The football drill designer with AI and true-to-scale animation

Real-size pitch. Real ball flight. Real AI.

Design drills on a pitch measured in real metres, play them as a realistic animation, or describe a drill and let AI put it on the pitch for you. Built for football and soccer coaches, in your browser.

  • Real metres. A 40 × 30 m area is 40 × 30 m, every run measured.
  • Realistic animation. Curved runs, passes, dribbles, the ball in the air with its height.
  • AI drills. From your words, your voice or a photo of your sketch.

7 days free, no card, 10 AI drills included. Runs in the browser on PC, Mac and iPad.

The only drill designer we know of that combines AI drills from words, voice or a sketch, a true-to-scale pitch and ball-height animation (checked October 2026).

TacticsPlay football drill designer: a finishing drill on a real-size pitch with two goals and keepers, mannequins, a wall pass and a run drawn as arrows, the equipment tray open in the sidebar
  • Built for football coaches
  • True-to-scale pitch, in metres
  • AI drills from words or a sketch
  • 7-day free trial, no card
The problem

Your best training ideas deserve better tools.

  • Drawing drills with slow or awkward methods, on paper or in tools made for something else.
  • Recreating the same exercise again and again for every session.
  • Struggling to show movement and positioning so that players and staff read it the same way.
  • Training material that looks different every week.
  • Time spent on presentation instead of coaching.
A football drill sketched by hand: a rough rectangle, circles for players, wobbly arrows, and a note crossed out
The same drill, drawn in a hurry
The same give-and-go finishing drill in the TacticsPlay drill designer: numbered players, two mannequins, a dribble, the wall pass, the run and the shot drawn as clear arrows
On the TacticsPlay board
The product

A football drill designer and tactics board, built to scale.

A real-size pitch, your players, the equipment, and the lines that explain the movement. Every picture below is the application itself.

A pitch at real size

The board is a true 105 × 68 m pitch, or any size you set. Equipment snaps to the markings and to a 5 m grid, so a 40 × 30 m exercise is really 40 × 30 m, and the measuring tool tells you the distance of every run.

  • Full pitch, half pitch or your own area, turned and zoomed as you like
  • 30+ pieces of equipment: cones, discs, poles, mannequins, hurdles, ladders, goals, mini goals, balls, bibs
  • Lines and coloured areas painted on the grass
The football drill board with the equipment tray as a row at the foot: cones, discs, poles, mannequins, hurdles, ladders, goals, bibs

Your players, not circles

Keep your squad in TacticsPlay: numbers, names, positions and photos, for your team and for the opponents you play. Put a 4-3-3 on the pitch in one click, drag a player from the list, and every player carries his number and name.

  • Formations in one press, half-pitch attack against defence
  • Team and goalkeeper colours, team logos, bibs
  • Saved opponents, so a match-week plan uses the real line-up
The Squad settings: team name and colours, goalkeeper colours, and twenty-two players with numbers, positions and names in two columns

Movement that reads at a glance

Six line styles for the ball and the runner: passes, runs, dribbles, straight or freehand. Select any player or piece and change it in the bar on the board: size, rotation, duplicate, delete.

  • Solid, dashed, wavy and dotted lines, with or without arrowheads
  • Any colour, any thickness; a whole path through all the steps
  • Undo and redo for everything
A player selected on the tactics board: his details bar at the top shows number, name and photo, and the arrows of the drill

Drill animation that looks like football

Add steps, move the players and the ball in each one, and play the sequence at the speed you choose. Runs curve, passes travel, dribbles stay at the feet, and the ball goes up in the air with its real height. The animation shows what a static picture cannot: who moves first, where, and how far.

  • Many steps, each with its own timing
  • Ball and players move together, at half speed or three times as fast
  • Export the animation as a video for the group chat
The drill animation strip at the foot of the board: play, three steps as small pictures, and the speed switch

A 3D view for the players' eyes

Tilt the same drill into a 3D view to show it the way the players will see it from the pitch. One click back to 2D for the plan view.

The same finishing drill in the 3D view, the pitch seen at an angle with the goals standing up
AI drills

Describe it. Watch it appear.

The AI football drill generator turns your idea into a drill on a real-size pitch. Type it, say it, or take a photo of the sketch on your whiteboard or notepad.

In words

“Give-and-go finish: dribble, wall pass with the striker, run in behind and shoot, two mannequins as defenders.”

By voice

Say the drill out loud on the side of the pitch, the way you would explain it to your staff.

From a sketch

Take a photo of the drill you drew on paper or on the whiteboard.

A hand-drawn football drill sketch, the kind of picture you can give the AI The drill on the TacticsPlay pitch at real size: numbered players, mannequins and arrows for the dribble, wall pass, run and shot
Illustration: a sketch, and the same drill on the board.
  1. DescribeWords, voice or a photo of your sketch.
  2. AI places itPlayers, equipment and movement lines on a real-size pitch.
  3. Make it yoursMove anything, add steps, animate it, put it in a session.

1 AI drill = 1 token. The free trial comes with 10 tokens, and every plan adds 10 tokens a month. Need more? Token packs are there while your plan is active.

Try AI drills free
Beyond the single drill

A training session planner, from one drill to the whole week.

Build the session, print it, bring the kit

Put your drills in order, give each its minutes and intensity, and TacticsPlay adds up the load and the kit to bring. Give the session a title, a date, a match day and a focus, then print it or export it as a PDF.

A library of 114 drills, from rondos to pressing games, sits inside the app: pick one and it is set up on the board at real size with players from your squad.

The training session planner: title, team, date, match day, start, players and duration on the left; the drill card with its picture, minutes, intensity and coaching points; the kit to bring

Professional presentation

Present mode shows the drill large, with the coaching points beside it, step by step. Export a video, a picture or a PDF for the whiteboard, the group chat or the session plan.

Present mode: the drill title and the numbered coaching points beside the pitch

Your workspace, on every device

One sidebar holds every tool; drag any card out and snap it where you want it. Your drills sync through the cloud, so the drill you start on the laptop is on the iPad at training.

The board with the sidebar reduced to icons: the pitch fills the screen

Measure, don't guess

Measure any line or rectangle on the pitch, or press a ready-made preset. Place cones on the points you measured. Every run in the animation has its distance.

A 4 v 4 + 4 rondo possession drill on an 18 × 18 m area marked with discs, players in three colours
How it works

From football idea to training design.

The drill library: search, categories, and rows of football drills with Put on the board
01 — CREATE

Start blank, from the library, or with AI

Set the area, put your players on, add the equipment. Or press Put on the board on a library drill, or describe the drill and let AI place it. Then adjust.

The drill with its arrows: dribble, wall pass, run and shot
02 — VISUALISE

Draw the movement, animate the steps

Passes, runs and dribbles as lines; steps for the sequence; 3D when the players need to see it from the grass.

A drill card in the session: picture, minutes, intensity, kit and coaching points
03 — PREPARE

Build the session and take it to the pitch

Order the drills, set minutes and intensity, add the coaching points, print or export, and present it to the group.

Who it is for

Built for coaches at every level.

The need is the same on every pitch: say clearly what you want the players to do. The tool is the same too.

Grassroots

Simple drills that the whole group understands in a minute, with the kit list for the car.

Youth development

Age-group sessions with the right area sizes, built from the library and your own patterns.

Academies

One consistent look for every coach's session plan, printed or shared.

Semi-professional

Match-week preparation with the real opponents' line-up and your own squad.

Professional

Tactical patterns animated step by step, measured to the metre, presented to the group.

TacticsPlay was built by a football fitness coach for his own sessions first. Every feature on this page is in the application today.

Pricing

Try it free. Then one plan, monthly or yearly.

Every plan is the whole application, with 10 AI drills a month included.

Free trial
€0for 7 days

No card needed. The whole app, with 10 AI tokens to try AI drills.

Start free trial
Coach · monthly
€9.99+ VAT / month

Billed every month. 10 AI tokens every month.

Choose monthly
2 months free Coach · yearly
€99+ VAT / year

Billed once a year. 10 AI tokens every month.

Choose yearly

Every plan includes

  • The drill designer: real-size pitch, players, 30+ pieces of equipment, lines, areas, measuring
  • Realistic animation with steps, 2D and 3D views, Present mode
  • AI drills: 10 tokens every month, 1 token per drill
  • Your squad and saved opponents, formations, bibs
  • Sessions with minutes and load; export to video, picture and PDF
  • The drill library, 114 drills, and cloud sync on PC, Mac and iPad

More AI drills

With an active plan you can add token packs: 60 tokens €19.90, 165 tokens €49.90, 720 tokens €199 (+ VAT).

Prices in euro, plus VAT. The final price with VAT for your country is shown before you pay. To confirm Renewal and cancellation terms: see the Terms.

Questions first?

The FAQ covers AI tokens, devices and support. For anything else, write to us.

FAQ

Questions coaches ask.

What is TacticsPlay?

A football drill designer and tactics board that runs in your browser. You draw on a real-size pitch with your own players and the equipment you use, animate the movement in steps, create drills with AI, and build the drills into a session you can print, export or present.

Who is TacticsPlay designed for?

Football coaches at any level: grassroots, youth, academy, semi-professional and professional, and the staff who prepare training with them. It was built by a coach for his own sessions first.

What can I create with TacticsPlay?

Drills and tactical exercises on a pitch at real size: players, cones, discs, poles, mannequins, hurdles, ladders, goals, balls and bibs; passes, runs and dribbles as lines; painted lines and areas; step-by-step animations with the ball in the air; a 2D or 3D picture; videos, pictures and PDFs; and sessions made of several drills with minutes, intensity, coaching points and the kit to bring.

What are AI drills?

Describe a drill in words, say it by voice, or take a photo of a sketch on paper or a whiteboard, and the AI places the drill on a real-size pitch. The result is a normal drill: you can move anything, add steps, animate it and put it in a session.

How do AI tokens work?

One AI drill uses one token. The free trial includes 10 tokens, and every plan adds 10 tokens each month.

Can I buy more AI tokens?

Yes, with an active plan: 60 tokens for €19.90, 165 tokens for €49.90 or 720 tokens for €199, plus VAT.

How much does TacticsPlay cost?

The Coach plan is €9.99 a month or €99 a year, plus VAT. The yearly plan gives you 2 months free. The final price with VAT for your country is shown before you pay.

Does TacticsPlay offer a free trial?

Yes. 7 days free, no card needed, with the whole application and 10 AI tokens.

How do I access the application after purchasing?

To confirm After the purchase you sign in at the address you are given and TacticsPlay opens in your browser. (For the owner: describe the real sign-in flow once the checkout is connected.)

Which devices and browsers are supported?

TacticsPlay runs in a modern browser, no installation: Chrome, Edge and Safari on Windows, Mac and iPad, and your drills sync through the cloud between them. The board is made for a mouse or a finger; a screen of tablet size or larger gives the best picture. Phones are supported for viewing.

Can I use TacticsPlay for youth and senior football?

Yes. The pitch and every area can be set to the size you use, and the library has drills from rondos for small groups to 7 v 7 and 11 v 11 games.

How do renewals and cancellations work?

To confirm (For the owner: state the real renewal and cancellation terms. Nothing is claimed here until they are confirmed.)

How can I get technical support?

Write to hello@tacticsplay.com. To confirm (For the owner: confirm the support address and the response time you can keep.)

Spend less time drawing. More time coaching.

The football drill designer with a real-size pitch, realistic animation and AI drills. Try it free for 7 days.