About Us
The TeamUup website is part of a group of new developments connecting networks in the sport recruitment world.  Getting into sport in the UK has been a major government initiative over the past 20 years.  Especially since the 1996 Olympics in America, the government and other governing bodies have spent millions building our sporting model in order to replicate those of which have been successful over this period of time, such as Australia and Germany’s model.  To a certain extent the money has been well spent and after the last Olympics in China, UK sport has improved, yet at amateur level, UK sport is lacking in development of team sports such as football and Rugby.  Early in 2010 a watchdog investigation showed up the problems facing team sports in our country.  Facilities are poor, funding is limited and participation is low! Participation is a variable that can be altered trough making getting into sport easier for individuals, which we intent to solve.

Over a period of 2 years, the teamUup website has been developed to help solve the issues surrounding participation in UK team sports, and in 2010 we finally had a fully functioning website that we feel will get amateur sport in the UK to a level that will only spur our professional sport to new heights.

The developers of TeamUup have all had experience within sport and have had the issues surrounding UK sport affect their lives at some point.  There are websites which have tried to increase participation in sport where it involves an individual finding a club.  Through research we have found this to be a failure as it still does not solve the major cause of the problem.  Managers of amateur sports teams do not get paid, they do it for the love of the game, and with this the managers have other jobs which restricts the time to search/scout for players/staff.  Many football and rugby clubs have to fold due to the inability to field enough players for a weekend game, due to injury, location etc.  The teamUup website will enable managers to search for a specific player within their area and contact them accordingly.  It is like a social network, only for sport.  Also many players are at clubs not getting a game or are not confident enough to find a new team for themselves, but if a team finds them, it is a different story.

Another key issue in amateur sport is the scary fact about the number of qualified physiotherapists on the touch line at games.  We all know when someone gets an injury we shout for the physio, but how many know what they are doing.   Most are the assistant manager or another player with some deep freeze and a water bottle, but in cases of serious injury an unqualified pyhsio could diagnose an issue wrong and cause more harm than good.  

TeamUup is committed to giving amateur sport a big boost to increase participation all over the country.  If you have any further enquiries or question, please, feel free to contact us.