Lightning
From First Step Athletics First Step Athletics Lightning Player Profiles
One platform · Every role in youth sports

You were built for this.
So are we.

Lightning is the end-to-end platform for youth athletics — 16 sports, six roles. Whether you’re a player, coach, parent, private trainer, AD, or scout, if you want to get to the finish line, start here.

↓  Pick your role below
Lightning for Players & Parents

The five-minute profile that runs your
whole recruiting career.

Profile setup · Coach-verified stats · Lightning Athletic Score · College Matchmaker · Recruiting Roadmap · Sport IQ

Lightning · Player Dashboard
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Step 1: Set up your profile

You enter your sport, position, class, school, and GPA. Multi-sport athletes can list both.

Sport
Position
Class
School
GPA
Multi-sport
You can update these anytime.

Your stats — verified by a real coach

You enter your numbers. Your coach clicks "Verify." Each stat earns a green badge scouts trust.

Batting avg.41232 games ✓ Verified
OPS.987Spring 2026 ✓ Verified
Slugging.5848 doubles · 3 HR ✓ Verified
Exit velo72mph · Coach Bentley ✓ Verified
60-yd dash8.4sVideo tested · 120fps ✓ Verified
Throw velo64mph · SS-to-1B ✓ Verified

Your Lightning Athletic Score

A 0–10 composite that's position-weighted and benchmarked to your age group.

8.74Composite
Speed9.1
Power8.5
Arm8.6

College Matchmaker (Pro)

Sport-aware, position-aware. Matches you to programs that fit.

⌕SS · 2027 · BA > .380 · D1 Engineering
94%
Stanford University
D1 · Pac-12 · Engineering
✓ Position fit✓ Stats fit✓ Academic fit
91%VanderbiltD1 · SEC
87%UCLAD1 · Pac-12
83%NorthwesternD1 · Big Ten
79%Notre DameD1 · ACC

Your recruiting roadmap

A year-by-year game plan from your class year, sport, and division target — with finished tasks already checked off.

2024 · Done Freshman
Build base profile
Connect with HS coach
Log first 10 games
Add prior teams
Upload 2 highlight clips
2025 · Done Sophomore
Verify 3 measurables
Build highlight reel
Attend 2 showcases
Update GPA (3.84)
Collect 2 coach testimonials
2026 · This year Junior
Run College Matchmaker
Visit 5 campus camps
Email 10 target coaches
Lock in summer travel team
Take SAT & ACT
2027 · Up next Senior
Schedule official visits
Update senior-year stats
Refresh highlight reel
Commit to a program
Sign NLI

Sport IQ — train your mind as hard as your body

Situational quizzes drill the in-game decisions that separate good athletes from high-IQ ones.

Base Running IQ · Question 7 of 12
6 correct 1 wrong
Runner on second, one out. Ground ball hit to the shortstop, who throws to first. Do you tag up or take the lead?
A Tag up at second — wait for the throw to clear.
B Take the lead toward third on contact — advance once the throw goes to first.
C Hold at second — too risky.
Correct. The throw goes to first; you advance to third because the SS can't make the play in time.

Ready to build yours?

Everything you just saw — Lightning $25/yr or Pro $50/yr. 30-day free trial, no credit card.

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Lightning for Coaches

Run your team like
a college program.

Roster · Practice Planner · Lineup Builder · Live Game Tracker · AI Recap · Website Builder

Lightning · Coach Dashboard · 14U Travel
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Build your roster

Add players, set positions, jersey numbers. Every player auto-links to their own dashboard.

Lightning 14U Travel · Spring 202612 players · Softball
#7Davidson, J SSSS.412 BA'27
#14Reyes, M CFCF.385 BA'27
#22Park, A 2B2B.341 BA'28
#9Sullivan, K PP2.14 ERA'27
#3Chen, L CC.298 BA'28
#11Khoury, S RFRF.367 BA'27

Plan practice — AI-assisted

Pick a focus area, AI generates a timed practice plan from your sport's drill library.

Tuesday · 5:00 PM90 MIN · BUNT DEFENSE
5:0015mDynamic warm-up + throwing progressionWarm-up
5:1520mSoft toss + tee work — top-hand onlyHitting
5:3525mBunt defense: 1B / 3B charge playsDefense
6:0020mLive BP — pitchers on the bumpGame-rep
6:2010mConditioning + cool-downRecovery

Drag-and-drop lineup

Build your batting order from the roster. AI Assist (Pro+) recommends optimal order from real stats.

Roster
·Khoury .367RF
·Park .3412B
·Chen .298C
·Sullivan 2.14 ERAP
Batting Order

Live game tracking, from the bench

Built for all 16 sports — strike zones for baseball, shot charts for basketball, possession for soccer. Stats auto-flow to every player's profile.

Live · Bot 4th2 outs · Runners 2nd & 3rd
Lightning
5
vs
Storm
2
Davidson at the plate · 2-1 count
1Up and awayBALL
2Low · middleSTRIKE
3Heart of the zoneSINGLE · RBI

Built for every sport you coach

Roster, lineup, game tracker, recap — the whole toolkit, tuned per sport.

Baseball
Softball
Basketball
Football
Soccer
Volleyball
Lacrosse
Hockey
Field Hockey
Wrestling
Swimming
Track & Field
Tennis
Golf
Gymnastics
Cheerleading
16 sports — one platform

AI writes the game recap

Pulled from your live tracker data. Published to your team site. Parents notified automatically.

✦ AI game recap · generated 2 min ago

Lightning 14U rolled past Coastal Storm 7–3 on Saturday behind a complete-game outing from Sullivan, who struck out 9 in 5 innings.

Reyes broke it open in the third with a 3-run homer, her sixth of the season. The bullpen was clean — one hit, no walks across the last two frames.

Davidson went 3-for-4 with a stolen base and 2 RBI. Next up: Tigers on Wednesday at home.

Published to your team site · 17 parents notified

Drag-and-drop your team website

Pro+ feature. Sections, sponsors, themes — your team's public homepage at fsathletics.site/teams/your-team.

Theme
Hero
Layout
Settings
Sponsors
≡HeroPhoto · Tagline
≡Schedule12 upcoming
≡StatsMovedSeason + career
≡Roster12 players
≡Senior Spotlight3 committed
fsathletics.site/teams/lightning-14u
Lightning 14U Travel
ScheduleNext: Sat 11am
StatsBA · OPS · ERA
Roster12 players
Senior Spotlight3 commits

Run your team like a college program.

Standard $60/yr · Pro $100/yr · Pro+ $250/yr (includes Website Builder). 30-day free trial on every tier.

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Lightning for Schools

Your athletic department —
on one screen.

Smart Import · Compliance · Multi-sport conflicts · Season Transition · Incident Log · Compliance Packets · Recruitable Athletes

Lightning · School Dashboard · Lincoln HS
Free until Sept 1 AD

Import your whole department

AI auto-maps CSV columns from any platform — Hudl, MaxPreps, DragonFly, SportsYou. Up to 500 athletes per upload.

FERPA-compliant. Uploads are processed by AI and immediately deleted. No images stored.
⬆
Drop your CSV — any format
AI maps columns automatically · Max 500 rows
Hudl MaxPreps DragonFly SportsYou Custom
247 athletes imported · 16 sports ✓ Done

Clearance at a glance

Physical, Concussion, Emergency Contact, Insurance — tracked per athlete across the whole department.

231Cleared
8Partial
8No Clearance
247Total
Reyes, M · JV Soccer
Park, A · Varsity Field Hockey
Khoury, S · Varsity Field Hockey

Multi-sport athletes — auto-detected

Pairwise schedule conflicts surfaced before the parents call.

Reyes, Maria Class of 2027
3 sports
SoftballSpring · Mar 1 – Jun 15
BasketballWinter · Nov 1 – Feb 28
TrackSpring · Mar 15 – Jun 30
⚠ Conflict: Softball (Mar 1–Jun 15) overlaps with Track (Mar 15–Jun 30).

Close a season in one click

Graduate seniors, roll roster forward, reset clearances. Hours of manual work → one button.

Season Transition Wizard Softball · 2025–2026
Step 1Graduate 12 seniorsMove to Alumni archive
Step 2Roll 30 athletesForward to 2026–27 season
Step 3Reset clearancesFresh forms for new season

Injury / Incident Log — the legal artifact

Concussion incidents auto-flag the athlete as cleared-from-competition until resolved.

New Incident · Concussion
AthleteCarter, J · Varsity Football
TypeSuspected concussion · removed from play
ReporterCoach Bentley
ActionParent contacted · referred to physician
Concussion protocol active. Athlete is removed from competition until physician release.

Print the bus packet in 30 seconds

Per-athlete clearance, emergency contacts, eligibility — on one page. The away-game scramble retires.

22 athletes · 4 selected
✓Carter, J · Varsity Football4/4
✓Reyes, M · JV Soccer3/4
✓Park, A · Varsity Field Hockey3/4
✓Khoury, S · Varsity Field Hockey4/4

Run your program from one screen.

Free until Sept 1, 2026 (50 athletes) · Standard $150/yr (300 athletes) · Pro $250/yr (unlimited + Game Day + Finance).

Free until Sept 1, 2026
Up to 50 athletes · No credit card · Auto-converts to Standard at Sept 1
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Lightning for Private Trainers

Run your business —
get paid before the lesson.

Bookings · Services + Packages · Clients · Availability · Earnings — $0 setup, 10% per booking, cancel anytime.

Lightning · Trainer Dashboard
10% per booking DK

Your bookings — paid before the lesson

Parents book, Stripe charges, you teach. No invoicing. No Venmo. No "I forgot my checkbook."

Upcoming 8
Pending 2
Completed 47
Cancelled 1
All 58
Tue
11
Nov
Pitching Mechanics · 60 min
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Tyler M. · Parent: Sarah M.
$80 paid
Wed
12
Nov
2-on-1 Hitting · 60 min
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Olivia P. + Aisha P. · Parent: Janet P.
$100 paid
Thu
13
Nov
Pitching Clinic · 90 min
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Marcus T. · Parent: Devon T.
$110 paid

Build your catalog

Set your prices, your durations, your discounts. Full control. No platform-mandated minimums.

Pitching Mechanics60 min · 1-on-1
In Person Active $80
2-on-1 Hitting60 min · max 2
Either Active $50/ea
Pitching Clinic90 min · 1-on-1
In Person Active $110
PackagePitching 5-Pack · 5 lessons $350 saves $50
CodeFIRSTLESSON · 50% off · 1-use per client 12 redemptions

Per-client workspace — notes, plans, messages

Structured session updates (Title · Summary · Focus · Homework) turn "the lesson guy" into "the coach with the program."

Tyler M.Baseball · 12 sessions · 3 upcoming 2
Aisha P.Softball · 8 sessions · 1 upcoming
Marcus T.Baseball · 5 sessions
Post Update Messages Plans History
Title Pitching Mechanics Session #4
Summary Worked on hip rotation and front-side mechanics. Improvement on follow-through, still leaking early on the breaking ball.
Focus Areas hip rotation, follow-through, breaking ball release
Homework 100 dry reps daily on hip rotation drill · video by Friday

Your weekly availability — set it, forget it

Weekly recurring schedule + one-off blocked dates. Parents see what's open and book themselves.

Weekly schedule
SunNo slots
MonNo slots
Tue
4:00 – 5:30 PM · Diamond Sports5:30 – 7:00 PM · Diamond Sports
WedNo slots
Thu
4:00 – 5:30 PM · Diamond Sports5:30 – 7:00 PM · Diamond Sports
FriNo slots
Sat
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Home Field
Blocked: Sat, Nov 23, 2026Travel ball tournament

Real earnings — Stripe deposits 90% to your bank

Stripe Connect deposits 90% directly to your bank. Tax-ready totals. Pending payouts visible.

● Stripe Connected · payouts deposited directly to ••3421
This month$1,840
Last month$2,120
All time$18,475
Pending$320
Nov 9Pitching Mechanics · Tyler M.$72.00Transferred
Nov 8Hitting Lesson · Aisha P.$67.50Transferred
Nov 6Pitching Clinic · Marcus T.$99.00Transferred

$0 setup. 10% per booking. Cancel anytime.

No flat monthly fee. No subscription whether you book or not. Stripe handles all payment processing.

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No setup fee · No subscription · You keep 90% of every lesson
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How FSA connects them all

Every role feeds the next.

One player profile. The athlete builds it. Coaches and schools feed it with verified data. The network surfaces it to the coaches who matter — and the cycle starts again next season.

01
Profile
Player & parent build the recruiting profile.
02
Stats
Every stat tagged by source — self-report, coach-entered, or game-tracked — so recruiters see what's verified.
03
Discovery
Coaches & scouts find the player on the Lightning network.
04
Loop
Player grows, profile updates, flywheel spins next season.
Yes, it’s actually fun

The serious stuff works because kids want to open it.

Recruiting tools don’t help if your athlete never logs in. So we built the parts they open on purpose.

GAME DAY 📣
The Hype Wall
Family and teammates load up pep messages all week — game morning, your kid gets the full-screen hype reveal.
🎵
Walk-Up Music
Every player picks their song. The dugout DJ runs the lineup like the big leagues.
🃏
Legend Cards
Flip-card collections of the all-time greats in their sport — and a card style of their own.
🧠
Make the Call
Rules quizzes where kids play umpire on real scenarios — and start correcting the grown-ups.
📊
Live Game Tracker
Track the game pitch by pitch, shift by shift — stats that feel like a video game, not homework.
Built for kids, not for ads

Youth-safe by design.

Every message, every contact, every data point assumes a minor is on the other end. We made the safe path the easy path.

Parent consent required
No coach contact reaches a player without explicit parent approval per message thread.
No batch messaging
Scouts can't blast 500 athletes at once. Every outreach is individual, logged, and reviewable.
Age-gated comms
Under-18s never see DM features. NCAA contact windows enforced for D1 recruits.
Transparent permissions
Parents and players see exactly which schools have viewed their profile, and when.
No hype, no fine print

Honest questions, honest answers.

We'd rather under-promise than ever mislead a family. Ask us anything — here's how we answer the hard ones.

Will this platform get me recruited?
No. Not any more than a beautiful resume will get you a job. But much like the attractive, organized resume WILL help you stand out and get noticed, this tool, which allows you to keep ALL of the content you need during your recruiting search organized, will also help you stand out. And there's real value in that.
Do you have a ton of college coaches and scouts on the platform right now?
No — we're new, and we won't pretend otherwise. Every product starts somewhere. Here's the honest math: even with zero scouts browsing, this platform earns its keep as the one organized home for your athlete's stats, film, evaluations, and academics. And the recruiting tools are built so YOU take charge instead of waiting to be found — a QR code on your profile for tournaments, shareable links for any coach anywhere, and a one-click recruiting PDF you can email to any program in the country. The coaches don't have to be on our platform for you to put your athlete in front of them.
Does the AI Matchmaker show me the odds of getting into a particular school?
No. It compares your athlete's real numbers against the level different programs compete at, and scores the athletic fit — that's it. It knows nothing about admissions, essays, or how a coach fills a roster, and it will never pretend to. Anyone who sells you "odds of getting in" is guessing with confidence. We don't.
What happens to our stuff if we cancel?
You keep your login and everything you built — stats, film links, evaluations, history. You just can't add new content until you subscribe again. We don't hold your kid's sports story hostage.
Who can actually see my kid's profile?
By default for younger athletes: almost no one — visibility is off until a parent turns it on, and parents control it from there. Under-15 profiles are only ever shown to verified coaches, message threads to minors require parent approval, and you can see exactly who viewed the profile and when. The details live in our privacy policy — in actual English.
Couldn't I do all of this myself?
Yep, you absolutely could. There's nothing on this platform that you couldn't do yourself. But much like people could change their own oil, but most choose not to, these tools can save you time, reduce your effort, and keep things from getting messy or disorganized. There's a real benefit to that.
Is there a sibling discount?
Unfortunately, no. The price of a subscription here is already heavily discounted, so we put limits on any additional discounts that we offer.
Why are your prices so much less than competing platforms, like NCSA or SportsRecruits?
We're a very small staff, with very little overhead, so that eliminates a large part of the cost. And, we're not trying to get rich or make it onto a Forbes top 100 list. We love sports, love design, love creativity, and love building cool things. This platform was built as a passion project, and once it started growing beyond that, we saw an opportunity to carve a space in the market, and to provide services similar to those big boys, but make it accessible to everyone. We wanted to make signing up a no-brainer — the cost of a batting session or 2, not something you need to budget for.