Grip op Sport

Grip op Sport for federations

A dedicated layer for the federation, and complete club software as a service for your affiliated clubs

Grip op Sport for federations

A dedicated layer for the federation, and complete club software as a service for your affiliated clubs

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Grip op Sport is built as a tree: the federation at the top, the affiliated clubs below it. Each club works in its own environment with its own members, classes, membership fees and website. The federation works in its own layer above them. This way the federation offers its clubs good software as an extra service, and gains control over tournaments and figures. This works for federations in any sport.

What the federation gets

Youth hockey team standing in a huddle around their coach on the artificial turf pitch

Management of affiliated clubs

The federation creates an affiliated club in a few steps. The club immediately gets a complete starting setup: groups with permissions, settings, a front page for the website, a first administrator and a setup as a club or gym. The federation also sets up a custom domain for the club from the federation layer.

Each club decides for itself whether to use the software through the federation. Clubs that join work directly in the same system as the other clubs of the federation.

Tournaments of the federation

The federation organises a tournament and every affiliated club sees it in its own Tournaments of the federation screen. The club registers its own members, while registration and invoicing stay with the federation. A club only sees its own registrations. On the day of the competition, all participants appear with their club name in the pools, at the jury table and on the public screen.

  • Members of all clubs take part with the account they already have at their own club
  • Open competitions where participants from outside the federation also register online
  • Pools, knockout brackets or Swiss system, following the federation's rules for judo, badminton, tennis, volleyball and handball
  • A jury table per mat or court, a live scoreboard and a public screen
  • Tournaments for individual players or for teams
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Overview of the clubs

For each affiliated club, the federation sees how many members there are, how many visits take place per week, who has not been seen for a while and how often members do not show up. The overview shows totals, not names. More extensive statistics across all clubs, such as growth, age distribution and participation in competitions, are in development.

Shared teaching material

The federation makes questions for lesson plans available to all clubs below it. Trainers use them in their own lesson plans, so every club works from the same basis.

Training courses and certification (in development)

We are building training courses that the federation offers itself, such as a course for referee or teacher: modules with teaching material, tests, practical hours signed off by a supervisor and a certificate with a validity period. This comes with a register of certified referees and teachers, so that at a tournament you only assign certified referees.

What the club gets

Through the federation, a club gets the same complete software that individual clubs purchase from us. The federation offers it as added value of membership.

  • A member administration with groups and permissions per role, and you transfer your existing member list with an import
  • Classes with attendance, progress, belts or levels and a personal passport
  • Membership fees with invoices, online payment and direct debit
  • Your own club website in multiple languages
  • Volunteer schedules, equipment loans, events and club messages
  • Tournaments of the federation in a dedicated screen, and your own tournaments for the club
  • Teaching material shared by the federation, ready to use
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What the member notices

A member logs in at their own club and sees everything in one place: classes, progress, invoices and competitions. Tournaments of their own club, of the federation and open competitions appear in the same overview. Anyone who takes part in a tournament of the federation does not need to create a new account or enter their details again. With the club's app, the member has this on their phone too.

In development: members who register at a club automatically become a member of the federation in the same step. The federation thus gets a member database that stays up to date by itself.

Joining and rollout

  1. We show you the federation layer in a demo and discuss what your federation needs
  2. We set up the federation's environment, with the tournament rules of your sport
  3. The federation creates the affiliated clubs that want to use the software, each with a first administrator
  4. Each club transfers its member list with an import and sets up its groups and classes
  5. The federation schedules the first tournament and the clubs register their members

What is available now and what is coming

Available now

  • A federation layer above the affiliated clubs
  • Creating clubs with a complete starting setup and a custom domain
  • Tournaments of the federation and open competitions
  • Totals per club, without names
  • Sharing lesson plan questions with all clubs

In development

  • Training courses and certification with a register of referees and teachers
  • Direct federation membership when registering at a club
  • More extensive statistics across all clubs
  • Leagues over multiple rounds with a ranking

Frequently asked questions

Does every affiliated club have to take part?

No. Only the clubs that want to use the software through the federation join the federation layer. Other clubs can still take part in the federation's open competitions via online registration.

Does the federation see the clubs' member lists?

Each club keeps its own member administration. The federation's overview shows totals per club, without names. At a tournament of the federation, registration and invoicing stay with the federation, so there the federation sees the participants.

Does it work for our sport?

Members, classes, membership fees and the website work for any sport. For tournaments, judo, badminton, tennis, volleyball, handball, hockey and water polo are ready, with that sport's scoring on the scoreboard.

In which languages does Grip op Sport work?

In eleven languages, including Dutch, English, German and French. Each member chooses their own language.

View all features

All sports

Want to see what the federation layer does for your federation?

Book a demo. We show how a federation manages its clubs and organises a tournament, and we discuss together how your clubs get the software through the federation.