Making Every Minute Count on the Field with Grassroots team selection.
With this in mind, our spreadsheet helps to ensure that no player is forgotten, and the squad enjoys a fair share of pitch time.
Just as importantly for the coaches, our spreadsheet helps to limit the confusion, stress, and time out of selecting your team.
- Basic
- Easy to follow
- Non-disruptive substitution plan
Features
Introduction
As a new volunteer assistant coach I’ve experienced the stress of trying to live by the code of “Fair playing time for each squad member”. Saying it and doing it, I’ve learned, are at 2 different levels of difficulty. Having tried various methods from “winging it” to writing each players name x 4 onto pieces of paper, creating formations with them, then adding up the amount of each players names to ensure some level of fairness, I have developed this spreadsheet intended to be used, either on a laptop before leaving the house, or on your phone pitchside. It is an absolute Godsend. It saves me time, brain power, and more importantly it helps keep pre-match stress to a minimum.
Ease of Use
This spreadsheet works simply with the coach inputting numbers 1-7 next to players names for each quarter. Each number represents a position. This gives an extremely easy visual to work off. The “Game time” column, which you will input, helps to show how many quarters each player will play as a quick reference. Click "Learn More" to be redirected to our short Youtube clip.
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See your team take form
The result is a clearly visible summary of your selections in formation of 1-2-3-1. Click "Learn More" to be redirected to our short Youtube clip.
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Guidance
No more scribbling on notebooks, worrying because the number of players won’t go into 7 as easily as you had hoped, or having to constantly adopt rolling subs. There is a guide of how to plan your subs depending on your attendance (up to 12 players) letting you know how much playing time each player has and how to break down the substitution, both WITH and WITHOUT a dedicated Goalkeeper . From there, it is easy to count playing time for the whole match, and includes a large comment box for notes.
F.A.Q
What Formations/team sizes are available?
This will likely progress into 9v9 with multiple formations as we are heading into U11 next season.
Will everyone get exactly the same game time?
An example -
Squad of 12 playing 7v7 with a dedicated goalkeeper -
Goalkeeper - Full Match
Outfield players will get 2 quarters on the pitch, with 4 players getting 2.5 quarters.
Only 2 substitutions have to be made to achieve this, allowing your players time to form partnerships during the match, and gives you more time to watch, enjoy, and coach!
Do I need the Microsoft Excel to use this spreadsheet?
Most laptops and PCs will have Microsoft Excel installed alongside Word and Powerpoint etc. or if you have Microsoft 365.
Please check you already have a working Microsoft Excel application before purchasing.
Do I need a basic understanding of Excel to operate this spreadsheet?
There are only 2 things you need to do to operate this spreadsheet effectively.
1. Click a cell of your choosing and type your number or text into the cell.
2. Using the colour fill to highlight your subs.
There are 2 short videos demonstrating these actions on our youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@Grassroots-teamselection/featured
We do not play Quarters, we play full halves, will this still work?
Select your team using the spreadsheet as intended. Each quarter represents 12 and a half minutes.
How do I get in touch?
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Contact
- Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, UK
- Ad-Hoc after working hours in my spare time.
Please allow a maximum of 24 hours for a reply. I will respond as soon as I can after working hours.