Soccer Dad - Version 2.3
The new version of Soccer Dad has been approved and is available on the App
Store. This version includes numerous improvements that have been implemented based on user feedback. Please keep your questions and suggestions coming on my support page.
Also the Soccer Dad app is now available in Dutch - thanks to Erwin Harmsen for his great effort on this. Other languages are on their way!
Schedule Tab
- Schedule filtering - the Teams Filter button on the Settings tab allows you to specify the subset of teams that you would like displayed on the Schedule and Stats tabs.
- Fixed Goalkeeper - on the Game Details screen you now have the option to specify the number of rotations the goalkeeper should stay fixed.
Game Plan
- Subs display - the game plan page now shows small overlays that detail what players have changed between rotations.
- Planned Coverage Report - this report shows a column for each rotation with the players as rows. The cells then show each player's position for each rotation. This allows you to quickly see any problems in your rotations.
Play Game
- Game time display - by clicking on the time progress bar at the top of the page you can toggle the clock between rotation timing and game timing. In game timing mode the left clock displays the current game time and the right displays the time left in the game.
- Score display - the current score is always displayed on the game screen in a small panel at the bottom left. You can display it at full size by touching it - touch again and at returns to its original position.
- Subs display - the display of subs is now integrated into the play game screen. Towards the end of a rotation the players who are about to come onto the field are shown in overlays. Once the rotation takes place the players who have left the field are displayed.
- Adhoc subs - as before the Game Plan can be accessed from the Play Game screen to set up adhoc subs. What is new is that after indicating the adhoc subs in the game plan you can go back to the play game screen and the pending subs will be displayed.
- Subs button - this is a new button on the toolbar that allows pending subs to be applied directly from the Play Game screen without having to return to the Game Plan. This button can also be used to hide/show the subs overlays.
Stats / Times
- Player time adjustment - the Stats / Times button allows you to add/modify/remove stats as before, but it now also includes a section showing the players' playing times. These times can then be adjusted.
Stats Tab
- Games reports fix - there used to be an issue where stats entered against a game manually could not be displayed. This has now been fixed.
- Substitutes report - this report shows the actual subs that were made during a game.
Settings Tab
Customize Stats & Evalutations
- More convenient - the system default values are included when starting customization, instead of having to add them all back in.
- Own Goal and Penalty Kick - these have been added into the system default set of stats categories.
- Red & Yellow cards - these now behave correctly when used during a game.
- Linked stats - you can now specify that when recording a stat, other stats should be automatically recorded as well.
Formations
- Position labels - the formations page allows you to change the position abbreviations that the system uses.
- Modify layout - by dragging the tiles around you can achieve a more realistic positioning of players. These layouts are then used in the Game Plan and Play Game screens.
Twitter for iOS 5
- Game stages - you can set the app to send tweets at the start, half time and end of the game. These tweets include the game score.
- Stats - you can configure a stat so that when it is recorded a tweet is sent.
- Team hashtag - you can associated a hashtag with a team. Any tweets generated for that team will include the hashtag allowing people to search for tweets related to a specific team.