Strength & conditioning for amateur football
Your club week.
Your position.
Your plan.
Gym and fitness sessions planned around your training nights and match days, built for where you play, and adjusted every morning from three jumps and four taps. Written by a qualified S&C coach. Every rule has a source.
- Saturday, Sunday or both
- Six positions, keepers included
- Safety tools always free
How it works
Set it up once. It plans every week.
Tell the app how your club week runs and where you play. It does the planning most grassroots players never get from a coach.
Tell it your club week
Training nights, match days and season dates. Or join your team’s shared fixture list with an invite code. Your club week stays fixed; only the app’s own work moves.
Pick your position
Goalkeeper, centre back, full back or wing back, central midfield, winger or striker, plus up to two more. Keepers get their own programme.
Check in each morning
Three jumps and four quick taps for sleep, soreness, energy and mood. Compared only with your own normal. Connect a watch and HRV joins in.
Train the session it gives you
Green, amber or red, with a one-line reason for any change and a one-tap override. 45, 60 or 75 minutes, gym or home.
The club week
Built around Wednesday night and Sunday morning.
Your week has to fit round a job, a club night and a match. Here’s a typical in-season week for a Sunday league player who trains on Wednesdays.
Saturday and Sunday?
Playing for two teams counts as one match block. Heavy legs wait until Tuesday at the earliest. Midweek cup game? One short session between, no heavy legs.
Strength kept all season
At least one strength session a week, two when the week allows, so you finish May as strong as you started August.
45, 60 or 75 minutes
Pick your length. Short on time? Extras go first. The main lift, Nordics and Copenhagens are never cut on their day.
Readiness check-in
Sixty seconds that shape today’s session.
Three countermovement jumps and four wellness taps, compared with your own rolling normal. Jump height and how you feel are two of the better-studied ways to track fatigue in athletes Claudino et al. 2017 Saw et al. 2016.
Green
Train as planned.
Amber
Same weights, about a third less volume.
Red
Move it to tomorrow, or run a short recovery version.
Features
What a club S&C coach would do. In your pocket.
- Club weekSaturdays, Sundays, double-headers, midweek cupsYour training nights and match days are fixed. The app fits strength, speed and recovery around them.Club week
- Position plansSix positions, a separate goalkeeper programmeWide players get the sprint and hamstring work, midfielders the engine, centre backs the jump and land.Position plans
- ReadinessDaily check-in against your own normalGreen, amber or red, with the reason for every change. Optional HRV, resting heart rate and sleep from your watch.Readiness check-in
- Head injuryThe UK grassroots return, built inIf in doubt, sit them out. Report a possible head injury and training locks. Stage by stage, matches no earlier than day 21. Always free.Head injury return
- Warm-upSame parts and dose as FIFA 11+In studies, teams that regularly did the FIFA 11+ had fewer injuries. Ours uses the same parts and dose.The warm-up
- Hamstrings and groinNordics and Copenhagens, placed for youBuilt into the week at a dose you can keep up, never the day before or after a game.Nordic guide
Safety first, always free
Some things should never sit behind a paywall.
Head injury reporting and return steps, pain and red-flag advice, illness guidance and support links work for everyone, subscribed or not. Safety always overrides the plan.
Possible head injury
One button on every match and training log. Training locks straight away, with 999 and NHS 111 guidance on screen. You don’t have to be knocked out to have a concussion.
Pain and red flags
Rate pain 0–10. Mild pain swaps the exercise; 6 or more, swelling, a limp or a red flag stops that area and points you to a physio or doctor.
Illness and chest pain
Fever means no training. Players 35+ get a chest-pain card: stop playing and call 999. Mood check-ins come with support links.
No injury predictions, no risk scores, no heading drills, and no claim that any exercise stops injuries. Just guidance with its evidence shown.
The coach behind the rules
Written by someone who’s run the club week.
Aaron Parry is a qualified strength and conditioning coach who has worked with services, amateur and community teams and in professional club environments. Match Ready: Football is the plan he’d give every grassroots player he can’t coach in person.
positions, with a separate goalkeeper programme
studies and official sources behind the coaching rules
days at the earliest before a match after a head injury
risk scores. We don’t predict injuries
Pricing
Less than your weekly subs.
One subscription, Match Ready Pro, unlocks your plan and sessions. Safety tools stay free for everyone.
Yearly
About £6.67 a month. Covers pre-season, the whole season and the summer break.
See what’s includedMonthly
No trial. Cancel any time in your App Store or Google Play settings.
Compare plansFrequently asked questions
Who is Match Ready: Football for?
Amateur footballers aged 13 and over: Saturday and Sunday league, grassroots and non-league. It suits anyone who trains with a club once or twice a week, plays at the weekend (sometimes twice) and wants their gym and fitness work to fit around that. Players aged 13 to 15 need a parent’s consent before their plan starts.
How is it different from a football training app full of drills?
Most football apps teach ball skills. Match Ready: Football does the strength and conditioning side: gym or home sessions, speed, hamstring and groin work, and the warm-up, placed around your club nights and match days. Ball work stays with your club.
How much does it cost?
Match Ready Pro is £12.99 a month or £79.99 a year. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial; the monthly plan has no trial. The head injury, pain and illness tools are free for everyone.
Does the app tell me when I can play after a head injury?
No. It walks you through the UK grassroots graduated return day by day, checks your symptoms and never lets you skip a stage. Matches are never before day 21. It never says you’re fit to play: that’s for a healthcare professional and your club.
Can I use it without a gym?
Yes. Every session has a home version using bodyweight, bands and a backpack. You can switch per session. Maximal strength rises more slowly without heavy weights, and the app says so plainly.
When does it launch?
It’s coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.
Coming soon
Train for match day, not for someone else’s week.
Match Ready: Football is coming soon to iPhone and Android. Your plan, built around your club nights and fixtures, with the safety tools free for everyone.
Match Ready Pro
£79.99 a year with a 14-day free trial, or £12.99 a month.
Head injury, pain and illness tools are always free.