Comments on: TeamSnap is a Really, REALLY Nice Site

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:38:20 +0000

Our teams love the site. They like knowing who to expect to show up at each practice and game. However, we have five teams in our women’s ice hockey club and we aren’t going to pay for each one once you start charging. We will have to look elsewhere for a free site or one that can handle a club with multiple teams.

Thanks for the free trial!

By: Alex Kolina

Alex Kolina — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:40:22 +0000

Guys – nice touch on the graphics and AJAX, but charging for stuff like this is passe – especially when you are trying to break into the business with new users.

Check out other sites that give you tons of functionality for free: LeaugeLineup.com, eteamz.com, myteamcaptain.com, myteamhelper.com and actually quite a few others. I have been trying a few to setup my new hockey team.

By: Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve not checked it out beyond the homepage — but what a brilliant idea for a site. What I love about this is it’s such a simple idea, but not one anyone else had covered yet. Build a site like this with the modern web frameworks isn’t tough from a programming perspective. The beauty is in the great idea and the execution of the user interface (which they appear to have gotten right, from their homepage and your review).

I just love that a great (if simple) idea and modern tools can result in something so impactful when done well.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

eh nothing new, but a nice site nonetheless.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ryan: Thanks, I hadn’t heard of MyTeamCaptain. It’s interesting though how big of a difference good design (MyTeamCaptain) and *great* design (TeamSnap) make towards first impressions of both sites. MyTeamCaptain looks like a site I could easily tolerate and make use of, but TeamSnap really makes me *want* to use the site, even though I don’t have a team to manage.

By: Mike Papageorge

Mike Papageorge — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wondering why the mix of Rails and PHP?

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am the email guy for a soccer team I play with. TeamSnap is a nice , well executed app, for sure. But you know what? I can’t see how it makes it easier to manage a team. Way too many fields and too much info to enter. And players need to be invited and create an account to access the team info? They’ll never do that – they barely read their emails. It might work better for the more competitive teams or the more stats oriented sports though.

By: Kim Joar

Kim Joar — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

TeamSnap really looks great, and it really makes me want to use it. But my soccer career ended some years ago, so I don't think I will ever use this site more than to just check it out. By the way: I really love what they have done with the testimonials ;-)

By: Nate Klaiber

Nate Klaiber — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am definitely digging the interface for that site. Very nice preview that walks you through each piece of the site. The colors make the site very vibrant and inviting – especially for this market. I hadn’t seen anyone else do this either (until the link above) – but a job well done to those involved in putting this app out there.

By: AJP

AJP — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It definitely is a slick app. And it seems great for managing a small team. If you’re managing a soccer league, or real youth swim team (300+) it would seem a bit limited. Hand entering all that data would be a bear. I’m really interested to see what they do with the statistics section.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Looks pretty cool. I agree that it makes you want to start up a team just to try out the service, makes me want to get the ol’ paintball squad together.

On another note, World RSP Society? And they have tourney’s for money? Wow…I’ve been known to throw a mean paper, I need to check this out!

By: Devon Shaw

Devon Shaw — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Whoa. Nicely done. They could almost exclusively take over little league with this, thereby knocking out the ridiculously poor eteamz.active.com.

By: Jared Christensen

Jared Christensen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What no dodge ball? This app is amazing, I’m going to use it for my rec volleyball team.

By: Tom Q

Tom Q — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow. That is one well-executed site. i just set up a quick team and schedule. Simple, easy and great looking.

By: Rob Paller

Rob Paller — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Devon, I can’t agree more. I have just shared TeamSnap with the head of our little league division. It would be great to see TeamSnap offer a league level where teams can be maintained, league standings are available for each division, and there is a central point of communication for the league.