If you belong to a sports club this is the list you want to have on hand to consult every day. We have compiled all the tools you can use to optimize the management of your sports club. Most of these tools are free, although for very little money there are also very interesting alternatives.

• Collection of fees
• Collection of punctual payments
• Apps for sports club management
• Forms
• Activity management
• Registration management
• Communication with members
• Signature of authorizations
• Questionnaires for athletes
• Database management
• Preparation and training control
• Social networks for sports clubs
• Online store
• Crowdfunding
• Sponsorship for athletes
• Streaming
• Accounting
• Email marketing

Collection of fees in your sports club

Stripe – With this platform, you can charge your athletes one-time payments or subscribe to recurring payments using their credit card. Following the strictest security protocols, Stripe will charge your athletes periodically, avoiding fees for returns.

Gocardless – Offers the possibility of making payments by direct debit. No need to sign a contract and you pay only for successful transactions.

Collection of punctual payments in your sports club

Bizum – With Bizum you can send and receive money through your bank’s app. Receive instant bank transfers without commission safely. It is necessary to have the receiver’s phone number to make the payment.

Virtual POS – It is an online version of the classic POS. Almost all banks offer you the possibility of using it. You will have to negotiate the conditions and the implementation method with each of them, signing a specific contract.

PayPal – It is a secure payment platform to make online payments. Millions of digital businesses use it to charge their customers, and it is an alternative that offers a lot of security to both the payer and the receiver.

Apps for managing sports clubs

Playoff : With Playoff you can perform various actions related to your club in an integrated way, instead of using dozens of different tools. From the same platform, you can easily manage payments, calendar, communication, registrations, database, questionnaires … Athletes can download the club’s personalized app and receive all notifications through it.

Clupik : Centralize the management and communication of your sports club with its comprehensive solution for clubs. You can have your own website and a personalized app adapted to the colors and corporate image for your club. You can incorporate the modules that you consider appropriate and customize the interface. In addition, it provides a management tool, where you can centralize the management of tools and communications with members.

TeamApp : With this app you can manage your club through your own app. You can customize its design and have a fully functional app that connects your teams with athletes. The app is in English, but it has a fairly intuitive design to be able to use its functionalities.

Apps for analyzing the performance of your athletes

Eleven: The best program to analyze videos with graphs of the level you see on TV. It allows you to perform labeling and modeling with interactive graphics and being able to export clips. You have an unlimited number of analyzes without the need to be connected, working offline. Analyze any video from your hard drive.

Forms for your sports club

Google forms – Create free customizable forms (with your gmail account) and then analyze them by exporting the data to the Google Drive spreadsheet. It has a very simple interface and more than enough functionalities for a club like yours.

Survey Monkey – Survey Monkey offers you the advantage of having 24/7 email support. It also allows more advanced options like A / B comparisons and text boxes. You have up to 1,600 pre-designed questions to take as an example.

Wufoo – It is a tool for forms in which you will have to pay for its use. However, it has more varied options such as attaching images, a multitude of templates, etc.

Management of your sports club activities

Google Calendar – Centralized calendar with reminders for athletes. You can have it on your computer or mobile. Also share it with other users. Google gives you the advantage of integrating it with hundreds of other applications, so if you are skilled, you can make this tool a very powerful ally.

Manage registrations in your sports club

Rockthesport – With rates depending on the volume of registrants in your event, it has up to 3 different plans. One of them, free. In this tool to manage online registrations you can promote your event, make announcements, send diplomas and post classifications and photos.

Eventbrite – One of the world’s most popular registration management platforms. Although it is not focused on sports clubs, with its multiple functionalities in the free plan you can organize in a great way

Cronocheck – This application is more focused on sporting events related to races and competitions. Ideal for athletics, running, swimming, cycling or triathlon clubs. It offers extras such as the publication of the web event, mobile app, chip system, personalized numbers, a revenue manager and social tools.

Communication with the members of your sports club

WhatsApp broadcast list – One of the most used alternatives in sports clubs. Be careful with the Data Protection Law. Similarly, if any member does not have you saved in the contact list, they will not receive the notification.

Gmail Mailing List – Email lists are a special feature of email that allows the distribution of messages among multiple Internet users simultaneously. You only need to have their email.

Facebook Group – In a Facebook group (private or public) you can publish content for your athletes and they will receive the alert. You run the risk that someone does not have an account on this social network, that you have notifications deactivated or that they do not use Facebook in their day to day.

Signing of authorizations for your sports club

Singeasy – It is an app for signing PDF documents. You need to have the .pdf file on your mobile to do it. It has a free 14-day trial.

CamScanner – App scan documents. You can suggest the parents of athletes to use this app to scan the signed authorizations. In the free plan, a watermark remains at the end of the document.

Send questionnaires to your athletes

Survio – With this tool, create free online questionnaires, share them and analyze the results live. In addition, you can use their templates so you don’t have to start from scratch.

Database of athletes from your sports club

Drive Spreadsheet – In the Drive Spreadsheet you can create databases of your athletes in a very simple way. Create the columns that you consider important, and share the spreadsheet with other club managers so that everyone can update it at any time.

Excel – One of the most used tools in the history of computing. It offers a multitude of different possibilities. The downside is that it works locally, and only you can make changes. Although there are some excel online options.

Preparation and training control

Football Training – A multitude of different training sessions divided by categories, training objective and difficulty.

Training peaks – It is one of the most used applications worldwide by trainers. Very focused on individual sports such as triathlon, cycling or running. With it, you can schedule workouts, link devices, analyze performance and evaluate your athletes.

Runtastic – Record activities and monitor progress to achieve goals. Mainly focused on fitness, running, cycling and walking activities.

Social networks for sports clubs

Strava – This social network for athletes focuses on athletes of individual sports through the use of GPS, different segments with personal records and global rankings.

Online store for sports clubs

Prestashop – Number 1 software for ecommerce. With Prestashop you will be able to customize your store using its templates. You will be able to add your products, manage orders, develop the relationship with buyers and analyze the results afterwards.

Woocommerce – The good thing about Woocommerce is that it is a free plugin and that, therefore, it can be installed within your WordPress page to add an Online Store section for your sports club .

Magento – If you are looking for a more professional and complete Online Store, Magento is your ideal solution. It has a full paid version, but the free version is more than enough to get started.

Crowdfunding for sports clubs

Apontoque – It is a sports crowdfunding platform. With this tool you will not only be able to seek financing for your club, but it also focuses on crowdfunding for athletes, event organizers and professionals in the world of sports.

Sponsor.me – In this crowdfunding platform you can put your sports project to get financing, with the great advantage that it offers up to 10 different forms of payment. No one will have an excuse not to contribute their grain of sand!

Sinsponsor – It is a platform to facilitate communication between sports clubs and private companies that want to sponsor the club. On the platform you can categorize your crowdfunding depending on the sports modality of your club.

Sponsorship for athletes

Sponsor them.biz – On this platform, anyone can make athletes’ dreams come true by becoming a sponsor.

Patrocinaundeportista.com – Platform focused on seeking funding for high-level athletes to train and participate in national, European, world championships and Olympics.

Miathlete – It is a collective financing platform, exclusively for Colombian athletes.

Streaming for sports clubs

Watchity – With this streaming platform you can produce live broadcasts using your mobile, public Wi-Fi or 4G networks. You can Create and broadcast short and fast live shows or professional multi-camera broadcasts. Also broadcasting through different social networks.

Footters – Through a monthly payment, Footers will broadcast the matches of the 2nd B and 3rd football divisions to the subscribers on the platform. At the moment it only focuses on football clubs, but perhaps it will expand its offer later.

YouTube – YouTube is the world’s largest audiovisual content platform. You can take advantage of the millions of users that exist to broadcast live videos and reach a large number of audiences.

Accounting for sports clubs

Bewe – Although it is more focused on sports centers and gyms, you can use the tool for your club by adapting it a little. Among other functionalities, it offers you the possibility of managing the club’s accounting, controlling billing, cash and expenses.

Email marketing for your sports club

Mailchimp – Mailchimp is one of the most interesting solutions for email marketing. Manage the list of subscribers and send a newsletter, new blog posts or any relevant news about your club.

Pipedrive – One of the best CRM for sports clubs. It allows you to carry out email marketing, while managing your clients / athletes and automating various tasks related to the marketing of your entity. We have made a comparison with the rest of the CRMs for clubs in a post.

As you can see, here are several tools that can make it easier to carry out your day-to-day tasks. Lean on technology to get things done faster, and dedicate your time to what is really important. Learn about all the technological solutions for sports clubs that we have in Esportter.