What’s new
Each update to Coaching Cadence, newest first. An update is named for the day it arrived: 26.9.30.0 is the first one on September 30, 2026.
Three soccer drills for restarts
26.10.2.2 ·
Three new soccer drills for restarts: free kicks, kickoffs and defending corners. We wrote them ourselves because good videos were hard to find.
- NewQuick Free Kick Game (U8 to U12): a small game where a free kick taken fast, before the other team is set, can score double.
- NewKickoff Plays Game (U9 to U14): every goal restarts with a kickoff, so teams run two simple kickoff plays again and again.
- NewDefending Corners Points Game (U11 to U14): a no-heading corner game where defenders score points for clearing the ball wide.
- BetterThese three have no video. Good restarts videos with real kids were hard to find, so each one spells out the setup, steps and cues.
- BetterSoccer teams now have six restarts drills to choose from.
Links that look right when you share them
26.10.2.1 ·
Invite links and shared practices now show a proper preview when you text or post them, and an invite opens on a page that says what it is.
- NewOpen an invite link before signing in and you see a short page: what Coaching Cadence is, that you’re invited to coach a team, and Sign in to join.
- BetterTexting an invite link shows a card saying you’re invited to coach a team. It never names the team or the coach who sent it.
- BetterShared practices and the Sign in, Help, What’s new and Privacy pages show the Coaching Cadence card with a line about the page.
- BetterA shared practice’s preview still leaves out the team’s name and the practice’s title.
More soccer drills, now from U6
26.10.2.0 ·
Six more soccer drills, including the first games for the youngest players (U6), each approved by a coach and with a checked video.
- NewThree games for the youngest players, ages U6 to U10: Duck Tails and Dinosaur Tag (dribbling warm-ups) and Space Wars (finishing).
- NewTwo passing games: Barcelona, where a goal is worth one point for every pass before it, and Divide and Conquer.
- NewA dribbling session, Skills Tunnel Hat-Trick, that adds defenders one step at a time.
- BetterU6 teams now have soccer drills made for their age, and Swap has more soccer drills to choose from.
More soccer drills
26.10.1.2 ·
Fourteen more soccer drills for ages U7 to U14, each approved by a coach, with a checked video that opens where the drill starts.
- NewThree more finishing drills, and two more each for receiving, defending, possession and games.
- NewOne more each for warm-ups, dribbling and passing, including Capture the Balls and a pirates-and-sharks shielding game.
- BetterOlder teams get more to work with: four of the new drills go up to U14.
- BetterRecommended soccer practices and Swap have more drills to choose from.
More basketball drills
26.10.1.1 ·
Twenty more basketball drills for grades 3-6, many of them games, each with a checked video. Basketball teams now have 52 to choose from.
- NewFive more ball-handling drills, four of them games: Dribble Knockout, Snake Tag, Ducktails and Pac-Man.
- NewThree more warm-ups, two of them games: Capture the Cones and the Red Light Game.
- NewNine more for passing, shooting, team offense and games, and one more each for footwork, rebounding and defense.
Basketball drills to start with
26.10.1.0 ·
Basketball teams now start with about 30 drills chosen for grades 3-6, each with a checked video.
- NewAbout 30 basketball drills across every skill group, from warm-ups and ball handling to rebounding, defense and games.
- NewEach one was chosen for grades 3 to 6 and approved by a coach, and its video opens where the drill starts.
- BetterRecommended basketball practices now have drills to build from.
Basketball teams
26.9.30.6 ·
Choose your team’s sport when you set it up. Basketball teams get their own drills, grouped by basketball skills.
- NewNew team asks which sport the team plays: soccer or basketball. Teams you already have are soccer.
- NewBasketball drills get their own groups, like Ball handling, Shooting and Rebounding, and are shared only with basketball coaches.
- BetterCoach in both sports? The drill library switches between them, and a practice offers only drills for its team’s sport.
- BetterA team’s sport stays fixed once it has a practice, so a practice never mixes sports.
- BetterCoach in both sports? Adding or drafting a drill names its sport, and asks when you haven’t picked one. Invite pages show the team’s sport.
- Better“Match prep” is now “Game prep”, and the Privacy page lists the sport among what we keep about your teams.
We hear about problems sooner
26.9.30.5 ·
When a page breaks on our side, we now get a short report so we can fix it. It never says who you are or what you typed.
- BetterWhen a page fails on our servers, we get a report saying what failed and on which kind of page, so we can fix it faster.
- BetterThe report never includes your name, email, what you typed, or which practice or team it was. Nothing is sent from your phone.
- BetterShared practices, invite links and the sign-in page are never reported, to keep them private.
- BetterThe Privacy page names the service that gets these reports and exactly what it receives.
A plain-English Privacy page
26.9.30.4 ·
What we store, who can see it, which services handle it, and how to have it deleted.
- NewA Privacy page, linked from sign-in, Help and every shared practice.
- BetterFind a video says that searching uses YouTube and its Terms of Service.
Coach a team together
26.9.30.3 ·
The head coach can invite the other coaches on the team, so everyone plans from the same practices.
- NewHead coaches: invite a coach from your team page. Copy the link and text it; they sign in and tap Join team.
- NewCoaches on a team see every practice on it, and can plan, change, print, share and run any of them.
- NewOnly the head coach, who made the team, changes its details, its invite link and who coaches it.
Stay signed in, and a way to reach us
26.9.30.2 ·
Signing out on one device no longer signs you out everywhere, and there is an address for questions.
- FixedSign out now signs out only the device you tap it on. Your phone stays signed in for practice.
- NewQuestions, or something not working? Email hello@coachingcadence.com. It is on the Help page too.
A friendlier sign-in email
26.9.30.1 ·
The email with your sign-in code is easier to read, and new coaches get a short welcome.
- BetterYour code is large and easy to copy, with how long it lasts right under it.
- BetterA first-time email welcomes you and says what happens next, in three steps.
- BetterIt follows your phone's dark mode, where your mail app allows it.
A friendlier first visit
26.9.30.0 ·
New coaches get a clear path from signing in to their first practice, and every screen says what it is for.
- NewThis page: a short note each time Coaching Cadence changes.
- BetterThe sign-in page says what Coaching Cadence is. On your first visit, the same code sets up your account.
- BetterIf a code doesn't work, you get one clear message and a Send a new code button, with no retyping your email.
- BetterAfter you sign in, you land on the page you were trying to open.
- BetterSetting up a team is simpler, and a team with no practices points you to planning its first one.
- BetterThe practice box reminds you to leave out players' names.
- FixedIf a practice can't be recommended, your words stay in the box and no empty practice is left behind.
- BetterA shared practice and Practice mode say what they are, for an assistant seeing them for the first time.
- Fixed"No videos on this plan" no longer says links were checked when a drill simply has no video.
- BetterYou are asked to rate a practice once its day has passed, not straight after building it.
- BetterHelp describes the app as it is today.
Practice mode on the field, and star ratings
26.9.29.4 ·
Practice mode now works with no signal, and you can rate each activity after practice.
- NewOpen Practice mode once with a signal and it is saved on your phone, so it opens with none. You can add it to your home screen.
- NewWater breaks show what to set up for the next activity.
- NewFinish practice, then rate each activity from 1 to 5 stars.
- BetterYour 4 and 5 star drills come first. Drills you rate 1 or 2 stop being recommended to you, unless you pin them.
A countdown timer in Practice mode
26.9.29.3 ·
A reminder to keep the practice moving, set to each activity’s minutes.
- NewStart a timer on any activity. It chimes at zero and shows how far over you are.
- NewPause, add a minute or restart. Next moves the timer on to the next activity.
- NewSee whether the practice is on schedule or behind.
Practice mode
26.9.29.2 ·
Run the practice from your phone, one activity at a time.
- NewEach activity gets its own screen: what to say, how it runs, what to bring and its video.
- NewThe whole practice at a glance, with one tap into any activity. Swipe or tap Next to move on.
- NewYour assistant can open it from a share link too, with no account.
A safer sign-in
26.9.29.1 ·
Sign-in now keeps out automated sign-ups.
- BetterA quick automatic check at sign-in stops robots. Most people never see it.
Recommendations remember your team
26.9.29.0 ·
Recommended practices now take the team's recent practices into account.
- BetterA team's first practice is kept simple: quick to explain, early wins and plenty of game time.
- BetterLater practices look at the last few, so the team gets variety.
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