MatScout is a structured preparation system for grappling athletes, coaches, and clubs, enabling them to log match reports, scout opponents, document training sessions, and analyze video in one connected platform. It replaces scattered notes and spreadsheets with private, searchable records that athletes can selectively share with coaches. The platform includes team management tools and permission-based collaboration, ensuring coaches only see what athletes choose to share.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Grappling athletes and coaches lack a structured way to document competitive development. Match results are remembered informally, scouting notes are scattered across notebooks or spreadsheets, and coach feedback is often lost, making it difficult to track improvement, prepare for opponents, and connect training to competition outcomes.
Solution
MatScout provides a preparation system that connects match reports, scouting reports, training logs, practice notes, and video analysis into a single searchable record. Athletes log every match with full context—technique, opponent, weight class, and competition level—and build detailed opponent profiles covering grips, tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses. Coaches can create teams, add scouting insights, leave feedback on shared reports, and review athlete-submitted content through permission-based workflows. All data remains private by default, with athletes controlling what coaches and teammates can see, ensuring the system supports preparation rather than public exposure.
Target Audience
Primary customers are competitive grappling athletes (judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and wrestling) and the coaches, teams, and clubs that support them, particularly those seeking structured, data-driven preparation workflows.
Features
- Structured match reports capturing technique, outcome, opponent, weight class, competition level, and personal notes
- Scouting report builder for opponent grips, tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses, with team-level collaboration options
- Training log and practice notes to document session types, frequency, and lessons from camps or clinics
- Video analysis with YouTube linking and timestamped annotations attached to match and scouting reports, with uploads planned
- Coach tools including team management, rosters, coach notes, and review of shared reports, with permission-based access
- Privacy-first architecture: practice notes remain always private, match and scouting reports are private by default, and sharing is controlled by the athlete