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ChatGPT vs a pitch-ready session plan
ChatGPT can write a football session plan. Bibs On sizes it to who turned up, redraws the diagrams from those numbers, and checks FA heading and format guidance.
Last updated: August 2026
What is the job?
The volunteer coach's job is not a paragraph. It is a session that fits who turned up, on the space they have, in about 60 minutes. ChatGPT is a strong substitute for that job: Facebook grassroots threads already treat prompt-writing as the skill.
Bibs On is built for the same Tuesday night. The diagram matches the words. We do not lead with AI in the product. The coach stays in control.
| Need | ChatGPT | Bibs On |
|---|---|---|
| Diagrams | None. You copy the words onto a whiteboard. | A pitch diagram that matches the setup you will run. |
| Tonight's headcount | Easy to forget a rest player. The prose can invent bodies. | Change who turned up and the plan follows, including the diagram. |
| FA age guidance | Easy to get heading or formats that do not fit the year. | Heading, format ceilings and ratio reminders are checked for the exact age. |
| Beside the pitch | Typing a follow-up on a wet 3G is the job, ten minutes in. | Run session is built for the phone in your hand. You stay in control. |
| Price | ChatGPT Plus is listed at $20 a month (UK checkout may show pounds plus VAT). | £4.99 a month or £39.99 a year, after two new sessions a month free. |
When ChatGPT is enough
If you already redraw every diagram, you enjoy writing prompts, and you are happy to check age rules yourself, a general chatbot is a reasonable tool. Several coaches in UK groups already pay for Plus.
When a pitch-ready plan is the better fit
"You can write down the most wonderful of sessions on paper but, if you don't know how to fix it, when you realise in the first 10 minutes it isn't working, then you're bang in trouble." That was Mike Ebdon, a grassroots coach, on a public planning thread in August 2026. Run session is built for that moment, not for another prompt.
ChatGPT Plus is listed at $20 a month. UK checkout may localise. Bibs On Pro costs less than that, for a plan sized to tonight rather than a general chatbot.
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