Simulation Profiles

Overview / Purpose

A simulation profile holds settings for an organization's simulation workflow.

Profiles are currently available only to staff whose organization has an existing simulation agreement or private-preview access. Broader simulation access is planned for Pro.

Who this is for

This guide is for coaches, analysts, and owners who need to review a profile's settings or understand why profile access is unavailable.

What to know first

An organization owner can help confirm whether your staff account has profile access. A Pro plan alone does not currently enable the planned simulation workflow.

A profile stores settings; it does not select a play, decide a roster, or predict a game result.

Coaches remain responsible for interpreting advisory results and making decisions.

Current limits and planned simulation

Saving a profile does not run a simulation. Heuristic advisory preview scores use fixed formulas and cannot tell you a play's chance of success or which play is best. Separately, 2D playback shows the paths and timing your staff recorded.

Simulation is planned as part of Pro and is not available yet. Its planned workflow checks saved play movement, supported conditional assignments, and declared timing and spacing requirements. A compatible profile can narrow the allowed range for a single change to a motion's end time, compared with the saved original; it does not authorize a search for the best play.

Older preview settings are not automatically compatible with this workflow. These checks do not predict player performance or model possession or contact. Ask your organization owner which preview workflows are available to your staff.

How it works

This guide covers these routes when private-preview access is enabled:

If Simulation Profiles is missing or unavailable, check with your organization owner before continuing.

Step-by-step instructions for private-preview users

Use these steps only when HotRoute has enabled the route for your organization and account.

1. Open Organization.
2. Click Simulation Profiles if the route is visible.
3. Review the current team, season, and lifecycle filters.
4. Open an existing profile when the staff needs to inspect its configuration.
5. If create controls are available, create a draft profile for a situation your staff wants to review.
6. Give the profile a clear football name, not a generic test label.
7. Keep parameter descriptions tied to coach-readable football context.
8. Save the draft.
9. Review the profile with your staff before using the available controls to activate, deprecate, or archive it.

What good looks like

A good profile is controlled and explainable.

Staff should be able to answer:

• Which team, season, and football situation does this profile belong to?
• Which staff authority approved the profile?
• Which scenario or preparation context may use it?
• What lifecycle state is it in?
• Which settings and results does the current preview support?

Common questions or mistakes

Are simulation profiles available to all launch customers?

No. Current access is limited to existing simulation agreements and private-preview organizations. Check with your organization owner.

Does a simulation profile mean HotRoute is coaching autonomously?

No. Profiles store settings for supported checks and permitted timing changes. They do not choose plays or replace staff decisions.

Does saving a profile predict how a play will perform?

No. A profile stores settings. Neither heuristic scores nor planned play-step checks predict game outcomes.

Related docs / next steps

Read Modeling and Simulation for the broader product-area framing.

Read Scenario Library for the related high-leverage scenario concept.

Read Staff Authority when the workflow depends on human responsibility.