School Sports Sites: Our Sports
All of our School Sports Sites include a number of basic features that we feel are important. Those features include:
- An easy-to-use control panel for editing the site.
- An in-context control panel that appears on every page so you do not have to access the main control panel every time you want to make a change to a page.
- The ability to add/edit/delete notes from the homepage.
- A comment-approval system that allows you to choose whether comments on your notes need to be approved before they are visible.
- An FAQ page where you can include miscellaneous information about your program.
- A Links page where you include links to your school or other important web sites.
- A mailing list that will allow you to easily send email blasts to your program's supporters directly from the control panel.
- A photo gallery that allows you to upload photos so you do not need to use a photo-hosting website.
- A slideshow to showcase some of your best photos.
- A file-upload system so you can store files for people to download such as registration forms or a school physical form.
- A form system that allows you to keep track of registration forms, activity fees, uniforms, and other items that need to be collected.
- A contact information page that lets you store athlete contact information and email them directly.
- An attendance system to keep track of your athlete's practice attendance.
- The ability to post your event schedule along with dates, times, and maps.
- A design editor that allows you to customize the look of your website and save your favorite designs.
Our philosophy at School Sports Sites is that every sport is unique so every sport's website should be unique as well. Our sports include all of the features above, but each sport also has a number of unique features that you can see below.
Cross Country
A cross country coach's greatest asset is time. More specifically, the times a cross country runner runs are vitally important to assessing how individuals are performing. With that in mind our cross country site includes a number of tools for tracking workouts and runner improvement.
- A pace calculator allows you to calculate the times your cross country runners should run over a given distance based on their race pace. This is essential for letting cross country runners know what time they should shoot for during interval workouts.
- The Add New Run function allows you to add routes and runs to keep track of your cross country runners. You can add a route that includes a map as well as an alternative route. You can also specify routes that are used for competition during cross country meets or loops that you use for interval workouts.
The Edit Meet Results function lets you enter results from cross country meets so you can keep track of your runners' times. These results are used to calculate each runner's race pace and create a graph of their results.- You can view the team's stats to see the race pace, the number of miles run, and the personal records for all of your cross country runners.
- A runner diary is included that allows your cross country runners to sign in to the website and see all of their workouts. They choose which route they ran on a given day to keep track of their miles run. They will also see their mile race pace when they sign in. There is also a comments section where they can write short notes about each run.
Football
We are currently working on a football version of School Sports Sites. If you are interested in helping test the football version please contact Derek and you may be able to keep the site for free.
Generic School Sports Site
A generic School Sports Site contains all of the features described at the top of this page. Generic sites are meant for coaches of sports that do not currently have a unique School Sports Site. When we create a School Sports Site for your sport you can upgrade the generic version for free.