Gradus Sports
The coach, between every lesson.
Alyson Stemas
Founder
- Founder
- Alyson Stemas
- Founded
- 2026
- Built for
- Coaches, clubs and academies, and parents
- Safeguarding
- Communications designed to athlete-welfare standards such as SafeSport
- Website
- gradussports.com
What it is
A coaching platform for lesson-based sports, built on the idea that most of an athlete's development happens between lessons. Coaches build structured practice plans for the days between sessions and get a briefing before each lesson on how the practice went; parents see what the coach is working on, with talking points and drills for home; clubs and academies get one place for coach communication and parent engagement, with safeguarding built in (the company describes its communications as MAAPP-compliant by design). Alyson Stemas is the founder; the company was established in 2026.
Why it earns the pick
Private lessons are where families spend the most and know the least about what happens after. Gradus gives the coach a way to run the week between sessions and gives the parent a window into it, inside the athlete-welfare rules clubs are now held to.
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