Our Mission
SportsLab360 empowers youth soccer players to read the game and improve their decision-making skills, using real match film and interactive lessons to build their soccer IQ
About SportsLab360
SportsLab360 is an interactive player development platform that empowers youth soccer players to read the game and improve their decision-making. The program uses real match film, interactive lessons, and quizzes to build positioning, decision-making, and soccer IQ.
The platform was founded in 2016 by two soccer coaches who kept running into the same problem: players could dribble, pass, and shoot with sound technique, but struggled when it came to positioning and decision-making. And while technical and physical training was everywhere, nothing taught the tactical side: how to move without the ball, how to read a play before it happens, how to make the right decision under pressure.
If your child seems like they're lost on the field, SportsLab360 was built to help them. And if you're a coach looking to make your players smarter, the platform turns real game footage into structured lessons, and even allows you to assign, customize, and track progress.
Your child doesn't have to be the fastest player on the field. If they can read the game and move half a second sooner, they'll find themselves a step ahead of their opponent.
About the Owner
Nicholas Manzoni
Founder
At the age of 17, Nick was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that put his life and his future soccer career in the balance. After nine months of treatment and three surgeries, he was able to recover what was lost and eventually played four years at the Division 1 level. Because physical activity was not possible during his treatment, he found other ways to continue to develop as a player; he became a student of the game, taking any opportunity he had to further his tactical education and understanding. It was from this experience that the SportsLab360 mission took shape.
As a player, Nick grew up playing for various clubs around the Midwest, eventually landing at Minnesota Thunder Academy. From there, Nick went on to play in the Missouri Valley Conference for the Drake Bulldogs, after which he "retired" from the game. Upon graduation, he worked for U.S. Soccer as an Associate for the Sporting Development arm of the company and took an active role in analyzing the youth soccer landscape with an emphasis on player development. Nick has over a decade of youth coaching experience, having coached at the Under-5 level all the way up to the Under-18 level.