Basics
TacticsBoard is a free, browser-based tool for football and futsal coaches to plan training sessions. You can draw on the pitch, add players and equipment, and save drills as images. Animations and drill PDF, GIF and MP4 export come with Premium.
A digital tool speeds up planning and sharing drills. You can draw player movements on pitch templates, save drills to the cloud, and share them with other coaches — no paper notes or WhatsApp screenshots needed.
Choose a pitch template, add players and equipment, draw movements and passes, and save the drill. With Premium you can also create animations to show the drill progression step by step.
Logged-in users have their drills stored in the cloud, accessible from all devices. You can also save drills as PNG images, and with Premium as PDF files.
You can try the app without registering. Saving drills to the cloud requires a free account.
Yes. Once you have opened the site at least once while online (or installed the app to your phone home screen), you can launch TacticsBoard offline and plan drills on the pitch or on a plane. Drawing and PNG export work without a network, and with Premium so do animation and PDF export. Your work is auto-saved locally about every second. Cloud save and multi-device sync happen automatically once you reconnect.
Yes. Open tacticsboard.app in your browser and choose "Add to Home Screen". On iPhone this is under the share button in Safari; on Android use the three-dot menu in Chrome. After installing, TacticsBoard behaves like a regular app and opens offline too.
Yes. Choose Light or Dark under Theme: in the account menu when you're signed in, behind the gear button in the top bar when you're not, and in the menu on mobile. Your choice is remembered next time.
The interface is available in Finnish, English, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese. The site picks a language from your browser settings and the address you came in on, and you can change it any time from the language switcher in the top bar — the UI text updates instantly, and we remember your choice. The translation covers the interface and published drills. When you publish a drill to the library, it's translated into the other five languages automatically, and the original text stays as you wrote it: on a translated drill, Show original brings up the author's own text. The blog has articles in all six interface languages, each at its own address. If an article hasn't been translated into your language, you'll see it in English. This FAQ is in all six languages. Drills you keep to yourself stay in the language you wrote them in.
Open tacticsboard.app/reset. The page clears the app's local cache and loads the latest version. Cloud-saved drills stay intact. If the problem persists, email support@tacticsboard.app.
The Tutorials page has video guides for using the app. Videos cover creating drills, saving, publishing, and more.
Yes. Sign in and open the Sessions page — you get a ready-made example session, plus you can create one of your own, with no club or team required. On the free plan that's two sessions total, and PDF exports carry a watermark. A Premium subscription removes both limits: unlimited sessions, no watermark on the PDF.
Drawing
Select a drawing tool (e.g., Run, Pass), click the start point and end point. You can also drag with your mouse for freehand lines.
In the "Add Person" section of the sidebar (on mobile, the Add Person button in the bottom bar), choose a person (attacker, defender, goalkeeper, coach or joker), pick a color and a number if you want, then click on the pitch where you want to place them.
Select the "Move" tool, click the object, and press Delete/Backspace. You can also click the "Delete" button in the properties panel.
Hold the Shift key while drawing. The line snaps to 15° increments, making straight lines and clean angles easy. Works with line, dashed line, pass, and shot tools, as well as straight run/dribble mode.
Select the "Move" tool and click the player or object. A rotation handle appears above the selection — drag it to turn the object in the direction you want. The angle snaps every 45° so you get clean orientations easily.
Select the "Move" tool, click an object, and drag it to its new spot. To move several objects at once, select them first (Shift + click, or Shift + drag a selection box) and drag any one of them.
Select an object with the "Move" tool and press Cmd/Ctrl + D to drop a copy next to it. Cmd/Ctrl + C and Cmd/Ctrl + V also work. The properties panel has a "Duplicate" button as well.
Hold Shift and click objects one by one, or hold Shift and drag a selection box around them. Selected objects can be moved, rotated, scaled, duplicated (Cmd/Ctrl + D) and deleted (Delete/Backspace) together. Adjust z-order with Cmd/Ctrl + ] (front) and Cmd/Ctrl + [ (back).
Saving
Sign in and click "Save" above the board, on the right. Once a drill is saved, the same button updates it. To keep the original and save a separate copy, choose "Save as new" from the arrow next to it. On mobile, both are in the File menu in the bottom bar. Drills are stored in the cloud and accessible from all your devices.
Sign in and click "My Drills" above the board, next to the drill's name, then pick a drill from the list. On mobile, open the File menu in the bottom bar and tap "Load".
When signed in, your drills are safely stored in the cloud. If you were not signed in, drills cannot be recovered. Sign in to ensure your work is saved!
Animations
Open the "Animation" tab above the board (on mobile, the Animation button in the bottom bar). Add frames with the + button, which copies the selected frame, move objects in each frame, and press "Play" to run the animation. Animation comes with Premium.
No limit, but we recommend 5-15 frames for optimal performance.
Export
On desktop, open the "Download" menu above the board and choose "Image (PNG)" or "PDF". On mobile, open the File menu in the bottom bar and tap PNG or PDF. GIF and MP4 are on the Animation tab, below the board. PNG is free; PDF, GIF and MP4 come with Premium. The file downloads automatically to your device.
PNG is free: a high-quality image with the drill name at the top. With Premium you can also save a PDF (image plus drill details), an animated GIF and a vertical (9:16) MP4 video, if your browser supports video encoding. Sessions can be saved as a PDF on the free plan too, but with a watermark.
Yes. With Premium, save the drill as a PDF, which has both the drill image and its details, and print it. On the free plan, save it as a PNG and print the image.
The PDF has all of it: the drill name, description, quality factors and key questions above the image. A PNG has the drill name at the top of the image. A GIF is just the animation, without the drill text. The vertical MP4 video has the drill name at the top as well as the animation. PNG is free; PDF, GIF and MP4 come with Premium.
Community
Sign in, create a drill, fill in its details (title, description, categories), click "Publish" above the board and choose Public. Before publishing, you can add the player count, age group and tags.
Click "Library" in the top bar. The library shows drills published by the community. You can search, filter, and copy drills to your own.
Browse drills in the Library, open a drill, and select "Copy to My Drills". The drill is copied to your own drills and you can edit it freely.
Yes! When you copy a drill, it's completely yours. You can edit it freely and publish your own version if you want.
Yes. Open the drill details and paste a YouTube or Vimeo link into the "Video tutorial" field. The video appears on the drill page and complements the drawn diagram, for example as a reference of a real-world execution or a coaching tip.
Yes. When you publish a drill, AI translates it automatically into the other five interface languages, whichever of the six you wrote it in. The translation is based on the drill content, not the UI language.
Clubs
Clubs enable coaches within the same organization to collaborate. Club members can share drills with each other and use a shared drill library.
Sign in and open the "Clubs" page from the navigation bar. Click "Create Club", give your club a name, and invite members by email.
Accept the invitation a club admin sends to your email. You can also find the club on the Clubs page and click "Request to Join"; a club admin then approves your request.
As a club member, you can share drills with other coaches, access the shared drill library, and with paid subscriptions, get your club logo on exported files.
Creating a club is free, and a free club can have up to 3 teams. Paid plans are priced by the number of teams: Club S (1–5 teams) €14.99/month or €149/year, Club M (6–15) €29.99/month or €299/year, Club L (16–30) €49.99/month or €499/year, and Club XL (31–60) €79.99/month or €799/year. On a paid plan every coach in the club gets the Premium features, team calendars hold unlimited events and exports carry the club's logo.
Click "Publish" above the board and select your club. You can publish the drill to the entire club, or under "Or select teams" to specific teams only. The drill will appear in the club library and selected members can access it.
Open the club's Members tab and click "Invite Member". Enter their email address and choose the team and a role. They will receive an email, and when they sign up or log in, they are automatically added to the team.
A session is a plan built from drills, with a date, time and location. Without a club, sessions are personal — create them straight from the Sessions page, no team required. If you belong to a club, sessions are team calendar events that every coach on the team can see. Either way, you attach drills to the plan from the library.
Open a training session and click "Generate with AI". Describe what kind of session you want, enter the player count and age group. AI selects suitable drills from the library and builds a session: warm-up, technique, game-like drill and small-sided game.
Payments & Subscriptions
Drawing and PNG export are free, and a free account saves up to 5 drills. Premium costs €4.99/month or €49/year. It adds animation, GIF, MP4 and PDF export, and unlimited drills and sessions. Club plans start at €14.99/month, priced by the number of teams.
We accept all major credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). Payments are processed securely through Stripe.
TacticsBoard is a product of ATK Pihlainen Oy, a Finnish limited company responsible for the development and maintenance of the service.
Cancel a personal subscription from the account menu with "Cancel subscription". A club subscription is canceled by the club admin on the club's Settings tab. Access continues until the end of your billing period.
We don't offer automatic refunds. If you feel you haven't received value for your payment, contact our support and we'll review your case individually.
Monthly subscriptions are billed monthly on the same day as your first payment. Annual subscriptions are billed once per year. This applies to both personal and club subscriptions.
Yes. You change a personal plan on the Pricing page ("Plans and pricing" in the account menu), and your card and invoices are under "Payment & invoices" in the same menu. A club admin changes the club subscription tier (S, M, L, XL) on the Club tab of the Pricing page. Changes take effect immediately.
The free version includes all drawing tools, all field templates, and PNG export. You can save up to 5 drills. You get two sessions: a ready-made example plus one of your own. You can save a session as a PDF, but it carries a watermark. A free club has up to 3 teams with unlimited members, a shared drill library and 5 events (trainings and matches together) per team. Animations, unlimited drills and sessions, GIF, MP4 and PDF export of a single drill, and session PDFs without the watermark require a subscription.
A personal Premium subscription is for one user: unlimited drills and sessions, animations, drill GIF, MP4 and PDF export, and session PDFs without a watermark — no club or team required. A club subscription covers the entire club: every coach in the club, across all its teams, gets the same Premium features automatically, team calendars hold unlimited trainings and matches, and exports carry the club's own logo. The shared calendar and drill library are available to free clubs too. For a larger club, a club subscription works out cheaper per coach than separate personal subscriptions.