For coaches, parents and clubs

Fair rotations.
Less thinking.
More time enjoying the game.

Bench Buddy takes care of substitutions, playing time and goalkeeper rotations—so every child gets a fair game.

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Act one

The Saturday morning every coach knows.

A paper team sheet and the impossible task of remembering who’s had a turn.

The plan

An AI-generated plan, ready to implement.

“When am I going on?”

I can handle this. My plan tells you exactly when you go on.

First confusion

“Why am I coming off? I just came on.” First loss of trust.

The knock

A kid gets a knock and needs a quick break — they’ll likely be back soon. The plan has to adapt, and there’s shuffling required.

Rotation fairness

Has everyone had a go in goal?

The blur

Asking the sideline for help.

Give-up moment

Too many changes. Kids and parents are confused.

The turn

Ten minutes before kick-off, Dave is asked to referee.

He hands the subs to Emma, one of the parents. She has never run a rotation before.

Act two

The same Saturday. Just easier.

Emma opens Bench Buddy. Everything Dave had to keep in his head is already worked out.

She never has to guess.

Lily asks when she is going on. Emma reads the answer straight off the screen.

Every position, already decided.

Who comes on, and where they play. Nobody has to hold it in their head.

Late arrivals are fine.

Leo turns up after kick-off. The rotation re-plans itself around him.

Managing the knock.

Jack needed a few minutes off. The app tracks his break and puts him back on when he is ready.

Life saver.

A bit to deal with out there. Kids were happy. Thanks for the help.

“Did you enjoy the game, Mum?”

Why Coaches and Parents love it

Five fewer things to hold in your head.

Fair from the first whistle

Playing time is shared evenly before the match starts, so every kid gets the minutes they need to develop.

Handles the unexpected

Injuries, late arrivals, a change of shape at half time. The rotation re-plans itself and stays fair.

Goalkeeper rotations made easy

Set who goes in goal and when. Everyone gets a turn between the posts without you tracking it.

Never caught out by a sub

An early nudge before each change, so the next player is warmed up and ready on the touchline.

A record of the whole season

Minutes, positions and goalkeeping turns add up week to week, so you can show any parent where their child stands.

Today’s Minutes in Bench Buddy: pitch, goal and bench time listed for all seven players, with totals

See exactly where the minutes went.

Pitch, goal and bench time for every player, adding up as the game runs. When someone asks whether it has been fair, you don’t have to remember — you can just show them.

Season Minutes in Bench Buddy: average minutes per player across five games, widest gap three minutes

Fair isn’t just one good game.

Every match adds to the season record. Across five games this squad’s widest gap between any two players was three minutes — not a one-off, the whole season.

How it works

Set up once. Then enjoy the game.

Adding players to a squad in Bench Buddy, six in so far, with sub settings already rated a fair rotation

Add your players

Names, shirt numbers, and who is available today.

The rotation Bench Buddy has built, rated fair, averaging 32 minutes on the pitch each

Bench Buddy builds the fairest rotation

Even minutes across the squad, goalkeeper included.

A match in progress: two players coming off, one coming on, and the countdown to the next sub

Follow the match with confidence

Tap through the subs as they come. Nothing left to remember.

Built for real Saturday mornings

Made by a coach on the sideline, not in an office.

Bench Buddy was created by a volunteer coach who wanted to spend less time tracking rotations and more time coaching kids. It was built between matches, on muddy pitches, for teams with one coach, no assistant and eleven parents watching.

Enjoy the game again.

Open Bench Buddy

Fair rotations.Less thinking.More time enjoying the game.