How to run a flag football combine

BreakAway suggests seven tests for flag football. Pick the ones you want for each combine.

• 10 yd Sprint: Acceleration off the line.
• 20 yd Sprint: Short-range speed, the distance most plays are won over.
• 40 yd Sprint: The classic straight-line dash.
• 5-10-5: The pro agility shuttle: 5 yards, 10 back, 5 to finish.
• Max Speed: The highest speed an athlete hits. No set distance.
• Vertical Jump: How high, straight up.
• Broad Jump: How far forward, from a standing start.

Tip: Not sure where to start? Use a preset, like Football Combine.

Want to test something else? You're not limited to these seven.

• Pick from the library: Choose Add metrics on your combine and search BreakAway's metrics.
• Make your own: On the web, open Metrics and choose New Metric. Give it a name, a category and a unit.

Number and rating metrics can be recorded on the phone at your combine.

Tip: Use a BreakAway metric when one fits. Your own version can't be compared with athletes in other organizations.

Plan the order first. A good order keeps athletes moving, not standing in line.

Then the space:

• Sprints: A straight lane as long as your longest sprint, plus room to slow down.
• 5-10-5: Its own short lane.
• Jumps: A flat spot. That's about it.

Tip: Decide your re-run rule now, before the first athlete shows up. It's much easier than making one up mid-line.

Everyone recording results needs staff access to the group.

1. Open Roster, then the Staff tab.
2. Tap Add staff member.
3. Add a name and an email or phone (one is required).
4. Pick the Data Entry role. It's the one for combines.

They get an invite. They show as pending until they claim it.

Tip: Adding the whole crew? Tick Add another staff member to keep going.

More phones, more stations. Other staff open the combine and tap Join Testing Session.

• Phone: Tap Run a Combine.
• Web: Create event on your group's Events page. Combines are listed as Camp/Combine.

Then:

1. Pick the group (required).
2. Name the combine (required) and set the date.
3. Add at least one test. The combine can't start without one.

Visibility decides who sees it:

• Public: Anyone with the link.
• Unlisted: Group staff only.
• Private: Only you.

Tip: No groups to pick from? Ask your organization admin to add you as staff.

Add athletes before testing day, so check-in goes fast. You can:

• Load the whole group at once
• Pick athletes from the group roster
• Reuse the roster from a past combine
• Quick-create someone who isn't on the roster yet

A jersey number set here is for this combine only. It doesn't change the athlete's profile.

Tip: 50 or more athletes? Upload a CSV on the web. It's faster than tapping through on a phone.

Want families to sign up and pay? Open the Registration tab on the web. Set up:

• Sessions, with ages, gender and a capacity
• A price per athlete, and who pays for Premium
• The questions you want to ask
• A waiver, which a guardian signs

Families register and pay in one go. Each one gets an Apple or Google Wallet pass.

On testing day, staff scan the pass at the table, hand out jerseys and snap a check-in photo. It works with no signal.

Tip: Registration is optional. A combine runs fine on the roster alone.

On testing day, open the combine and tap Start Combine.

1. Start testing on a test.
2. Pick the athlete.
3. Record the result.

Each test uses its own tool:

• Stopwatch: The sprints and the 5-10-5.
• Tape measure: The jumps, in feet and inches.
• Keypad: Anything else, like your own radar gun or timing gates.

The live dashboard shows who has tested. Families can follow a live leaderboard in the app as results come in.

• Re-run: Record it again from the athlete's result.
• Odd number: If a result looks off for that test, the app asks you to double-check it. So a typo doesn't land on the leaderboard.
• No signal: Keep going. Results save on the phone and upload when you're back online.

The app shows how many results are still waiting to upload.

Last athlete done? Check first: every staff phone should show Synced.

Then tap End Session on the live dashboard and confirm.

Ending is final on the phone. After that:

• No more results, athletes or tests
• Results can't be reopened or edited on the phone
• Results are shared based on the combine's visibility

When the combine ends, the app offers to send results right away.

• Phone: Choose Send Now. Pick the look and the metrics, check who gets them, and send. Or choose Send Later.
• Web: Share Report Cards opens a three-step wizard.

On the web:

1. Pick a card design.
2. Choose the metrics. Remove, add or drag them into order. A live preview updates as you go.
3. Select the athletes, or all of them. Choose whether to notify parents. Send.

Each athlete gets a report card with their numbers. It stays on their profile.

Tip: No signal at the end? The cards wait and send when you're back online.

The finished combine opens on its results:

• Records of the day for each test
• A full leaderboard, filtered by age and gender
• A results table you can sort by any column

On the web:

• Results: Leaderboards, charts, an age filter and Export CSV.
• Data Entry: Enter or fix a result in the grid.
• Analytics: Track athletes across combines: Team Trends, a PR Board and Leaderboards.

Combine results and game stats sit on one athlete profile. Coaches and colleges see the whole athlete.