KickMap · Ball-Striking Development

Better ball contact
changes everything.

One system. More purposeful training. The free KickMap AI app analyzes ball flight and tracks progress. The optional physical KickMap Trainer guides ball contact.

All you need is a smartphone and a soccer ball.

KickMap AI screen illustrating ball-flight analysis
Guide the contactOptional KickMap TrainerUnderstand the flightFree KickMap AI app

How KickMap Works

Train. Measure. Improve.

Every kick is an opportunity to improve. KickMap combines guided ball striking with AI-powered analysis to help players train with purpose and track progress.

01

Strike & Record

Strike with purpose using the KickMap Trainer. KickMap AI automatically detects and records your kicks for analysis.

02

Understand the Result

See what the ball did — estimated speed, trajectory, curve in degrees, launch angle and strike quality.

03

Train with Purpose

Use the feedback to choose your next focus. Practice intentional contact and build on each rep.

04

Track Improvement

Training history and progress show how your ball striking develops over time.

Repeat the cycle

KickMap AI™

See your progress. Improve your game.

Turn recorded kicks into useful feedback. Train with purpose and track your progress.

Kick analysis concept with trajectory

Measured from the ball flight

  • Speed
  • Trajectory
  • Curve (°)
  • Launch angle
  • Strike quality

Turned into training

  • Improve This Strike guidance
  • Hands-free drills
  • Training history
  • Progress over time

More than shooting

Better contact improves more than shooting.

KickMap Trainer strike map with colored contact zones applied to a soccer ball on a training pitch
The KickMap Trainer strike map on a ball

Six strike types. One simple training tool. The KickMap Trainer guides ball contact to develop better control, power, and precision.

  • Control
  • Passing
  • Precision
  • Power
  • Shooting
  • Free Kicks
  • Penalties
  • Corners
See how the Trainer works →

Rooted in science

There’s physics behind every great strike.

Contact point, force and angle shape spin and flight. The Trainer gives you a visible reference for strike placement; KickMap AI observes what the ball does next.

  1. 01

    Contact Point

    Where the foot meets the ball.

  2. 02

    Force + Angle

    How hard, and in which direction.

  3. 03

    Spin

    Rotation created at impact.

  4. 04

    Ball Flight

    The trajectory, curve and speed that follow.

Physics explains what happens. KickMap AI helps you see and understand the result.

Your phone doesn’t measure the contact itself. It observes the flight your strike creates — and that is what KickMap AI analyzes.

The KickMap System

One development system. Three powerful tools.

Learn the contact. Understand the flight. Bring development to the team with Coach Mode, under testing.

KickMap Trainer kit with ball, strike map and instruction cardKickMap Trainer on a ball, close upKickMap strike map with colored contact zones

Optional · KickMap Trainer™

Learn the Contact.

A physical strike map with colored contact zones for six kick types. Use it on its own or alongside the app.

Intentional contact → Player strikes

Explore the Trainer →

KickMap AI™ · The core

See What Happened.

Smartphone ball-flight analysis turns each strike into training feedback and a record of your development.

  • Automatic detection
  • Ball flight analysis
  • Improve This Strike
  • History & progress

Smartphone observes → AI analyzes → Player understands

Kick analysis concept screen
Training dashboard concept screen
Explore KickMap AI →

Trainer not required

KickMap Coach™

Know What to Teach Next.

A coach’s view of squad training data, keeping individual development visible between sessions.

Explore Coaches & Clubs →

All you need is
a smartphone
and a soccer ball.

No sensors. No wearables. No special camera system.

Coaches & Clubs

Develop every player.

KickMap Coach is designed to help coaches assign training, review kicks, give feedback and follow player progress between sessions.

  1. 01

    Assign training

    Focused work for every player

  2. 02

    Review kicks

    Player video, session by session

  3. 03

    Give feedback

    Specific notes on each strike

  4. 04

    Track progress

    Development across the squad

Founding Club Pilot

Help shape the next generation of player development.

10clubs
selected

KickMap plans to select approximately 10 clubs for a structured pilot.

  • Early access
  • Guided onboarding
  • Direct support
  • Influence the club platform
Adison “Adi” Hicks, in his white number 23 University of New Hampshire jersey, striking the ball during a nighttime match.
Adison “Adi” Hicks · University of New Hampshire

Meet the Founder

Born on the field.
Built through engineering.

Adison “Adi” Hicks combined five seasons of Division I soccer at UNH with his passion for engineering to create the original KickMap Trainer.

What began as a college project is evolving into an AI-powered platform that helps players understand every strike.

See every strike.
Develop every player.

Better Contact. Better Control. Better Soccer.

Start free with your phone and a soccer ball. Add the optional Trainer for visual contact guidance.

All you need is a smartphone and a soccer ball.