For sports teams
Team updates without a group chat
A team group chat is a hundred messages a week and one that matters. A follo sends only the one that matters: when, where and whether it's on.
How it works for you
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Create a Team / Class follo
Title it with the team name and age group, such as U10 Hornets soccer.
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Hand out the code
On the roster sheet, in the league email and taped inside the dugout.
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Send the game-day news
Practice changes, location changes and rain-outs.
Example messages
U10 Hornets soccer: practice or class change
Practice moves to Thursday at 6 this week.
U10 Hornets soccer: location change
Saturday's game is at Field 3, not Field 1.
U10 Hornets soccer: cancellation
Rained out. Today's game will be rescheduled.
Where the QR code goes
The roster sheet families get on day one, the league's welcome email and the dugout wall.
Grandparents and carpool drivers can follow from the same code.
Why one-way fits
Families want the facts without the chatter. One-way updates keep the news in one place and keep everyone's phone numbers private.
What follo is
follo is a one-way notification service that lets people follow a person, business, product, event, group, property, waitlist, or other subject through a link or QR code and receive updates from its owner.
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Questions
Do I still need the group chat?
Not for logistics. Many teams keep a chat for socializing and use follo for times, places and cancellations.
Can assistant coaches send updates?
Updates come from the follo's owner account, so share sending duty by sharing that account sign-in only with people you trust.
What does it cost a family?
Nothing. Following is always free.