[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":227},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-config":3,"post-weekly-roundup-2026-06-19":129},{"success":4,"data":5},true,{"site":6,"features":10,"stripe":12,"bridalfile":13,"navigation":14,"branding":112,"footer":117},{"id":7,"name":8,"domain":9},"49f21346-cf36-4218-89c8-0b70f6252527","Trac","tracbac.club",{"products":11,"bookings":11,"event_capacity":11,"ugc":11},false,{"enabled":11,"test_mode":4},{"enabled":11},{"footer":15,"header":48},{"id":16,"name":17,"items":18},"fca9ef82-96bf-4a85-88c1-ed41a7402e9d","Footer Navigation",[19,24,28,32,36,40,44],{"id":20,"url":21,"label":22,"target":23},"trac-footer-features","/coaches","Features","_self",{"id":25,"url":26,"label":27,"target":23},"trac-footer-pricing","/pricing","Pricing",{"id":29,"url":30,"label":31,"target":23},"trac-footer-about","/about","About",{"id":33,"url":34,"label":35,"target":23},"trac-footer-help","https://app.tracbac.club/help-faqs","Help & FAQs",{"id":37,"url":38,"label":39,"target":23},"trac-footer-contact","/contact","Contact",{"id":41,"url":42,"label":43,"target":23},"trac-footer-privacy","/privacy-policy","Privacy Policy",{"id":45,"url":46,"label":47,"target":23},"trac-footer-terms","/terms","Terms",{"id":49,"name":50,"items":51},"418b3097-634e-4944-829d-24b59fa2c36a","Header Navigation",[52,83,99,103,105,107,110],{"id":53,"url":54,"label":22,"target":23,"children":55},"trac-nav-features","#",[56,59,63,67,71,75,79],{"id":57,"url":21,"label":58,"target":23},"trac-nav-coaches","For Coaches",{"id":60,"url":61,"label":62,"target":23},"trac-nav-ai","/ai","AI Features",{"id":64,"url":65,"label":66,"target":23},"trac-nav-training","/training","Training",{"id":68,"url":69,"label":70,"target":23},"trac-nav-parents","/parents","For Parents",{"id":72,"url":73,"label":74,"target":23},"trac-nav-season-archive","/season-archive","Season Archive",{"id":76,"url":77,"label":78,"target":23},"trac-nav-fa-import","/fa-full-time-import","FA Full-Time Import",{"id":80,"url":81,"label":82,"target":23},"trac-nav-club","/club","For Clubs",{"id":84,"url":54,"label":85,"target":23,"children":86},"trac-nav-compare","Compare",[87,91,95],{"id":88,"url":89,"label":90,"target":23},"trac-nav-vs-teamstats","/vs-teamstats","vs TeamStats",{"id":92,"url":93,"label":94,"target":23},"trac-nav-vs-spond","/vs-spond","vs Spond",{"id":96,"url":97,"label":98,"target":23},"trac-nav-vs-pitchero","/vs-pitchero","vs Pitchero",{"id":100,"url":101,"label":102,"target":23},"trac-nav-playbook","/playbook","Playbook",{"id":104,"url":26,"label":27,"target":23},"trac-nav-pricing",{"id":106,"url":30,"label":31,"target":23},"trac-nav-about",{"id":108,"url":34,"label":109,"target":23},"trac-nav-help","Help",{"id":111,"url":38,"label":39,"target":23},"trac-nav-contact",{"logo":113,"logoDark":114,"favicon":115,"tagline":116},"https://sktegczfmabucrnpgrvp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/media/49f21346-cf36-4218-89c8-0b70f6252527/2026/06/1781685688946-Trac-crop.webp",null,"https://sktegczfmabucrnpgrvp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/media/49f21346-cf36-4218-89c8-0b70f6252527/2026/06/1781685671484-favicon.ico","Football Coaching Software for Grassroots Teams",{"summary":118,"copyright":119,"address":120,"contact":122,"socialLinks":123,"openingHours":128,"logos":114},"Trac is football coaching software that helps grassroots coaches organise fixtures, track matches, and keep parents in the loop. No fuss, no jargon - just everything you need to run your team.","Trac Football. All rights reserved.",{"line1":114,"line2":114,"city":114,"state":114,"postalCode":114,"country":121},"United Kingdom",{"phone":114,"email":114},[124],{"url":125,"label":126,"platform":127},"https://x.com/tracbacapp","Twitter","twitter",[],{"success":4,"data":130},{"id":131,"slug":132,"title":133,"excerpt":134,"content":135,"featured_image":114,"published":4,"published_at":226},"0e98e6a8-3c8f-45db-a5c3-33cf37d84014","weekly-roundup-2026-06-19","A World Cup summer, and the format changes coming next season","End of week round-up: clubs opening their doors for the World Cup, why next season's format changes are a summer job, and the pieces we put up this week.",{"type":136,"content":137},"doc",[138,144,151,164,169,181,185,190,194,198,203,222],{"type":139,"content":140},"paragraph",[141],{"text":142,"type":143},"Closing out the week. The leagues are done, the pitches are roped off for the summer, and for once the football that matters is on the telly instead of a wet Sunday morning. Good time for a quick catch up.","text",{"type":145,"attrs":146,"content":148},"heading",{"level":147},2,[149],{"text":150,"type":143},"A World Cup summer, and what it does for us",{"type":139,"content":152},[153,155,162],{"text":154,"type":143},"The World Cup is on, and the FA is leaning into it at our level. They have been encouraging ",{"text":156,"type":143,"marks":157},"clubs to open their doors",[158],{"type":159,"attrs":160},"link",{"href":161},"https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2026/Jun/03/Celebrating-grassroots-clubs-this-World-Cup",{"text":163,"type":143}," this summer for watch parties, family days and small tournaments. It is an easy win. You do not need a big plan, just a screen, a barbecue and a date in the group chat. The kids who spend July copying whatever they saw on Saturday are the same ones who turn up keener in August, and a club night around a game is the cheapest pre-season marketing you will ever do. If you have lapsed players or younger siblings hovering, this is the week to get them down.",{"type":145,"attrs":165,"content":166},{"level":147},[167],{"text":168,"type":143},"The format changes are a summer job now",{"type":139,"content":170},[171,173,179],{"text":172,"type":143},"Worth saying out loud because it lands this year. From 2026/27 the FA is ",{"text":174,"type":143,"marks":175},"changing the ages and stages",[176],{"type":159,"attrs":177},{"href":178},"https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2024/Dec/04/Future-of-Youth-Football-Update",{"text":180,"type":143}," of youth formats. There is a new small sided entry format for the very youngest players to give them more touches, and the bigger formats each move up a year as players progress, with 11 a side shifting from Under 13 to Under 14. The detail matters less than the timing: this is a summer admin job, not a September surprise.",{"type":139,"content":182},[183],{"text":184,"type":143},"If your team is on the boundary of one of these changes, check now what format you are actually playing next season before you sort squad sizes, pitch bookings and goals. Nothing worse than turning up in August set up for the wrong game. Quiet July, calm September. That is the whole trick.",{"type":145,"attrs":186,"content":187},{"level":147},[188],{"text":189,"type":143},"The quiet weeks are worth more than they look",{"type":139,"content":191},[192],{"text":193,"type":143},"Every year I tell myself I will use the summer properly and every year I half do. The jobs that make next season easier are dull and they all live in these few weeks: confirming who is staying, chasing the registrations that always lag, sorting which kids move up an age group, and getting the fixtures in once the lists arrive. None of it is football, but doing it in June and July is the difference between a calm first month and a frantic one. Pick two of those jobs this fortnight and actually finish them. Future you, stood on a cold touchline in September, will be grateful.",{"type":139,"content":195},[196],{"text":197,"type":143},"It is also the only time of year you get to think about the team rather than just react to the next game. Whether that is a different training focus, a new way of picking sides, or finally trying something you read about in March, the headspace only exists right now. Once the season starts you are back to surviving Saturdays.",{"type":145,"attrs":199,"content":200},{"level":147},[201],{"text":202,"type":143},"On our side this week",{"type":139,"content":204},[205,207,213,215,220],{"text":206,"type":143},"A couple of things went up worth a look if you missed them. There is a step by step on ",{"text":208,"type":143,"marks":209},"importing your FA Full-Time fixtures",[210],{"type":159,"attrs":211},{"href":212},"/bulk-uploading-fixtures",{"text":214,"type":143},", which is perfectly timed because the new fixture lists start dropping over the next few weeks and nobody enjoys typing them in by hand. And a piece on why a ",{"text":216,"type":143,"marks":217},"team app with no monthly subscription",[218],{"type":159,"attrs":219},{"href":26},{"text":221,"type":143}," suits a volunteer run side, for anyone reviewing what the club pays for over the break.",{"type":139,"content":223},[224],{"text":225,"type":143},"That is the week. Get a game watched, get the club together if you can, and enjoy the gap before it all kicks off again. See you for the next one.","2026-06-20T05:55:24.621+00:00",1781935394078]