System and Method for Optimizing Sports Performance and an Improved Means for Coaching Children in Recreational Sports

摘要

Method and a system for providing a skill training and reward program is provided. The method comprises steps for registering a player for particular sport or skill, associating a coach or other sponsor with that user, permitting the creation of one or more challenges that are intended to improve the skill, importing information regarding the user's completion of the challenge, enabling a coach or other user to confirm completion of the challenge and initiate a badge or reward for appropriate completion. The system includes a database for storing information, a challenge software module for enabling the assignment or configuration of a challenge, a data import module for receiving and storing data associated with at least one selected challenge and a software awards module for triggering an award (if any) associated with completing the challenge. The software award module is configured to issue both virtual awards (such as badges) or to transmit an application programming interface call to an online store or vendor for issuing a physical award.