Founded in 2021, Mingle is a Dutch sports start-up aiming to elevate grassroots clubs through its impressive technology portfolio.
Mingle’s core product, the Mingle Sport app, strives to be a one-stop place for club members to easily access every piece of information they need.
The company offers three packages for clubs to use, from a basic free package to an extensive pro tier.
Team Management
At its core, the Mingle Sport app is an easy to use, extensive and fluid way to organise a team. Users can implement a highly detailed schedule to track games, training sessions and other events.
This schedule can then be synced to a range of digital calendars, including Google, Outlook and iCloud. Through the schedule, players and coaches can RSVP and set up reminders.
To help identify how healthy a club is, Mingle also allows users to track attendance over a season by identifying trends.
Line-ups
One of the most important and enjoyable aspects of coaching is creating the team line-up, knowing this, Mingle provides an incredible degree of creativity within its native line-up builder.
The Mingle Sport app offers a range of formations for teams that are not only 11-a-side but also 7-a-side and lower.
Additionally, if the available formations are not to the liking of the user, Mingle enables users to drag and drop players to a desired location.
During a match, the line-up builder can also be used to track substitutions.
In higher tiered packages, match minutes can be live tracked, enabling users to see how many minutes each player is getting.
Team Communication
The Mingle Sport app ensures club information is quickly available and accessible through its team chat.
Members can message through individual channels, or sub-groups can be created to deliver information quickly to multiple people at once.
Mingle’s line-up builder allows for team sheets and line-ups to be shared through the app to players, preparing them for games ahead.
Furthermore, notes and comments can be added to media posted on the app, allowing for updates and fun discussion to take place.
Performance Tracking
The Mingle Sport app caters to a wide range of performance tracking, holding both quantitative and qualitative data.
Users can use the app to score keep, tracking stats such as goals, assists, and cards.
The app can then be used to measure trends, such as win rate, goal scoring, and goal difference. Additionally, members can rate matches from one to five.
Furthermore, Mingle Sport can be linked with Mingle’s Homebase, a desktop app focused on deeper analysis.
Mingle Sport also enables every team member to vote for three players of the match, for three different awards – MVP, Playmaker and Workhorse.
These MVP awards feed into Mingle’s monthly awards, where players can be awarded for receiving the most MVP awards within a month.
In addition, Mingle features leader boards which can track a range of stats, such as goals, assists and even attendance. These awards and leader boards act as a way to further motivate players into training harder and performing.
Content Sharing
Mingle understands not everyone can access every game, so the app provides a live feed option in its premium tiers.
Users can customise the live feed to include the score, line-up, commentary, videos and blogs.
The live feed can then be enhanced by sharing updates and push notifications to members on key match moments.
Fortunately, the live feed is not exclusive to club members, outside fans can access the live feed through a shared link.
Besides the live feed, Mingle allows for a range of content sharing, users can post videos and photos in the app, which can be commented on. These can then be collated into albums, such as an end of year highlights package.
Conclusion
Through its doctrine of ease, simplicity and accessibility, Mingle has proven itself as an incredibly and innovative successful start-up.
For any grassroots club looking to streamline and elevate their club communication, the Mingle Sport app is a perfect solution.
