Scattered preparation
Keep drills, sessions, games and team information in one clear coaching space.
Field hockey coaching software
Faster planning for better coaching.
Create animated drills, build structured training sessions, organise your team and share clear plans - all in one simple coaching platform built for field hockey.
Built for coaches. Designed to stay simple.
Developed around real field hockey coaching workflows
- Built by a field hockey coach
- Tested through real coaching workflows
- Designed for everyday team preparation
The coaching problem
Less time organising. More time coaching.
Coaching preparation is often spread across paper notes, WhatsApp messages, spreadsheets, presentation files and separate drill libraries. Tips4coach brings the essential coaching workflow together without making it complicated.
Difficult explanations
Use visual and animated drills to explain movement, timing and ball paths more clearly.
Last-minute uncertainty
Collect availability and track attendance so you can prepare for the group that is actually coming.
One clear workflow
Your coaching workflow, in one clear flow.
Tips4coach connects the key steps of preparation, from the first coaching idea to a plan you can use and share.
- 1
Create
Build animated field hockey drills step by step.
- 2
Plan
Add saved drills and custom activities to structured training sessions.
- 3
Organise
Manage your team, player involvement, availability and attendance.
- 4
Share
Send clear drills and plans to players or other coaches with a simple link.
Animated Drill Creator
Turn coaching ideas into clear animated drills.
Place players, goalkeepers, balls, cones and goals on the pitch. Add passes, carries, runs and shots step by step, preview the animation and save the finished drill to your library.
- Field-hockey-specific pitch layouts
- Step-by-step animation
- Passes, carries, runs and shots
- Goalkeeper actions
- Multiple player colours
- Save, reuse, edit and share
Training Session Planner
Build sessions that are ready to coach.
Structure the session into clear blocks, add custom activities and drills from your library, choose the players involved and keep the total duration under control.
- Warm-up, play-drill and game blocks
- Custom coaching activities
- Drills added from the library
- Session duration guidance
- Players involved
- Save and reopen plans
Tuesday training68 min16 players involved
- Warm-up10 min
- Play-drill18 min
- Passing under pressure20 min
- Game block20 min
Team organisation
Know your team before training starts.
Keep your player list organised, select the players involved in each session and collect availability without requiring every player to manage another account.
- Player names, positions and shirt numbers
- Active squad management
- Session participation
- Personal availability links
- Attendance tracking
- No player account required for shared links
18active players
- 7Alex MorganAvailable
- 11Sam TaylorAvailable
- 4Jordan LeeAwaiting reply
- 1Casey SmithAvailable
Drill Library
Save, organise and reuse your best drills.
Keep a personal drill library that is easy to reopen, adapt, share and use again in future training sessions.
Your saved drills, ready to reuse.
Save drills, reopen them, keep them organised and add the right ideas back into future sessions.
Browse ideas and share clearly.
Explore public drills for inspiration, reuse useful patterns and share selected drills with players or coaches.
Built for coaches and clubs
Start with your team. Grow into a shared club approach.
For coaches
Everything you need to prepare your team.
Create drills, build training and game plans, organise your squad and keep your coaching preparation in one place.
- Drill Creator
- Drill Library
- Training sessions
- Game planning
- Team Manager
- Availability and attendance
- Shareable links
Club features in preparation
For clubs
A shared coaching approach across your club.
Give coaches access to shared drills, session templates and club principles while allowing each coach to adapt plans for their own team.
- Multiple teams and coaches
- Simple roles and permissions
- Club Library
- Shared templates
- Club coaching principles
- Club-level overview
See it in action
Discover the Tips4coach coaching flow.
Watch the short overview, then explore the focused tutorials for team setup, training sessions and drill creation.
Set Up Your Team
Player details, squad setup and availability.
Create a Training Session
Blocks, activities, drills and duration.
Create, Save and Share a Drill
Build an animation and reuse your idea.
Built from coaching reality
Designed around the work coaches actually do.
Tips4coach started with a practical question: why should preparing one training session require so many separate documents, tools and messages? The platform is being developed around the real workflow of field hockey coaches, with simplicity as a core requirement.
Created by a field hockey coach and developed as a product of Tips4Expat.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Tips4coach.
Is Tips4coach only for field hockey?
The current version is designed specifically for field hockey. The platform may later support additional team sports.
Do players need an account?
No. Coaches can share viewing and availability links without requiring every player to create an account.
Can I create my own animated drills?
Yes. The Drill Creator lets coaches place players and objects, add actions step by step, preview the animation and save the drill.
Can I use drills inside training sessions?
Yes. Saved drills can be added to the relevant blocks of a training session.
Can I share a drill?
Yes. A viewing link can be created and sent to players or other coaches without giving them editing access to the original drill.
Is Tips4coach suitable for clubs?
The coach version is the current focus. Club functionality, including shared content and multiple coaching teams, is planned for a future phase.
Spend less time preparing your tools - and more time preparing your team.
Join the Tips4coach beta and help shape a simpler way to create, plan and share your coaching.