Break down practice in minutes.
Upload practice or match clips and get position-based breakdowns: shot setups, finishes, transitions, mat returns, scrambles, and escapes.
Auto-tag attempts & finishes
Positional analysis
Built for real wrestling rooms
Turn every practice into a championship-level session.
IgniteGrapple is an AI assistant coach that breaks down your film, tracks athlete progress, and builds smarter training plans for your club, team, or private room — without you spending all night on notes.
Coach-first platform. Designed for youth, high school, and club wrestling. Launching in Dallas / DFW first, supporting rooms anywhere.
Tonight's focus
- • 152–170: Shot defense & bottom urgency
- • Lightweights: Mat returns & chain wrestling
- • Heavyweights: Hand-fighting pace & finishes
Room readiness (example)
As the real AI engine comes online, this bar will pull from your actual practice data.
Why beta is free right now
Real rooms, not fake signups.
Instead of charging early and guessing what coaches need, IgniteGrapple is free during beta for serious rooms. You get to try the tools, break them, and help shape what stays — before any subscription kicks in.
- • $0 during beta for committed rooms and wrestlers.
- • You give feedback on what actually helps practice and match day.
- • Your room gets locked-in pricing when the full version launches.
Why IgniteGrapple
What IgniteGrapple helps you do
This isn’t generic “sports AI.” IgniteGrapple is tuned specifically for wrestling rooms — hand-fighting, shot selection, chain wrestling, mat returns, and bottom urgency.
Custom training plans.
AI generates weekly or athlete-specific training plans, based on what actually happens in your room — not a generic template.
Youth • HS • College
Live-go sequences
Clear communication.
Send simple progress reports to athletes and parents — so everyone knows what the focus is, without you rewriting the same message 30 times.
Focus lists
Simple reports
How it works
Coach-first systems, not just another app.
IgniteGrapple starts with how real rooms operate: you have 60–90 minutes, a mix of skill levels, and specific kids who need very different things. The system helps you see those needs faster and turn them into a plan:
Step 1 • Capture your room
Tag your athletes with simple focus labels like “Bottom urgency”, “Finishes on the edge”, or “Hand-fighting pace.” Add quick notes as you see trends.
Step 2 • AI spots patterns
As film and focus tags stack up, IgniteGrapple highlights patterns: which positions are bleeding points, who fades late, and where practice time is getting wasted.
Step 3 • Turn patterns into plans
The system suggests live-go sequences, drills, and emphasis for the night — so you walk into practice already knowing what needs the most reps.
For athletes: mindset check-ins, daily focus, and simple prompts keep them locked in on what matters for state and nationals — not just random moves off YouTube.
Click “See what it does” or “View app demo” to try the live coach & athlete demos in your browser before the full app drops.
App preview
Live coach & athlete dashboard you can use right now.
This isn’t a fake mockup — it’s a working mini-app running in your browser. Coaches can add athletes and focus areas. Wrestlers can log mindset and daily focus. Everything saves locally on your device so you can feel how IgniteGrapple will work before the full app launches.
IgniteGrapple • Room dashboard
Switch between Coach & Athlete to try both flows.
Your room – focus list
Add athletes on the right to see who needs what before practice.
Add / update athlete focus
Add athletes with focus areas like “Finishes”, “Bottom urgency”, or “Mat returns.” This gives you a living snapshot of your room.
Hands-on demo
Build a practice & match prep in a few taps.
This is a second demo that feels closer to the final app. Coaches can build a quick practice outline based on what they want to hit tonight, and wrestlers can get a simple match-prep checklist. All of this runs right here in your browser.
Coach demo • Practice builder
Pick focus areas and length, we’ll build an outline.
Tonight’s practice
Choose what you want to emphasize and see an example practice flow.
Example outline
Use this as a feel for how IgniteGrapple can turn a few inputs into a plan.
Athlete demo • Match prep
Answer a few questions and see a prep checklist.
Match prep simulator
Wrestlers can see how IgniteGrapple will turn their situation into simple, clear actions before a big match.
Prep checklist
This shows the kind of simple game plan athletes will see inside the app.
Progress (demo)
Room progress at a glance.
This view gives you (and eventually, athletes) a simple snapshot: how many athletes are tagged for each focus area. When the full AI engine is live, this will pull from real match & practice data.
Focus breakdown
Based on locally saved athletes
Room summary
No athletes added yet. Add athletes on the Focus tab to see a breakdown here.
By focus area
ATHLETE MODE
Built for wrestlers who want to peak when it counts.
IgniteGrapple isn’t just for coaches. Athlete mode helps wrestlers track mindset, energy, and daily focus so they can line up their best wrestling with state and national tournaments — not just a random dual.
Mindset & confidence
Daily check-ins to keep your head where it needs to be — confident, composed, and ready to fire off your offense when it matters.
Technical focus
Simple focus tags (finishes, bottom urgency, hand-fighting) so you always know what you’re sharpening this week.
Long-term goals
Keep “state champ” or “national All-American” in front of you with small, daily actions that actually connect to the big goal.
During beta, athlete mode is free. Wrestlers and parents can try it alongside their coaches and give feedback on what actually helps on match day.
Why we’re different
How IgniteGrapple stacks up vs. everyone else.
Other platforms are great for hype, streams, or generic video breakdowns. IgniteGrapple is built to answer one question: “What should we focus on tonight so we’re ready for state?” Here’s how we fit.
FloWrestling
Media • Live events
What they do
Elite content, live streams, rankings, documentaries, and technique breakdowns for fans and junkies.
Gap for coaches: doesn’t know your room, your kids, or what you drilled yesterday.
IgniteGrapple
Uses your room’s data — athletes, positions, and film — to surface what your practice should actually look like this week.
Think of Flo as hype. IgniteGrapple is the whiteboard behind that success.
Hudl / Krossover
Film platforms
What they do
Store, share, and clip film. Great for sending matches and building highlight reels.
Gap for coaches: tagging is manual and generic, and it doesn’t translate into “run this live-go sequence tonight”.
IgniteGrapple
Built specifically for wrestling positions — shot defense, mat returns, bottom urgency, hand-fighting pace, and more.
The end result is practice plans, not just storage.
Athletes Ocean
Technique subscriptions
What they do
A library of technique videos and “watch and learn” content your kids could often find versions of on YouTube.
Gap: doesn’t know if your athlete drilled it, hit it, or still struggles in that position.
IgniteGrapple
Focuses on application — did your athlete actually improve on bottom, on the edge, or in scrambles over the last 3 weeks?
Your room’s data decides which positions get the most reps.
RUDIS+ / Fanatic Wrestling
Technique courses
What they do
High-level instruction from legends; deep dives on single positions or systems.
Gap: no connection between those lessons and what your entire room needs this week.
IgniteGrapple
Helps you decide which system to emphasize when, based on who’s trying to peak for state, nationals, or qualifying.
It turns great content into aligned practices.
Wrestling Mindset TV
Mindset content
What they do
Mindset training and mental skills to help athletes compete tougher.
Gap: tends to live in videos and worksheets instead of daily, trackable actions tied to practice.
IgniteGrapple
Daily athlete check-ins, energy, mindset, and focus tracking — connected to actual training blocks.
“How you feel” and “how you’re training” finally live in the same place.
Generic AI / Sports tech
One-size-fits-all
What they do
Generic AI tools that promise to help “any sport” — often built around buzzwords, not mat feel.
Gap: they don’t understand hand-fighting, mat returns, or the grind of February/March.
IgniteGrapple
Wrestling-only. Built from the perspective of somebody who actually wrestled, coached, and lived the sport.
Every feature answers: “Does this help us get our kids ready for state and nationals?”
Beta pricing
Future plans are set. Beta is free right now.
Early rooms get locked-in pricing and direct access to Kevin while IgniteGrapple is being shaped around real wrestling programs. During beta, qualified rooms pay $0 — we just ask for honest feedback.
Club / Youth Rooms
$79 / month per room after beta
Designed for youth clubs and community rooms that want structure without drowning coaches in admin work.
Beta: $0 — if you’re helping shape the product, you’re not paying yet.
High School Rooms
$129 / month per room after beta
Built for full varsity/JV rooms, postseason, and multi-coach staffs that need everyone on the same page.
Beta: $0 — your room gets locked-in pricing later for helping now.
Clubs + School Partner
Custom beta partnership
For programs that want deeper support — systems, culture, and long-term planning with Kevin in the loop.
Beta: $0 for serious partners; we focus on results, then on billing.
Who’s behind IgniteGrapple?
Built by someone who actually lived the grind.
IgniteGrapple is built by Kevin Almond — low-income background, late-blooming wrestler, state champ, and first NCAA All-American for his college.
Kevin Almond, MBA – Founder & Builder of IgniteGrapple
Kevin grew up without traditional resources — no private rooms, no elite camps every weekend. He learned to use the rug pattern for stance and motion, the yard for drilling, and whatever wrestling time he could get.
After starting in JV as an 8th grader, he went on to become a state finalist multiple years, win it his senior year, wrestle on Team Georgia, and eventually become the first NCAA All-American for Emmanuel College — and the first NCAA All-American across all sports when the school joined Division II.
IgniteGrapple is his attempt to give wrestlers and coaches the tools he wishes he had — a smarter way to see what the room needs, shape training, and protect coaches from burnout.
Partner room: Future Champs of Dallas — a DFW-area club where Kevin is actively on the mat and helping shape the room with IgniteGrapple principles.
Beta program
What beta rooms get.
During beta, IgniteGrapple is hands-on. You’re not just “using an app” — you’re helping design the system around your room.
- • Direct access to Kevin for feedback and adjustments.
- • Beta is free right now for serious rooms and wrestlers.
- • Locked-in pricing for at least the first full season after launch.
- • Influence over features, reports, and practice tools.
- • Priority when native iOS / Android apps go live.
Contact
Need to talk through your room?
If you’re a Dallas / DFW coach (or run a serious program anywhere), you can reach out directly to talk through whether IgniteGrapple fits your room. Beta access is free for now while we build this with real rooms.
Use the form below to request a beta spot or a short call — your answers open in your email app and send straight to IgniteGrapple.
- Direct email: 1ignitegrapple@gmail.com
- Instagram: @1ignitegrapple
- Location: Based in Dallas, TX — supporting rooms anywhere.
- Partner room: Future Champs of Dallas (coaching & support).
Feedback
Help shape IgniteGrapple.
This quick form opens your email with everything filled in so you can send feedback directly to IgniteGrapple — no accounts, no logins.
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