# Secret Teammate > Be a great teammate. Free team culture tools for youth sports coaches. Secret Teammate is a free team culture tool for youth sports coaches. Run weekly secret teammate draws, private phone reveals, weekly MVT awards, and season standings. ## How the game works 1. The coach creates a team, chooses a sport and team colors, and pastes last names or nicknames. Player numbers are optional and can be added later. 2. Each week, every active player gets one secret teammate to compliment and encourage. Nobody gets themselves. The draw favors new recipients. 3. The coach shares assignments privately, using a phone reveal or printed slips. 4. At the end of the week, players guess who secretly encouraged them. The coach records results and weekly MVT awards. 5. The season leaderboard tracks points toward the Best Teammate award. Ties share the award. ## Coach tools Multiple private teams; all sports and custom sports; primary and secondary team colors; optional logos; rosters of 2–200 players per season using last names or nicknames with optional player numbers; manual pairing entry; future weekly draws; assignment overrides; private name-picker phone reveals; guess tracking; weekly MVT Bonuses; season standings and final-week corrections. Logo uploads: JPG, PNG or WebP, maximum 500 KB and 800 pixels per side. A logo can be added later in Team settings. ## See the app [Homepage product previews](https://secretteammate.com/#see-it) show real screens from a sample team: the private phone reveal, automatic guess saving, Coach Pro culture program and season leaderboard. Names and scores are illustrative. Public preview images never load live team records. ## Coach Pro culture program A library of 52 different culture weeks for all sports, with about five minutes together each week and no equipment required. Each lesson includes a coach script, activity, secret mission, reflection, MVT prompt and simpler/deeper options. Coaches copy or print the selected lesson and mark it complete. Completion does not award game points. Week 1 is the free preview. Week 2 onward requires Coach Pro, Club or Large Associations access. A former timed trial does not unlock additional lessons. Progress is preserved when access changes. ## Shared season calendar Choose a Week 1 start date, time zone and season length from 1 to 52 weeks in Season setup. Secret Teammate Week N and Culture Week N share the same seven-day date range. Culture opens the current calendar week by default; coaches can revisit or plan ahead within their season. Draws remain coach initiated. Existing seasons keep their saved weeks and ask the coach to set dates. ## Pricing - Free: one team, core game and Culture Week 1 preview. Deleting a team does not reset the free team allowance. - Coach Pro: $39/year, up to 4 teams. - Club: $199/year, up to 10 teams. - Large Associations: $499/year, up to 25 teams. - More than 25 teams: email connect@secretteammate.com for pricing. All prices are in USD. Paid plans include the full 52-week culture library and an ad-free experience. Upgrades are arranged manually through connect@secretteammate.com; there is no checkout or automatic payment. Team limits apply to new team creation. ## Questions ### Is Secret Teammate free? A free account includes one team and the core Secret Teammate game, with no credit card required. Culture Week 1 is free to preview. Coach Pro is $39/year for up to 4 teams, Club is $199/year for 10, and Large Associations is $499/year for 25. Email connect@secretteammate.com for more than 25 teams. Prices are in USD; upgrades are arranged manually. ### What is in the Coach Pro culture program? 52 different sport-neutral weekly plans, each with a short coach script, a simple no-equipment activity, a secret teammate mission, a reflection and an MVT prompt. Week 1 is free; Week 2 onward requires Coach Pro or higher. Set a Week 1 start date, time zone and season length of 1 to 52 weeks. Secret Teammate Week 1 and Culture Week 1 share the same dates, and later weeks follow in seven-day blocks. Draws are still created by the coach. ### What sports can use Secret Teammate? Any sport. Youth hockey, soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and other teams can use the same weekly game. Choose your sport during setup, or enter a custom sport. ### Do players need an account or an app? No. The coach pastes last names or nicknames and runs the game. Player numbers are optional and can be added later. Show each player their secret teammate privately on your phone, using the name picker, Next button, swipe, or slider. ### How do players earn points? By default, a correct guess earns the guesser 1 point. An incorrect guess earns their secret supporter 1 point for staying secret. No guess earns neither. The coach can award 1 MVT Bonus point to the Most Valuable Teammate of the week for encouragement, positivity, and looking out for others. One teammate can receive the award per saved week. Point values are chosen when creating the season. ### Can I change a draw or enter my existing pairings? Yes. Enter a manual Week 1, prepare future randomized weeks, or override any saved week, including the final week. Corrections to scored weeks recalculate the standings. The randomizer favors new recipients; small rosters will eventually repeat. ### Who can see my team information? Your team roster, assignments, guesses, and standings are available to the owning coach and site administrators. Players do not get logins. Team logos are public image assets. You can add a logo during setup or later in Team settings. ## Get started [Create a free coach account](https://secretteammate.com/join/): Enter your name and email, then follow the email link to choose a password and verify your account. [Homepage](https://secretteammate.com/) ## Access for assistants This guide contains public product information only. There is no public MCP server or agent endpoint for reading or changing teams. Team management requires the coach's authenticated session. Private rosters, assignments, results and account details are not available in this guide.