Head coaches
- Create the team and share the code
- Keep skill ratings only admins see
- Set the playbook and the league rules
5v5 flag football · for coaches of 8 to 12 year olds
You said yes to coaching. Now learn to read a defense.
Sideline IQ is a game that teaches first-time flag football coaches what to call. Read what the other team shows, make the call, put each kid where they fit, and see exactly why it worked.
Free in your browser. No account needed. iPhone and Android apps coming soon.
They line up like this. What do you call?2nd & 6 · own 18
Coach's Clipboard
Pick a play. Hint: count their defenders deep (D) and the ones underneath (H).
Every snap is a four-step lesson
The field stays simple: numbered dots on a top-down field. The learning is in what you decide before the snap and what you read after it.
- Read the look
Two deep or three? One rusher or two? Send a kid in motion to tell man from zone.
- Make the call
Seven plays on offense, five coverages on defense. Each one beats something and loses to something.
- Place your kids
Speed, hands, arm, flag pulling and IQ. Put the right kid at the target spot and keep everyone at 40% of snaps.
- Read the Clipboard
What they showed, why it worked, who won the matchup, and the better call if you missed.
The Coach's Clipboard explains every play
A playbook shows you the plays. Sideline IQ tells you why one worked against what they showed. At halftime you get a scouting report and a quiz, and the other coach takes away whatever beat them most.
Your Notebook tracks which defenses you read well and which ones fool you, and the Film Room drills the weak spots with your own roster.
Great read · +14 yards
What they showed
Cover 3: three deep, one short defender. They lined up like Cover 2 and rotated at the snap.
Why it worked
Three routes at three depths against two defenders on that side. The corner went deep and the hook couldn't reach the flat.
Kid matchup
YMaya · hands 4 vs their zone 2+12%
Fair play
Jonah is at 31% of snaps. Get him in next drive.
Bring your real team
Play solo with eight practice kids, or set up your team so everyone trains on your roster, your plays and your league's rules.
Your roster from a photo
Snap the sign-up sheet, paste from a spreadsheet, or pick a CSV. Tag what each kid can play, and Suggest lineup fills spots by fit, fair play and energy.
Play sets for game day
Hide the plays you don't run, copy a play and redraw its routes, and pick a set before each game. Only those plays can be called.
Your league's rulebook
Upload the PDF or a photo and check the numbers we read. The whole team then trains on your league's rules, with a quiz for each section.
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Parents and assistant coaches join with your team's 6-character code, then add their own kids.
Assistants & parents
- Join with the code
- Learn the plays the team actually runs
- Add your kids to the roster
Players
- An account a parent creates
- Rules training with a quiz per section
- A spot on the team's Coach IQ board
From Clipboard Rookie to Hall of Fame Whistle
Coach IQ goes up with good reads, film study and fair play. Each team gets its own leaderboard.
- 0Clipboard Rookie
- 100Assistant Coach
- 250Coordinator
- 500Head Coach
- 900Hall of Fame Whistle
Great reads on the ClipboardHalftime quiz answersFilm Room drillsEvery kid at 40% of snaps
Made for kids' sports
No kid emailsPlayer accounts are a username and a 4-digit PIN that a parent creates.
Ratings stay privateOnly team admins see skill ratings. Kids and parents see names and numbers.
Parents in controlReset a kid's PIN or delete their account any time.
Works offlineInstall it from the browser and it plays at the field with no signal.
Be the coach who knows what to call on 3rd down.
Three opponents, each harder than the last, and a halftime adjustment you have to answer. Free to play right now in your browser.
Play week 1Web · works offlineiPhone · coming soonAndroid · coming soon