track
DIGITAL SOLUTION FOR ALL COACHES
INTRODUCTION
Sport has always been a big part of people’s lives and in this modern way of living, everything is being digitalized. Coaches have more and more responsibilities and roles, from teaching individuals how to do sports, simultaneously raising them and doing all the paperwork. The question arises, how can we make it easier for them, so they don’t have to write it all down in a notebook and carry it with them all the time? We designed an app to track attendance and create reports much easier and faster than before.
Challenge
To design a digital product that will enable users of all
ages to easily track attendance and create reports.
USER INTERVIEWS
In order to gather expert insights, we conducted user interviews specifically with sports coaches. These interviews allowed us to tap into their wealth of knowledge and experience in the field. Through their valuable perspectives, we gained a deeper understanding of the unique challenges, preferences, and requirements that coaches face in their daily routines.
My team and I conducted 3 user interviews and these are some of the questions we asked:
Pain points
- Carrying a notebook with them at all time.
- Creating different types of reports.
Can you describe your typical training?
How many teams do you train?
How many different types of training do you conduct?
Can you tell me how you track attendance?
How often do you write a report?
USER PERSONAS
Fictional name:
Albert Fitness
Occupation:
Accountant and fitness coach
Demographics:
- 35 years old
- Lives in Rijeka, Croatia, with his fiancee
- Takes care about his old mother
- Has an upper-middle-income level
Goals and needs:
Albert wants a world that is more digitalized. As an accountant, he finds himself in situations where he is cluttered
with papers. He is trying to shift everything he can on electronical devices.
Frustrations
Sometimes he has training in the woods which means he needs to have his coach diary on him.
This is impractical because it can get wet in the rain, it can be swept away, lost, etc.
STYLE GUIDE
After a quite amount of time trying to create a perfect logo, we went with this simple but effective logo which represents A for attendance. A is split in two parts and when you turn one part around, it becomes a check mark.
When you think of sports and teams, at least for us, blue and red are colors that instantly come across our mind. Red is by nature a little bit harsh and intrusive so we decided to pick a blue, but to make it a little bit interesting, we chose a combination of a blue closer to purple and sky blue.
We wanted to keep it simple with typography so we chose a san-serif typeface, Poppins.
Logo
Colors
Primary
#6B63E0
Secondary
#7DDCE2
#1A1B41
Typography
Poppins
Medium
17 px
16 px
Regular
24 px
20 px
18 px
16 px
14 px
12 px
10 px
DESIGN
This app is targeting a lot of different age groups and users with different levels of tech-literacy so it is designed to be very easy to use.
We wanted to keep it simple with typography so we chose a san-serif typeface, Poppins.
ADD TEAM
When user signs up, first he need to create his team. After that, enter his team name and add team members. If a user already has an excel file with a list of team members, he/she can import it instead of writing all the members down. If a user has more than one team, he can add as many as he wants.
ADD ACTIVITY
For a more personalized approach, the user can add activities to his team, like interval training or game day, and it will appear on the main screen so he can track attendance for those activities.
TRACK ATTENDANCE
On the attendance screen the user chooses the activity that he wants to track attendance for and, by default, everyone is present. We choose that option because there is always more present than absent people at a training, so we wanted to make it easy for coaches to mark just the ones that are absent. There is also an option to add a reason for the presence/absence of the member.
COLLABORATE WITH
OTHER COACHES
If there is more than one coach in a team, there is an option for a collaboration. Users can send an invite to the other coaches that are also in their team so they can track attendance together.
TRACK ATTENDANCE
On the attendance screen the user chooses the activity that he wants to track attendance for and, by default, everyone is present. We choose that option because there is always more present than absent people at a training, so we wanted to make it easy for coaches to mark just the ones that are absent. There is also an option to add a reason for the presence/absence of the member.
STATISTICS
Statistics is one of the main features of this app that is very important for coaches. Having everything at one place and having the ability to export group or single member statistic reports, no matter what period of time, is making coaches’ lives easier. And that is what we hoped we would do!
track
DIGITAL SOLUTION FOR
ALL COACHES
INTRODUCTION
Sport has always been a big part of people’s lives and in this modern way of living, everything is being digitalized. Coaches have more and more responsibilities and roles, from teaching individuals how to do sports, simultaneously raising them and doing all the paperwork. The question arises, how can we make it easier for them, so they don’t have to write it all down in a notebook and carry it with them all the time? We designed an app to track attendance and create reports much easier and faster than before.
Challenge
To design a digital product that will enable users of all
ages to easily track attendance and create reports.
USER INTERVIEWS
In order to gather expert insights, we conducted user interviews specifically with sports coaches. These interviews allowed us to tap into their wealth of knowledge and experience in the field. Through their valuable perspectives, we gained a deeper understanding of the unique challenges, preferences, and requirements that coaches face in their daily routines.
My team and I conducted 3 user interviews and these are some of the questions we asked:
Can you describe your typical training?
How many teams do you train?
How many different types of training do you conduct?
Can you tell me how you track attendance?
How often do you write a report?
Pain points
- Carrying a notebook with them at all time.
- Creating different types of reports.
USER PERSONA
Fictional name:
Albert Fitness
Occupation:
Accountant and fitness coach
Demographics:
- 35 years old
- Lives in Rijeka, Croatia, with his fiancee
- Takes care about his old mother
Has an upper-middle-income level
Goals and needs:
Albert wants a world that is more digitalized. As an accountant, he finds himself in situations where he is cluttered
with papers. He is trying to shift everything he can on electronical devices.
Frustrations
Sometimes he has training in the woods which means he needs to have his coach diary on him.
This is impractical because it can get wet in the rain, it can be swept away, lost, etc.
STYLE GUIDE
After a quite amount of time trying to create a perfect logo, we went with this simple but effective logo which represents A for attendance. A is split in two parts and when you turn one part around, it becomes a check mark.
When you think of sports and teams, at least for us, blue and red are colors that instantly come across our mind. Red is by nature a little bit harsh and intrusive so we decided to pick a blue, but to make it a little bit interesting, we chose a combination of a blue closer to purple and sky blue.
We wanted to keep it simple with typography so we chose a san-serif typeface, Poppins.
Logo
Colors
Primary
#6B63E0
Secondary
#7DDCE2
#1A1B41
Typography
Poppins
Medium
17px
16px
Regular
24px
20px
18px
16px
14px
12px
10px
DESGIN
This app is targeting a lot of different age groups and users with different levels of tech-literacy so it is designed to be very easy to use.
ADD TEAM
When user signs up, first he need to create his team. After that, enter his team name and add team members. If a user already has an excel file with a list of team members, he/she can import it instead of writing all the members down. If a user has more than one team, he can add as many as he wants.
ADD ACTIVITY
For a more personalized approach, the user can add activities to his team, like interval training or game day, and it will appear on the main screen so he can track attendance for those activities.
TRACK ATTENDANCE
On the attendance screen the user chooses the activity that he wants to track attendance for and, by default, everyone is present. We choose that option because there is always more present than absent people at a training, so we wanted to make it easy for coaches to mark just the ones that are absent. There is also an option to add a reason for the presence/absence of the member.
COLLABORATE WITH
OTHER COACHES
If there is more than one coach in a team, there is an option for a collaboration. Users can send an invite to the other coaches that are also in their team so they can track attendance together.
MEMBERSHIP
While conducting user interviews, one of the interviewees told us that he works with young members that are paying a fee so it would be great to add a feature where users can track who paid a monthly membership. We thought that this is a great idea so we added that feature also.
STATISTICS
Statistics is one of the main features of this app that is very important for coaches. Having everything at one place and having the ability to export group or single member statistic reports, no matter what period of time, is making coaches’ lives easier. And that is what we hoped we would do!