I think this is a great app. Thanks for sharing! Not many people target the amateur levels for Apps, so something like this would be very much appreciated. I only ever coached at youth levels, and very limited at that… but, when I was coaching this would have been very helpful.
A couple of quick observations:
When you move a player for the second time, their circle/icon jumps. Is this intentional to move them away from your finger, or is this a bug? I find it distracting if it was intentional, but maybe that’s just me.
Seeing as how it’s an iOS app in the App Store, I’d consider using the Apple share icon (box with an arrow pointing up) instead of the Android share icon (connected dots).
When you enter drawing mode, it was confusing to me if it was active or not. I know the icon changes from a pencil to a pencil with a slash through it, but I was confused as to if it was active or not. One thing to consider might be having an “active” mode at a time. For example: A finger for moving players around, a marker for drawing, a share icon, a save icon, etc. Then deemphasizing the icon for the currently non-active states (dimmer, grayscale, smaller, something…). Notability is an app that does this well, if you’re looking for an example.
It would be nice to be able to save formations and cycle/swipe through them.
It might be nice to include a placeable ball icon to show where the ball is in a formation. (In addition to the whiteboard mode).
This is way more complicated, but when coaching, I always wanted a connected graph layout for player positions so that when would move on player (to attack the ball, for example), they would drag the other players around, maintaining shape. Super complicated, but very handy.
Finally, and you might appreciate this too, but another thing I really wanted was a in-game mode. A mode that kept track of time and subs. Then after the game, I’d have a record/report of how much everyone played, how often they were subbed, etc. I always wanted more of a record than my post-game marked up paper copy of lineups.
Thanks again for sharing. This will certainly be of use in the future! Best of luck to you and your wife’s team!
