Modernise Player Assessments. Eliminate Administrative Friction.

The digital assessment assistant built for field hockey coaches and club directors.

Replace paper notes, memory-based evaluations, and unencrypted spreadsheet email chains with an objective, data-driven platform. H1 Squads streamlines athlete tracking, automates squad sorting, and gives coaches defensible metrics—without changing how you deliver on the pitch.

🚀 Beta Software Launching Soon! Be among the first forward-thinking clubs to test H1 Squads in our upcoming Beta cohort.

The Problem: The Early-Season Bottleneck

Evaluating and grouping 100+ junior players or onboarding new arrivals at the start of a season is a massive administrative challenge.

  • Cognitive Overload: Managing dozens of player names, attendance, and skill levels from memory or phone notes leads to fatigue and guesswork.

  • Lengthy Sorting Debates: Coaches often spend up to an hour after every session debating where players align across training groups.

  • Overlooked Athletes: If a player is absent during pitch walk-arounds, they risk being evaluated on fleeting second-hand reports rather than longitudinal progress.

  • Data Privacy Risks: Player information frequently lives in unencrypted spreadsheets emailed back and forth between coaches, creating security and version-control vulnerabilities.

The Solution: What is H1 Squads?

H1 Squads is a bespoke digital application operating under the Holistic One methodology and the SPEG coaching framework (Self, Player, Environment, Game). It bridges the gap between on-pitch observation and back-end group management.

Key Features at a Glance:

  • Objective 8-Parameter SPEG Framework: Rate athletes across eight core competencies: Passing, Dribbling, Shooting, Defending, Tackling, Positioning, Fitness, and Teamwork.

  • Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS): Replaces subjective 1–5 stars with a granular 1–10 scale where every number is tied to defined, observable field behaviors.

  • Algorithmic Auto-Grouping: Generates balanced training or match-day squads instantly based on age, current skill scores, and maximum cohort constraints.

  • 30-Second Score Inputs: Tweak skill scores in seconds pitch-side on a mobile device or post-session without interrupting supervisory coaching duties.

  • 100% Human-in-the-Loop Control: The software proposes groupings, but Head Coaches retain absolute authority to review, lock, or manually override any recommendation

Why Coaches & Clubs Want to Use It

For Head Coaches & Academy Directors

  • Eliminates Administrative Fatigue: Cuts post-session sorting meetings from an hour down to minutes.

  • Defensible Parent Feedback: Provides a recorded audit trail of longitudinal performance data to explain group placements objectively during parent reviews.

  • Coaching Quality Feedback Loop: Surfaces cohort-wide trends (e.g. identifying a team-wide drop in defensive metrics) so you can adapt training blocks accordingly.

For Volunteer & Assistant Coaches

  • Zero Tech Burden: Volunteer coaches have no app tasks, software requirements, or administrative overhead. Volunteers coach as normal and share informal verbal feedback on pitch.

For Club Committees & Administrators

  • Bank-Grade Data Security: Participant records (Name, DOB, and ratings only) are secured via AWS KMS 256-bit encryption hosted strictly on UK cloud servers.

  • UK GDPR & ICO Compliance: Operates on a formal Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) framework with full parent opt-out rights.

  • 100% Club Data Sovereignty: The club owns all metric data. Export your database via CSV at any time, with a guarantee of complete server data deletion if a trial ends.

  • Strict Developer Isolation: Engineering personnel have zero access to live production data, with maintenance conducted exclusively in sandbox environments using dummy test records.

How It Works: 3 Simple Steps

  1. Observe & Input: Record or tweak 1–10 BARS scores pitch-side in ~30 seconds or post-session.

  2. Auto-Generate: Click a button to calculate balanced training squads instantly based on live ratings.

  3. Review & Confirm: Head Coaches review suggestions, apply holistic intuition, and confirm final groups before pitch deployment.

Sign Up for the Upcoming Beta Launch

We are opening limited slots for forward-thinking field hockey clubs, academies, and coaching organisations to join our upcoming Beta Cohort. Experience the power of data-driven squad management before our full commercial launch

Reserve Your Club’s Beta Spot Today

Fill out the form below to register your interest for early access:

Have questions about data security, pilot setup, or committee briefings? Contact Lead Coach Liam directly at info@lksactive.co.uk.