press them and choose Mark Unavailable, then tap who takes their bib. For a no-show, choose Not Here - Mark Absent. It clears their minutes.

   Either way they come out of the later quarters too, so check the next court at the break. Tap Mark Available when they're right to go back on.

6. Fix a mistake

   Tap Undo last on the court to reverse the last goal or stat. It shows what it will undo. On a tablet, tap Undo in the match log. Or say "undo".

Plan every quarter up front, adjust at the break.

Netball development is about time in every bib. Kickd sets your court quarter by quarter and shows live minutes, so no one sits in one bib too long.

• A plan for every quarter. Auto-fill gives the first spots to the players with the least time this season. Copy Q1 into Q2 and you only tweak.
• At the break. The next quarter's court is on screen. Tap a bib to change it, or tap Edit Q2 Positions. Then tap Start Q2.
• Short a player? If a bib is empty when you start the next quarter, Kickd takes you to fill it. If you're out of players, it lets you start short.
• Minutes on the record. Every player's court time is saved, so fair time is easy to show a parent. Junior matches (U6 to U12) get a Fairness % plus a season chart on the stats screen.

NetSetGO 5-a-side plays GS, GA, C, GD and GK.

Rotation alerts for senior teams

Junior netball swaps players at the breaks, so there are no timed alerts. A senior team (U13 and up) that plays rolling subs can turn on ROLLING SUBS on the TEAM tab, and Kickd calls each rotation for you.

• Once it's on, a ROTATION row appears on the same tab: set how often there. When it's time, ROTATION TIME! shows who's coming off and going on, and Rotate Now swaps them in one tap.
• Big bench? Set SUBS PER ROTATION on the TEAM tab to swap a few players at a time instead of a full line change.
• With rolling subs on, each player card gets a Plays row: tap Shooter, Midcourt or Defender for the thirds they can play. Kickd pairs subs within a third first. Your GK is a defender and rotates like everyone else.
• Drag the GOING ON list to change who's next.

Tap the stat, tap the player. Stats are optional.

On a phone, tap the round stats button at the bottom left, pick a stat, then tap the player on the court. A team stat such as Centre Pass Received logs straight away.

On a phone, the rebounds and Pickup sit under MORE in the stat list.

What Kickd works out for you

• Shooting % shows live on each shooter's bib. At every break you get a goals, attempts and % table for GS and GA.
• Centre pass conversion is how many of your centre passes end in a goal, match to date at every break.
• The season picture. Every stat rolls into per-player season totals beside minutes, awards and the leaderboard.

Faster on a tablet

On a tablet the whole game fits one screen: the court, the bench and a stat sidebar down the side. Tap the stat, tap the player, and a green message confirms it.

The sidebar is always there, so every stat is one tap away. You can sub, swap bibs and log stats on one screen, and the shooting table and centre pass line wait at every break. The phone does the same job.

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 (U6 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.

Back-to-back games, no reception.

1. Plan every game before the day

   On the positions screen, tap + Add game. Each game gets its own bibs and opponent. Long-press a game to remove it. Plans are saved on this device.

2. Load the next game

   After each End Game, the home button becomes Load Next Game. Your next plan drops in ready, then tap Start Game at the whistle.

3. Share the minutes across the day

   Auto-fill counts every game already played, today's included. Leave a later game's bibs empty and auto-fill it between games, and the players who sat out early get first look.

No signal? Keep coaching

• 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.