We make skills measurable
And that's exactly why you keep training.
We believe today's youth deserves a new generation of sport. One where sport isn't only about teams and training sessions, but about discovering, developing and having fun your own way.
Where it began
It started at the kitchen table
X-Skills began as an idea at the kitchen table: from a brother and sister who believed sport could be more fun and more effective. We saw how children learn differently today: faster, more visually, more playfully. Yet on the pitch, training still looks like it did in 1990.
Bo-Jane, a movement scientist, studied how data and feedback help children learn and develop better. Her brother, an engineer, saw how technology could renew sport. Together we decided to join forces and develop a new way of training in which sport, technology and data come together.
And then we discovered something counter-intuitive. It is precisely because you can see exactly how good you are that you want to keep training. Measuring doesn't take the fun out of it: it's the reason kids come back. A score isn't a judgement, it's a challenge.
No long explanations, but short challenges, direct feedback and visible results. Training becomes playing again.
Bo-Jane & Michael LadruFounders of X-Skills
Our team
Makers, coaches, developers and creatives with one goal: building tomorrow's sports training. Knowledge from sport science, engineering and education, gathered on one pitch.
Bo-Jane Ladru
Co-founder · Movement scientist
Michael Ladru
Co-founder · Engineer
Niek Rikhof
Software · Platform and website
Jaimy Sanrodji
Content · Photography and video
Joe Changcong Lin
Hardware · Beam and production
Djurre
Sessions · On the pitch
Bart
Sessions · On the pitch
Come and see a Session
The quickest way to see what we mean: an hour of playing along on a pitch near you.