Fill every division.Run the season on autopilot.
Registration, rosters, schedules, and payments in one place. Plus AI agents that recruit families, answer parents, and chase every missing form.
- $99/month flat
- Month-to-month
- Live in days
- OperationsSaturday field 3 moved for weather. 112 families notified by text.
- EnrollmentAnswered “Is there a sibling discount?” at 10:42 pm. Family registered.
- MarketingU10 flag is 6 spots short. Sent 41 past families a re-register link.
Customer story
Fern Creek Optimist Club
They migrated from SportsConnect to Hurdle. NFL Flag filled in 14 days.
Read the storyTrusted by youth sports clubs, leagues, academies, gyms, and studios
What changed
Youth sports got expensive. Families shop harder.
Parents pay more, volunteers are scarce, and your software vendor just got bought again.
$1,016
Average a family spent on a child's main sport in 2024. Up 46% since 2019.
Aspen Institute Project Play, 2025+14%
Flag football growth among kids 6–12 since 2019, while baseball fell 19%.
Project Play, State of Play 20253
Big platforms now under one PE-backed owner: PlayMetrics, Stack Sports, and SportsEngine.
PlayMetrics, May 2026Why Hurdle
Other platforms hand you software. Hurdle hands you a staff.
AI agents work the season with you. Nothing goes out until you approve it.
- Found 214 families from Spring 2026
- Matched each player to their new age division
- Drafted early-bird invites with one-tap registration
Registration
One link from flyer to paid
Families pick the player, sign waivers, and pay in one flow.
Season pricing
Early bird, late fees, sibling discounts, and payment plans.
Waitlists that move
A spot opens, the next family is promoted automatically.
Scholarships
Fund aid seats without a separate spreadsheet.
Scheduling
Fields, gyms, and game day
Practices and games on one calendar, tied to the roster.
Conflicts caught
Double-booked fields get flagged before anyone shows up.
Rainouts in one tap
Move or cancel. Every family gets email and SMS.
Coaches see their teams
Not the books, not other teams' families.
Families
One household, one thread
Billing, messages, and the schedule follow the family across seasons.
Email and SMS in one inbox
Message a division, a team, or a family.
A member app
Schedules, balances, and announcements in their pocket.
Volunteer and form chasing
The ops agent nudges until it's done.
Compare
Hurdle vs. the youth sports stack
Most clubs run three to seven tools. Here's what each one actually covers.
Hurdle
The all-in-one platform for sports clubs and leagues
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Hurdle
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- Yes: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $99/month flat. Month-to-month.
- Only on Hurdle
- AI agents that market, enroll, and run ops, with your approval on every send
SportsEngine HQ
Club registration, sites, team app
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SportsEngine HQ
- Yes: Price on the website
- No: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $79–$129/mo + per-transaction fees
- Where it stops
- Now owned by PlayMetrics. Transaction fees ride on every registration.
PlayMetrics
Club and league operating system
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PlayMetrics
- No: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Where it stops
- Software you operate. No agents doing the outreach or follow-up.
Stack Sports / Sports Connect
Rec and Little League registration
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Stack Sports / Sports Connect
- No: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Where it stops
- Merged into PlayMetrics in 2025. Affiliation-driven, not built for growth.
Upper Hand
Training facilities and coaches
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Upper Hand
- No: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- Yes: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $79–$199/mo; Scale quote only
- Where it stops
- Built for private training, not seasons and divisions.
Spond / Heja / Stack Team App
Team chat and RSVP apps
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Spond / Heja / Stack Team App
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- No: One system, not several
- Pricing
- Free to ~$10/mo per team
- Where it stops
- One team at a time. No registration or club billing.
Google Forms + Sheets + Venmo
The duct-tape stack
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Google Forms + Sheets + Venmo
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for sports clubs and leagues
- No: One system, not several
- Pricing
- Free, until it isn't
- Where it stops
- Every season rebuilt by hand. Payments chased by hand.
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Grades count the checks on the back of each card. Pricing from vendor websites and public reviews as of October 2026. Vendors change terms; check with them for a current quote. Full comparison
Live before your next registration window
Most clubs launch in under a week.
- 1
We bring your families over
Players, households, history, and saved cards. Or import a CSV yourself.
- 2
Divisions and pricing set up
Copy last season. Change dates and prices. Publish.
- 3
Open registration
Agents start working the list the day you go live.
Customers
Clubs already running on Hurdle
Same platform, different sports.
300+
players registered and paid online
Rock Sports Academy
Youth leagues · Newfoundland, Canada
Hundreds of families register and pay online across every league.
Common questions
They give you software to operate. Hurdle adds AI agents that do the marketing, enrollment follow-up, and season admin, and it's $99/month flat with no per-player fees and no platform cut on top of Stripe.