Built a lacrosse goalie stats app after getting frustrated tracking games on paper — looking for testers
As the title suggests, my son’s HS coach had us parents tracking goalie shots on paper all season. It was useful enough at halftime, but after the game the paper usually just disappeared into a bag somewhere.
In the part of my life that helps pay for my son’s lacrosse habit, I work with data a lot, so I started messing around with building something that could actually track trends year to year instead of just tally marks for one game.
The goalie app was the first thing I split out because it seemed like the biggest pain point, but I’ll probably end up breaking a few other individual stat tools out of the larger team app over time too. (Faceoff for boys, Draws for girls and offensive efficiency)
Right now it tracks:
- shot locations
- saves/goals allowed
- blocked shots
- save %
- game history/trends
- goalie heat maps
- recruiting-style graphics
- iPad support for sideline tracking
My main goal has just been making it simple and fast enough to use during a live game. I still want to actually watch my kid play too.
I’d love to get a few parents/coaches/goalies willing to try it during summer ball and give honest feedback. Happy to send some promo codes out to anyone interested. Figured I’d make the promo codes long enough to get through summer ball so people can actually use it for a while before giving feedback.
Also, while my son plays boys lacrosse, I’d absolutely love feedback from the girls side too since I know goalie tracking and recruiting matters there just as much. There is setting in there to set the goalie to boy or girls so the field view renders correctly.
Would also love feedback on:
- what goalie stats actually matter to you
- what current tracking methods/apps are missing
- anything you wish existed for goalie development or recruiting
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/laxgoalieiq/id6767604702
My son’s actually a middie, so I’m definitely learning as I go on the goalie side of things. Anything the goalie world can teach me would honestly help a lot.
Anything useful I learn from this I’ll probably work into the larger team stat app too, since that’s shaping up to be more of a coaching/team tool overall.
TLDR: built app for goalies want some people to test for me will give free access for summer ball