One family of boards. Every kid gets to play.
LineUp Max makes free, drag-and-drop lineup and rotation planners for four sports — each built around that sport's fair-play rules, so playing time is planned before game day, not scrambled on the sideline.
No signup. Nothing to install. Works offline. Your roster stays on your device. Or grab a free printable lineup sheet.
Place a lineup on any board — no signup, right in your browser.
Plan offense, defense, and special teams per quarter with an MPR / fair-play tracker so no one gets stuck on the bench all game.
Open Huddleboard→Set formations, plan substitution windows, track minutes per player, and catch the pre-halftime sub before it's too late.
Open Pitchboard→Continuous batting order plus inning-by-inning fielding, with innings, infield time, and bench-streak tracking toward Little League minimums.
Open Dugoutboard→Plan P1–P6 rotations per set, designate the libero, track sets played, and keep substitutions inside your league's limit.
Open Rallyboard→Built the same way, for the same reason
Add your roster once
Names, numbers, and the positions or roles each player fills. Saved on your device — you only do it once per year.
Plan fair playing time
Drag players into position for each period, and let the board count minutes, innings, or sets and flag anyone riding the bench.
Print and coach
One card you can tape to the fence, clipboard, or dugout — the whole game or match at a glance, no phone needed.
Free on game day. Pro when you want the season.
Every board is free forever for game-day planning. One Pro subscription — $9.99/month, or $99/year prepaid — unlocks cloud sync and season history across all four boards.
Free
$0 forever
- ✓ Every board, every core feature
- ✓ Drag-and-drop lineups & rotations
- ✓ Fair-play & playing-time tracking
- ✓ Print-ready cards, works offline
- ✓ No account, no trial limit
Pro
$9.99 /month
or $99/year prepaid — save ~$20
- ✓ Unlocks Pro on all four boards
- ✓ Cloud sync across your devices
- ✓ Full-season history & templates
- ✓ Season-long playing-time dashboard
- ✓ Share live plans with assistants
- ✓ Everything in Free, always
What is LineUp Max?
LineUp Max is a family of free web apps that help volunteer youth-sports coaches give every player fair playing time. There is one planner per sport — football, soccer, baseball and softball, and volleyball — and each one tracks playing time as you build the lineup, auto-fills fair rotations, warns before a player sits two shifts in a row, and prints a completed game card. No account is needed to start.
- Which sports does it cover?
- Youth football (Huddleboard), soccer (Pitchboard), baseball and softball (Dugoutboard), and volleyball (Rallyboard) — each a separate free app.
- How much does it cost?
- The core planners are free with no signup. Optional Pro is $9.99 per month or $99 per year.
- What problem does it solve?
- It removes the mid-game math of fair playing time, so no player is accidentally left short and coaches can show parents exactly who played when.
- Do I need to create an account?
- No. You can start planning a lineup immediately; your roster stays on your device unless you choose to sign in.
Common questions
The basics
▸What is LineUp Max?
LineUp Max is a family of four free lineup and rotation planners for volunteer coaches: Huddleboard for football, Pitchboard for soccer, Dugoutboard for baseball and softball, and Rallyboard for volleyball. Each is tailored to its sport's positions and fair-play rules, but they share the same simple, no-signup, works-offline approach.
▸Which board should I use?
Pick the board for your sport using the buttons at the top of the page: Huddleboard (football), Pitchboard (soccer), Dugoutboard (baseball & softball), or Rallyboard (volleyball). Each one opens as its own app with the positions, periods, and fair-play tracking that sport needs.
▸Is it really free, and do I need an account?
Yes — every board is free to use with no account required. You open the app and start building a lineup immediately; your roster and plans save on your device. An optional Pro plan ($9.99 per month, or $99 per year prepaid) adds cloud sync and season history across all four boards, but the free version is complete on its own.
▸Does each board work on my phone and offline?
All four boards run in any web browser on a phone, tablet, or computer, and keep working without a signal once opened — built for fields, gyms, and dugouts with poor coverage. On mobile you can add any board to your home screen to open it full-screen like a native app.
Pricing & Pro
▸How much does LineUp Max Pro cost?
LineUp Max Pro is $9.99 per month, or $99 per year prepaid. One subscription unlocks Pro on all four boards — Huddleboard, Pitchboard, Dugoutboard, and Rallyboard — so you pay once, not per sport. Every board's core game-day features stay free forever without it.
▸Does one Pro subscription cover all four boards?
Yes. A single $9.99-per-month (or $99-per-year prepaid) Pro subscription unlocks Pro across all four LineUp Max boards, not just one. If you coach more than one sport, or move between sports across seasons, the same subscription follows you.
▸What do I get with Pro versus the free version?
Free covers everything you need on game day: drag-and-drop lineups and rotations, fair-play and playing-time tracking, print-ready cards, and offline use, with no account. Pro adds cloud sync across your devices, full-season history, reusable templates, a season-long playing-time dashboard, and sharing live plans with assistant coaches.
▸How do I pay for Pro, and is my payment secure?
Pro checkout is handled by Stripe, a major payment processor, so your card details go straight to Stripe and never touch LineUp Max's servers. It's a yearly subscription you can cancel anytime, and the free version keeps working regardless.
Fair playing time
▸Does LineUp Max help guarantee fair or equal playing time?
Yes — that's the whole point. Every board tracks how much each player has played (snaps, minutes, innings, or sets), sorts the least-used players to the top, warns when someone is about to sit twice in a row, and auto-fills bench-first, so fair playing time is planned before the game instead of remembered during it.
▸Can I show parents that playing time was fair?
Yes. Each board keeps a per-player tally you can point to, and prints a game or match card that lays out who played where and how much. It turns "trust me" into a sheet you can hand a parent.
▸What are the official rules for playing time in youth sports?
They differ by sport and league: youth football leagues set a minimum play rule (MPR) guaranteeing each player a set number of snaps; Little League requires every player to get six defensive outs and an at-bat each game; AYSO soccer guarantees every child at least half of every game; and school or club volleyball caps substitutions per set (18 in NFHS high school play) but mandates no minimum court time. Each LineUp Max board explains its sport's rules in the League rules section of its page — Huddleboard for football, Pitchboard for soccer, Dugoutboard for baseball and softball, and Rallyboard for volleyball — and tracks the numbers those rules are measured in.
▸Does LineUp Max help me comply with my league's minimum play or substitution rules?
Yes — that's what the boards are built around. Huddleboard counts snaps per quarter and unit for football MPR compliance, Dugoutboard tracks innings and bench streaks against Little League's mandatory play rule, Pitchboard plans substitution windows and minutes for half-game guarantees, and Rallyboard counts substitutions per set against your league preset and manages the libero. Each board's League rules FAQ covers the current rules in detail, and the printable game card gives you the record to show a parent, monitor, or league official.
For coaches
▸Do I need any tech experience to use LineUp Max?
No. There's nothing to install and no account to create — open a web page, type in your players, and drag them into position. Each board has a short first-run walkthrough and a how-it-works button you can replay anytime.
▸Is LineUp Max a free alternative to paid team-management apps?
For the lineup and rotation side, yes. Building lineups, planning rotations, tracking fair playing time, and printing are free with no account and no trial limit. Paid team-management suites bundle scheduling, messaging, and payments; LineUp Max focuses on doing the lineup and fair-play part well, for free.
▸Can I manage multiple teams?
Yes. Every board supports multiple teams — a team switcher next to the team name lets you add, rename, and flip between teams, each with its own roster and plans. Coaching different sports across the year (say baseball in spring, football in fall, volleyball in winter) works too: each season lives in its sport's board, and one Pro subscription covers everything.
Coaches’ Corner
Questions volunteer coaches ask most, answered by the LineUp Max team. Have one of your own?
How do experienced coaches handle a parent who thinks their kid isn't playing enough?
The approach coaches share most often: show the numbers. Because every LineUp Max board tracks each player's snaps, minutes, innings, or sets, you can open the running tally or hand over the printed game card and let the record speak. Planning fair time before the game — and being able to prove it after — turns a tense conversation into a factual one.
What's a realistic way to set a lineup when you don't know who'll show up?
Build the full roster in advance, then at game time mark the no-shows and tap auto-fill. The board redistributes the open spots fairly among whoever actually came. Because it runs on your phone and works offline, you can redo it on the sideline in seconds.
Any advice for coaching more than one team or sport in a season?
One Pro subscription covers all four boards, so a coach running fall soccer and spring softball keeps everything under one login. Rosters and season history stay separate per board but are managed from the same account.
How do coaches keep substitutions fair without slowing the game down?
Plan the rotation before kickoff. Each board lets you set substitution windows or per-period plans ahead of time and warns you when a player is about to sit twice in a row — so on game day you're following the sheet, not doing math under pressure.