Off-season training at home or in the gym

The off-season is where pre-season is won or lost. A training plan gives the squad two evenings a week they can do at home or in the gym, and shows you who's keeping it up. This is part of the Training Plans add-on.

Set up the block

1. On Home, tap Training plans, then New plan.
2. Pick Off-season block, November to February, and set the dates: early November to the end of February is seventeen weeks.
3. Change any session or exercise, then Share the plan and add the squad, a line, or chosen players.

The block builds through the winter, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings:

Every exercise says how to do it at home: a school bag with books in it does the job of a dumbbell. Test days at the start and the end (20 m sprint, 5-10-5, Yo-Yo, broad jump) show what changed. For under-18s, the plan keeps to the youth limits: three strength sessions a week at most, never on back-to-back days.

See how it's going

The Progress tab shows:

• how many players have done this week's sessions;
• who's on track (80% or more so far), who's behind, and who has gone quiet;
• who's injured and held out, and any pain flags, which go to the physio;
• each week so far, with its phase, so you can see if the squad dropped off over Christmas;
• every player's load, wellbeing and streak;
• notes from players, waiting ones first.

At the end, Report shows completion, how the tests moved, who's ready for pre-season, and how it compares with last year's block if you copied it.

What players and parents do

Each workout is on the player's Home and in their plan. When they've done it, they tap Mark done and say how hard it felt, how they slept, how sore they are and their mood. They can leave a note for the coaches, and you can reply.

If something hurt, they switch on Something hurt. That goes to the physio, and the exercise stops until the physio clears it.

A parent sees their child's plan on Home: what's on this week, what's done, the notes and replies, and the tests. For an under-16, the parent can mark workouts done for them.

It stays on their record

Every plan a player has been on stays on their record after it ends: off-season, pre-season, skills or return to play. Players, their parents and the squad's coaches can open Training history any time to see what was done, the best streak and how the tests moved.

Under-18s

For anyone under 18, their parents see every note and every reply, and are told when you reply. Keep replies about the training, as you would on the field.