Sports & Athletics
Basketball Coach workflow
Skills sessions, team practices and game-film review.
Basketball coaching splits between skills work and running a team. Use video for the first and a team app for the second.
I coach
First clients — keep costs near zero
First clients — keep costs near zero
7 tools · 4 free or with a free plan · 3 paid
Attract Clients
Get found and get leads
Same for every coachEverything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.
See all 6 resources
Canva
Design
Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.
Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.
Onboard Clients
Turn a lead into a client
The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.
See all 6 resources
Loom
Client Communication
Quick screen-and-camera recordings shared by link — ideal for form feedback, weekly check-in videos and explaining a programme without a live call.
Talk a player or the whole team through film without booking a session.
Assess
Understand who you are coaching
Same for every coachBaselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.
See all 3 resources
Typeform
Forms & Templates
One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.
A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.
Plan & Deliver
Do the actual coaching
Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.
See all 16 resources
CoachNow
Coaching Tools
Video analysis and messaging for sports coaches — annotate swing or stroke clips, compare them side by side and share them in a space per athlete.
Break down shooting form and game clips, and keep drills in one space per player.
Run the Business
Get paid and stay organised
Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.
See all 20 resources
TeamSnap
Software
Team management for youth and amateur sports — schedules, availability, messaging and payments for players and parents in one app.
Practice schedules, availability and parent messages in one place instead of a group chat.
Stripe
Software
Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.
Collect camp, clinic and season fees upfront.
Grow Yourself
Keep getting better
Same for every coachCertifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.
See all 11 resources
The Coaching Habit
Education
Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.
Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.
7 tools · 4 free or with a free plan · 3 paid
Attract Clients
Get found and get leads
Same for every coachEverything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.
See all 6 resourcesCanva
Design
Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.
Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.
Onboard Clients
Turn a lead into a client
The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.
See all 6 resourcesLoom
Client Communication
Quick screen-and-camera recordings shared by link — ideal for form feedback, weekly check-in videos and explaining a programme without a live call.
Talk a player or the whole team through film without booking a session.
Assess
Understand who you are coaching
Same for every coachBaselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.
See all 3 resourcesTypeform
Forms & Templates
One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.
A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.
Plan & Deliver
Do the actual coaching
Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.
See all 16 resourcesCoachNow
Coaching Tools
Video analysis and messaging for sports coaches — annotate swing or stroke clips, compare them side by side and share them in a space per athlete.
Break down shooting form and game clips, and keep drills in one space per player.
Run the Business
Get paid and stay organised
Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.
See all 20 resourcesTeamSnap
Software
Team management for youth and amateur sports — schedules, availability, messaging and payments for players and parents in one app.
Practice schedules, availability and parent messages in one place instead of a group chat.
Stripe
Software
Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.
Collect camp, clinic and season fees upfront.
Grow Yourself
Keep getting better
Same for every coachCertifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.
See all 11 resourcesThe Coaching Habit
Education
Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.
Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.
Last reviewed . Picks are editorial — nothing here is paid placement.