Rochester, Minn. (March 23, 2026) — GoRout, the leader in coach-to-player communication, today announced a new partnership with Football Play Card, a web-based football playbook platform used by teams to create, manage, and share plays, playbooks, scout cards, and practice materials. This partnerships brings a direct system-to-system integration to the user, built to enhance organization and preparation processes for football coaches at all levels. The integration enables coaches to send play cards drawn in Football Play Card straight to their GoRout devices without downloading graphics, uploading images, or adding any extra steps to their pre-existing preparation process.

This collaboration of coaching resources is powered by GoRout Connect, GoRout’s new API framework designed to seamlessly connect the tools that coaches use every day. By eliminating unnecessary steps in the workflow, GoRout and Football Play Card are helping coaches spend less time organizing sheets and files and creating more time to focus on what really matters.

“Coaches already have strong systems in place, and our goal isn’t to replace them, but to help streamline them,” said Mike Rolih, Founder of GoRout. “GoRout Connect allows us to integrate directly with tools like Football Play Card so coaches can move information faster, reduce friction in their process, and keep everything where it belongs.”

How the Integration Works

The Football Play Card and GoRout integration allows coaches to send play diagrams created in Football Play Card directly to GoRout Scout devices in seconds. It helps them move from game planning to practice execution faster while delivering clear visual instructions directly to players.

• Design plays, scout cards, and practice scripts inside Football Play Card
• Push those play diagrams to the GoRout app with the tap of a button
• Eliminate the need to manually recreate plays across platforms, creating a seamless workflow from play design to on-field communication

Together, Football Play Card and GoRout create a streamlined workflow that helps coaches install plays faster, communicate adjustments instantly, and run more efficient practices.

“Football Play Card was built to help coaches teach the game more efficiently,” said Chris Patullo, Founder & CEO of Football Play Card. “Integrating with GoRout allows coaches to go from creating a play to delivering it directly to their players in seconds. When you combine a fast playbook system with instant on-field communication, it creates a powerful workflow that helps coaches install plays faster and run more efficient practices.”

About Football Play Card

Football Play Card is a web-based football playbook platform used by youth, high school, college, and NFL teams to create, manage, and share plays, playbooks, scout cards, and practice materials.

Coaches use the system to draw plays with an intuitive Xs and Os system, animate plays for teaching, generate wristbands and call sheets, and collaborate with their staff and players. The platform also allows coaches to attach video clips to plays for teaching and includes a playbook marketplace where coaches can buy and sell schemes and playbooks.

The goal of Football Play Card is simple: help coaches save time, prepare faster, and teach the game more clearly.

About GoRout

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota, GoRout is the leader in coach-to-player communication, built to help coaches securely communicate play calls and adjustments instantly, on-field, and in real time without the worry of sign stealing.

GoRout equips coaches with an easy-to-use system for planning, organizing, and sending play calls directly to players on the field. Its rugged, fully encrypted wearable devices clearly display communication and unique play call messaging to players between the lines, ensuring clarity when it matters most.

Used across all levels of sports—from youth leagues to NCAA Power 4 programs and NFL teams—GoRout helps staffs streamline preparation, improve practice and in-game communication, and keep everyone aligned from the meeting room to the sideline.