What's New in Sideline HQ: Sideline Ops, Reconditioning, Tablets & More

Equipment has always been the heart of Sideline HQ, and it still is. It's the first tab in the app. But running a program takes more than an equipment room, so we've been busy.

Here's what's new, starting with the biggest piece: Sideline Ops. Sideline HQ is built for youth sports, high school, small college and FCS/FBS programs, and everything below works for all of them.

Meet Sideline Ops

Sideline Ops adds the daily team work next to your equipment: who showed up, who's doing what before the game, what's on the calendar, and who's on the bus. You plan it on the web and run it from your phone. Ops is an add-on, and it's turned on for the sports that have it. Sports without it simply don't show it. See the full Sideline Ops page →

Roll Call

Tap each athlete Present, Absent, Tardy, Excused or Left early. Or mark everyone present and fix the exceptions. Take roll for practice, a meeting, a workout or travel.

• It works with no signal. A roll call you take in the gym or on a bus saves on the phone and syncs when you're back online.
• Attendance history lives on the web, with filters for dates, event type, team, position, grad year and status. Download it as a CSV.

Checklists

Build a checklist on the web from scratch or from a template, assign each item to a staff member, set a due date, and tie it to a game or practice.

• Coach duty lists for pre-game, post-game, pre-practice and post-practice can copy themselves onto every game and practice, already assigned.
• In the app, My items shows what's yours. Tick one off and it stays on the list with who did it and when.
• Reminders go out by email to the person an item is assigned to.

Team Calendar

Practices, games, meetings, workouts and travel in one place for each sport. Repeating events and a spreadsheet import get a whole season in fast.

• Month, week and list views on the web.
• A subscribe link puts your schedule in the calendar app on your phone.
• In the Sideline HQ app, see your week at a glance and open an event for its notes, duties and checklists.

Trips and Bus Check

Plan the trip on the web: itinerary, travelers, buses, rooming and a packing list. Then on game day, check riders on at the bus door from your phone. You get a live count like “38 / 40 on bus,” and anyone missing sorts to the top. There's an All on bus button for the easy mornings.

Who Sees What

Coaches work with their own sport's athletes. Athletic directors see every sport.

When Do the Phone Features Arrive?

Sideline Ops is live on the web now for schools that add it. The Ops features in the Sideline HQ app are part of the latest app update, which is rolling out now. Update the app when it appears in the App Store or Google Play. Reports and bulk uploads stay on the web.

Know What You Need Before the Season Finds Out

On the Equipment page, pick a sport and you'll find two tabs: Condition Check and Needs. Rate the rack once, tapping New, Good, Fair or Poor on each item, and Sideline HQ builds a buy list. Every line shows the reason, the product IDs and an estimated cost behind it.

• Poor items become needs automatically, and needs clear themselves when you fix the problem.
• Set a Par Level on any non-serialized item, and when the count drops below it the shortfall lands on the Needs tab.
• Helmets default to a 10-year service life and a 12-month recertify cycle. Admins can change the rules for any category.

Condition Check and Needs are free for every school, and they're on the web for now.

Reconditioning, Start to Finish

Send helmets and shoulder pads out in a batch, see what's at the vendor, then receive or condemn each one when the crate comes back. The reconditioned date stamps itself, and condemned gear shows up in your write-off reports on the web. Sending and receiving also work in the coach app. Read the step-by-step reconditioning walkthrough →

Also New

• iPad and tablet layouts. The coach app uses the whole screen on iPad and Android tablets, with an item's details opening beside the list.
• Custom sports. Don't see your sport in the catalog? Tell us and we'll add it, so your program is set up the way you run it.
• College and adult programs. College and pro programs see Men's and Women's instead of Boys and Girls on their sports.
• Class schedule upload. Upload your athletes' class schedules from a spreadsheet on the web, and keep a history of your uploads.
• Helmet hat sizes. Record each helmet's hat size, from 6 to 8, and include it in your bulk uploads.

A Game Week With Ops

1. Monday: start the Away game checklist from a template, assign every item, and tie it to Friday's game.
2. At practice: take roll on your phone. No signal in the gym? It syncs later.
3. Game day: coaches tick off their duties, and each item stays put with who did it and when.
4. On the bus: check riders on and see who's missing. Attendance history is waiting on the web.

Want Ops for Your Program?

Tell us your sports and we'll turn it on and walk you through it. Pricing: ask us. Email kyle@sidelinehq.co or call (904) 297-8459, Mon–Fri, 9–5 ET. Not on Sideline HQ yet? Start a free 30-day trial →