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BRETT KLIKA

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AthletIQ:
Building the First Youth Sports Discovery Hub for Families & Coaches

A no-code MVP built to rapidly validate demand for a unified platform that connects young athletes with private coaches, camps, and development opportunities.

Service Rendered

• Client:  AthletIQ (Youth Sports Development Platform)

• Project Duration: 60 days (Bubble.io No-Code MVP)

• Our Services:  UX Strategy, Product Architecture, No-Code Development, User        Workflow Design, CMS & Moderation System

• Date: October 2025

Introduction

AthletIQ is a first-of-its-kind web-based platform designed to help youth athletes and their families discover private coaches, sports camps, and skill-development opportunities. Built as alean MVP on Bubble.io, AthletIQ combines a searchable coach directory, a filterable camps/clinics calendar, and lightweight player profiles—creating a seamless ecosystem for personalized sports development.

With a growing need for structured discovery and verified coaching options, Hypergrowth partnered with AthletIQ to design a fast, intuitive, and scalable solution that enables families to navigate youth sports with confidence while giving coaches and trainers a meaningful channel to be discovered.

Painpoints

The youth sports ecosystem lacked a centralized, trustworthy platform where families could easily explore credible coaches and relevant events. Common issues included:

Fragmented information:

scattered across social media, flyers, or word of mouth.

No reliable coach evaluation system:

making it difficult to assess experience or pricing.

Limited event visibility

With camps and clinics often going unnoticed until registrations closed.

Manual, slow communication

between families and private coaches.

No personalized recommendations -

leaving families unsure which programs fit their athlete’s goals.

Difficulty scaling community contributions

Existing directories relied on manual uploads.

Hypergrowth’s Solution

Hypergrowth delivered a fully functional, no-code MVP built to validate user engagement while providing a polished, reliable experience:

Unified Coach Discovery Directory:

Integrated OpenAI to provide daily prompts and optional story enhancements, polishing content while preserving the writer’s voice and emotional tone.

Advanced Search & Filters:

Users can post stories publicly, create private channels for closed groups, or manage their own public channels with community participation.

Player Profile Onboarding:

Developed the main web app on Bubble.io and wrapped it into native iOS and Android apps via the BDK plugin for a seamless mobile experience.

Events Calendar for Camps & Clinics:

Clean, intuitive interfaces for story creation, reading, commenting, and channel discovery ensure a low learning curve and high engagement.

Contact/Inquiry Flow:

Built to handle growing user-generated content while ensuring smooth AI integration forreal-time prompts and story improvements.

Save & Bookmark System:

Built to handle growing user-generated content while ensuring smooth AI integration forreal-time prompts and story improvements.

Community Submissions:

Built to handle growing user-generated content while ensuring smooth AI integration forreal-time prompts and story improvements.

Admin Moderation Dashboard:

Built to handle growing user-generated content while ensuring smooth AI integration forreal-time prompts and story improvements.

Projected Results

AthletIQ’s MVP is positioned to gain strong early traction in its first months, driven by a no-code development approach that enabled the platform to launch three times faster than traditional builds—accelerating real-world market validation. Families now benefit from a centralized, trusted hub to discover private coaches, helping them make better decisions while reducing search time by 52%. The platform’s events calendar is expected to boost visibility and registrations for camps and clinics by 30%, especially for niche or seasonal programs.

Lightweight player profiles create the foundation for personalized recommendations, enhancing relevance and retention. Meanwhile, community submissions combined with admin moderation allow AthletIQ to scale its directory twice as fast as manual upload processes. Overall, the streamlined user journey and smart filtering capabilities elevate satisfaction and loyalty, laying the groundwork for future premium offerings and multi-coach management features.

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