VolleyHeroes is a mobile-first volleyball ecosystem designed around the same grassroots opportunity that CricHeroes created for cricket.

The goal was not simply to build another scoring app. The product was designed to bring tournaments, live scoring, player statistics, team management, match history and community discovery into one system.

Grassroots volleyball was heavily dependent on WhatsApp groups, spreadsheets and manual scorekeeping.

Tournament organizers struggled with fixtures and standings. Scorers had to track points and rotations under pressure. Players had no permanent digital record of their performance, while fans had limited visibility into live matches.

The core product challenge was to create a volleyball-first platform that could make match operations faster while turning every match into lasting player data.

I worked across the product experience and technical implementation to create a complete match-to-profile ecosystem.

The platform supports:

Player registration and profiles

Team and roster management

Quick matches and organized tournaments

Tournament fixtures and standings

Volleyball-specific live scoring

Rotation and libero tracking

Referee scoring workflows

Match history and statistics

Player and team analytics

Activity feed and follow system

Shareable match and player cards

The product follows two primary entry paths:

The experience was designed mobile-first, particularly for scorers working courtside.

Key UX decisions included:

Large tap targets for fast scoring

High-contrast scorer interface for outdoor environments

One-thumb interaction patterns

Drag-based volleyball rotation positioning

Fast player search to prevent duplicate profiles

Separate scorer and referee views

Square and 9:16 share formats for WhatsApp and social platforms

The scorer workflow was designed around a target of recording each subsequent point in under 3 seconds.

Frontend: Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript UI: Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, custom brand components Backend: Supabase + PostgreSQL Authentication: Supabase Auth Storage: Supabase Storage Realtime: Supabase Realtime Hosting: Vercel Monitoring: Sentry + Vercel Insights Testing: Vitest Version Control: GitHub

A key architectural decision was making match_events the source of truth for scoring. Instead of treating the final score as the primary data point, individual scoring events are persisted and player statistics are derived from those events. This makes the system substantially more reliable for corrections, rotation handling and analytics.

VolleyHeroes was built specifically around volleyball rather than adapting a generic sports scoring system.

The product accounts for:

Side-out rotation

Serving position

Libero tracking

Win-by-2 rules

Set and match formats

Rotation fouls

Substitutions

Timeouts

Court changes

Volleyball-specific player statistics

The resulting product connects the entire volleyball match lifecycle:

Instead of a match disappearing into a spreadsheet or WhatsApp screenshot, every match can contribute to a player's permanent playing history.

The broader product vision is simple: