The fair playing time playbook
Practical, sport-by-sport guides for volunteer junior coaches — written to be useful whether or not you ever use Stint.
14 September 2026
The five-minute pre-match plan that decides everyone's minutes
Work out every player's minutes before kick-off: a five-minute pre-match routine for junior rugby, football and hockey coaches, with the block maths.
7 September 2026
Basketball: fair minutes in short quarters
Why the four-quarter clock makes equal minutes hard in junior basketball, plus the half-quarter block pattern that keeps every player's time even.
31 August 2026
Field hockey rolling substitutions: the gate, the rotation, and fair minutes
Field hockey rolling subs made fair: what the gate allows, the minutes maths for 11-a-side and small-sided grades, and pairings that hold up on matchday.
24 August 2026
Rotating a junior rugby squad when the bench is bigger than the fifteen
Give every player real minutes with a 20-plus rugby squad: interchange maths, front-row-safe pairings, and a rotation plan that keeps your pack intact.
17 August 2026
Fair rotations in junior lacrosse: using the midfield line change well
Junior lacrosse rotations that stay fair: what the substitution box allows, the minutes maths for a 10-a-side squad, and line plans that survive matchday.
10 August 2026
A simple rotation plan for junior football with rolling subs
A matchday rotation plan for junior football: block maths for 7v7 and 9v9, a simple swap order, and keeping minutes fair when only two subs turn up.
3 August 2026
How rolling substitutions work in junior rugby
How rolling substitutions work in junior rugby: what the interchange laws allow, the minutes maths, and a sideline ladder that keeps game time fair.
27 July 2026
Junior rugby interchanges without the clipboard
Run fair junior rugby interchanges without paper: grade rules, minutes maths, scrum-safe rotations, and a sideline system that survives real matchdays.
23 July 2026
The soccer coach's guide to fair rotations at U8–U12
Fair rotations for U8–U12 soccer: block maths for 5v5, 7v7 and 9v9, sharing goalkeeper duty, and keeping minutes even when only eight players show up.
23 July 2026
How much playing time should every kid get?
Equal playing time in youth sport: why it matters, the matchday maths, and simple systems junior coaches use to keep every player’s minutes fair.
23 July 2026
A rolling substitution system that survives real matchdays
A practical rolling subs system for youth sport: the block maths, a rotation ladder that survives no-shows and injuries, and how to run it on matchday.