26 things Scrimly does
so you don’t have to.
Bilingual messages. Payment chases. Weather alerts. Debounced digests. Smart prompts. Every item below is currently in production, runs without coach input, and is included in every paid tier. No add-ons. No upcharges.
Round-trip bilingual. Both directions. Always.
You write English — Spanish parents read Spanish. Spanish parents text back in Spanish — you read English. Same thread, same Twilio number, no copy-paste, no translation app, no remembering which family speaks what. The only youth-sports platform that translates both directions.
Auto-routed bilingual messaging
Every team broadcast respects each parent’s saved language. EN-only parents see EN. ES-only parents see natural-Spanish (not machine-translated). Mixed-language households work without coach intervention.
Every broadcastAI Match Recap in both languages
Coach types in the opponent and final score. App drafts a parent-ready recap in English AND Spanish in seconds. Coach reviews, taps send.
After every gameSMS opt-out compliance
When a parent texts STOP to one Scrimly SMS, they’re flagged across every channel (broadcast, reminder, re-engagement). No accidental sends. TCPA-compliant by default.
Honored instantlyRound-trip bilingual chat
Spanish parent texts you in Spanish — you read it in English. You reply in English — parent reads it in Spanish. Same thread, same Twilio number, no translation app, no copy-paste, no language gap. The only youth-sports platform that translates inbound SMS, not just outbound.
Every parent reply
Parents pay. Money hits your bank. You do nothing.
Stripe Connect routes every parent payment straight to your club’s bank account. Scrimly never holds your money. No platform fee on top of Stripe. Past-due families get chased automatically.
Direct-to-bank payouts via Stripe Connect
Every parent payment lands in your club’s connected Stripe account, then your bank. Zero platform markup.
Same week as paymentAutocharged installments
Parents on a payment plan get charged automatically on each due date. No manual invoicing. Failed cards trigger a polite retry plus a parent notification.
On each due dateOverdue payment reminders
Parents with a past-due balance get a friendly reminder on a regular cadence. Coach sees the chase list on the dashboard so nobody slips through.
Weekly to families behindUpcoming installment notices
Parents get a heads-up about installments due in the next few days — so the autocharge isn’t a surprise.
Before each due dateAbandoned-cart recovery
Parents who started registration but didn’t finish get a friendly “come back” link. Most of them do. Per-team option to turn this off.
Shortly after they leaveStripe subscription state sync
When a club’s subscription state changes (upgrade, downgrade, payment failure, cancellation) Scrimly propagates the new entitlements instantly — no logout required.
Instant entitlement updates
Scrimly checks the forecast. You make the call.
Scrimly watches the weather at your field for every upcoming practice and game. If a storm is rolling in, the Suggested Actions panel surfaces a one-tap “cancel & notify” option in both languages.
Field-by-field storm watch
Storm forecasts checked against every team’s upcoming events. If a storm is within range of a scheduled event, the team’s Suggested Actions panel surfaces the conflict.
Continuously watchedOne-tap cancel + bilingual parent notification
Coach reviews the storm flag and taps once to cancel the event AND send a bilingual SMS to every affected family. No two-step process, no missed parents.
One tap from you
Scrimly notices what you’d miss.
Every time you open Team Detail, the Suggested Actions panel shows exactly what needs attention — based on data Scrimly tracks quietly while you were at your day job. No dashboards. No reports.
Disengaged Parent flag
When a parent goes quiet for too long, Scrimly flags them. One tap sends a bilingual re-engagement SMS to every flagged parent at once.
Every time you open the teamSuggested Actions panel
Continuously surfaces: registration closing soon · unpaid balances · players missing required docs · recent game with no recap drafted · events with no location · upcoming game without a lineup.
Every time you open the teamGame-day prompts
On game day, the app nudges coaches to set the lineup, take attendance, and send pre-game updates — at the right moments, not all at once.
Throughout game dayLineup-ready prompts
As soon as a coach finishes a lineup, Scrimly prompts to share it with parents in one tap.
As soon as it’s readyAuto-sent game reminder SMS
Parents get an SMS reminder before each game, in the team’s configured window. Bilingual. Coach configures once, never thinks about it again.
Before every game
Five edits, one email per parent.
When a coach edits five events in a row, parents don’t get five emails. Scrimly debounces, batches, and ships one digest — so parents stay informed without being overwhelmed.
Debounced parent digest
Coach saves a schedule change → Scrimly waits for the next save → if more changes come, the digest extends. If silence holds, the digest ships. Parents see the final state, not every save.
Quietly in the backgroundPer-parent chat email batching
New chat messages a parent missed (offline, app closed) get batched into one email — not one email per message.
Batched, not blastedQuiet-hours guard
Push/email/SMS sends respect each parent’s preferences, quiet hours, and sane send-rate limits. No accidental midnight texts.
Always on
Set up a team. The plumbing builds itself.
When you create a team, Scrimly auto-creates the chat channel, auto-adds paying parents as they register, and auto-posts schedule items to the chat. Coaches do the team setup once; the operations layer wires itself.
Auto-create team announcement chat
New team → chat channel exists. Coach doesn’t set it up; parents land in it as they register.
The moment you create the teamAuto-add paying parents to team chat
When a parent completes registration, they’re added to the team’s announcement chat instantly. No manual roster sync.
The moment they registerAuto-post new games to team chat
Coach adds a game to the schedule → the game appears in the team chat as a system message. No copy-paste from schedule to chat.
The moment you add itWelcome verification email
New signup → a verification email with a one-click confirm link goes out immediately. No friction, no SMTP setup for the coach.
Instantly on signupPrivacy-safe player mirror
When a player is added or updated, Scrimly auto-creates a parent-safe mirror (no medical notes, no parent contact info) so teammates can see roster names without seeing PII.
Every player updateStalled-user nudge
Coaches who sign up but don’t finish setting up their first team get a personalized nudge — not a generic drip.
Shortly after they stall