Coaches want to coach. Not do admin. But an Individual Development Plan is a non-negotiable part of every player's journey. IDP Engine handles the paperwork so you can spend more time on the field — and less time on a screen.
Built by a coach who got tired of owing his players development plans. You'll be one of the first 50 clubs to use it.
The problem
Your club expects them. Parents ask about them. You know the kids deserve them.
So what actually happens? One of three things — and none of them make you feel like a coach.
Option 1
Open a Google Doc. Knock out two IDPs. Get tired. The other eighteen never happen. The kids who got one feel singled out — the kids who didn't, forgotten.
Option 2
Find something online. Fill in the blanks. Hand back a generic, lifeless pamphlet that nobody — not the player, not the parent, not you — actually believes in.
Option 3
Don't do them at all. Hope nobody asks at the next parent meeting. Carry the guilt into next season, and the season after that.
None of those options actually develop a player. There's a fourth option.
How it works
No software training. No template hell. No copy-paste between docs.
Pick 5 questions or 15. Tweak the prompts to fit how you actually coach. Save it once and reuse it for every player on the roster.
Your player taps it on their phone, types a 4-digit PIN, and answers in their own words. No app to download. No account to create. No parent has to forward anything.
Both sides of the conversation get turned into a structured, professional development plan. Read it, edit it, export the PDF, and send it home looking like the kind of club families brag about.
Built for real clubs
Not a Google Doc. Not a spreadsheet. A real tool, built for the way youth soccer actually works.
Build it once, run it for 20 players. Tweak the questions when you want — never start from a blank doc again.
They tap a magic link, enter a PIN, and chat. Works on any phone. Parents stay out of it.
Players answer in their own voice. It follows up when an answer is thin — the way a good 1-on-1 actually goes.
Clean layout, club-appropriate language, structured the way development plans should be. No “AI wrote this” giveaway.
See who's done their interview, who's pending, who needs a nudge. No spreadsheet required.
Magic-link access, PIN gate, parental consent flow, encrypted storage. COPPA-aware from day one.
Simple pricing
3 IDPs. No card. No catch.
Run the whole thing on three of your players. If it doesn’t save you the weekend you thought it would, walk away — you don’t owe us anything.
For coaches running real squads.
Up to 50 IDPs every month. Cancel any time, in two clicks, no email-the-CEO nonsense.
Three free IDPs. No credit card. No “schedule a demo.” Build your first interview and have a real development plan in your inbox by tonight.