Tools

Apps, tools and useful links for flag football players, coaches, referees and clubs.

Used by the community

Apps and services for players, coaches and clubs, from free public offers to commercial products. We list them for information only, not as a recommendation: SFD is not responsible for these products, their content or their terms of use. To have a tool removed or added, let us know.

  • Medi-Check Global DRO: check whether a medicine is allowed in and out of competition, by Swiss Sport Integrity. Free · App
  • Get Set – Train Smarter: injury-prevention exercises for 61 sports, by the International Olympic Committee. Free · App
  • Spond: team app for events, attendance, messages and payments. Free · App
  • Heja: team app for communication between coaches, players and parents. Free, paid Pro version · App
  • Presli: online attendance lists for trainings and groups. Free · App
  • Flag Football Playmaker: design playbooks, share them with the team and print wristbands. Free basic version, paid Pro · App
  • Ethik-Kompass: 135 example situations from everyday sport, each rated with a recommended action, by Swiss Olympic and BASPO. Free · Web only
  • Hudl: film, analyse and share game video, with stats for football teams. Paid · App
  • Veo: AI cameras that record and stream games without a camera operator. Paid · App
  • XbotGo: AI sports cameras that follow the play automatically, with live streaming. Paid · App
  • Tournify: tournament and league software with match schedules and live results, used for the Vitudurum Bowl. Free up to 8 teams, then paid per event · App
  • ClubDesk: Swiss club software for members, finances and the club website. Free up to 50 members, then paid · Web only
  • Webling: Swiss club software for members, invoices and accounting. Free up to 50 members, then paid · Web only
  • Fairgate: Swiss software for clubs and federations: members, finances, events and communication. Paid · Web only
  • Ethik-Check: self-assessment of a sports organisation’s structures and processes, by Swiss Olympic. Free · Web only

Information, programmes and organisations around flag football in Switzerland. Swiss sites are mostly in German, French and Italian, international ones in English. SFD is not responsible for the content of these external sites. Missing a link? Let us know.

Federations

  • SAFV: Swiss American Football Association, the national federation for American and flag football.
  • Swiss Olympic: federations: the umbrella organisation of Swiss sport and its member federations.
  • IFAF: International Federation of American Football, the world governing body for American and flag football.

Rules and the game

  • IFAF rules: the official international rulebooks, including flag football.
  • IAFOA: International American Football Officials Association, with the latest IFAF flag rules, officiating mechanics and rulebook translations.
  • IFAF: A guide to flag football: the basics of the game and a glossary, in English.
  • mobilesport.ch: Flag football: BASPO’s teaching unit (2019) with rules, technique, tactics and game forms, plus a PDF.

Coaching and education

  • J+S American Football: coaching courses for American and flag football in Jugend+Sport, the federal youth sport programme.
  • J+S training principles: good coaching in four areas: teaching, supporting, innovating and engaging with the club and the people around the team (Vermitteln, Fördern, Innovieren, Umfeld pflegen).
  • J+S learning modules: free learning modules and training ideas from J+S and Swiss sports federations.
  • Swiss Olympic Academy: e-learning and courses for clubs, such as club management, volunteers and sponsoring.

Athletes

Cantons also support athletes and clubs, mostly with money from the Swisslos and Loterie Romande sport funds. Each canton has its own offers and online portals, for example Zurich, Lucerne and Fribourg.

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