Roll Recall

3 months

Figma

Role: UIUX Designer

CONTEXT

Mastery in Jiu-Jitsu Begins with Detail

Mastery in
Jiu-Jitsu Begins with Detail

Jiu-Jitsu demands precision and careful attention to numerous small details in order for athletes to execute their techniques effectively. Athletes improve by investing significant time and effort into studying new techniques, drilling to refine their skills and sparring to apply their techniques in competition.

STUDY NOTES FROM BJJ COMMUNITIES ON REDDIT

STUDY NOTES FROM BJJ COMMUNITIES
ON REDDIT

THE CHALLENGE

Unlocking Growth Through Intentional Practice

Unlocking Growth Through
Intentional Practice

For serious Jiu Jitsu athletes who want to accelerate their skill development, it’s not enough to simply train more: not everyone can train all day, and even if they could, pushing past a body’s physical limits can cause injuries.


The key lies in training smarter. Athletes need a system that transforms passive repetition into deliberate practice, where each session is intentional, focused, and tailored to their evolving needs. That means helping them identify specific performance goals, and receive timely and high quality feedback.


An effective tool must be easy to use, adapt to individual learning styles, and prevent cognitive overload by breaking down complex moves into manageable parts.

UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM

Why Jiu-Jitsu Beginners Struggle

Many motivated but less experienced Jiu-Jitsu athletes lack efficient tools and feedback systems to accelerate skill development. With overwhelming technique variety, unstructured learning, and a lack of integrated tracking, they struggle to structure their practice and pinpoint weaknesses—leading to slower progress.

Many motivated but less experienced
Jiu-Jitsu athletes lack efficient tools and feedback systems to accelerate skill development. With overwhelming technique variety, unstructured learning, and a lack of integrated tracking, they struggle to structure their practice and pinpoint weaknesses—leading to slower progress.

Overwhelming Skill Organization – Athletes lack efficient, organized systems to manage and review the overwhelming variety of techniques.

Overwhelming Skill Organization – Athletes lack efficient, organized systems to manage and review the overwhelming variety of techniques.

Difficulty Pinpointing Weaknesses – Athletes find it challenging to identify and address their weaknesses due to limited personalised coaching and delayed feedback, making it difficult to track and correct recurring small mistakes that impact overall progress.

Difficulty Pinpointing Weaknesses – Athletes find it challenging to identify and address their weaknesses due to limited personalised coaching and delayed feedback, making it difficult to track and correct recurring small mistakes that impact overall progress.

Fragmented Integration with Training Schedules – Current note-taking tools are cumbersome, not tailored for Jiu-Jitsu, and fail to capture its dynamic, visual nature—making key details and connections hard to access when needed.

Fragmented Integration with
Training Schedules –
Current note-taking tools are cumbersome, not tailored for Jiu-Jitsu, and fail to capture its dynamic, visual nature—making key details and connections hard to access when needed.

CHALLENGE

How might we create a system that transforms passive training into structured, deliberate practice for Jiu-Jitsu athletes?

How might we create a system that transforms passive training into structured, deliberate practice for Jiu-Jitsu athletes?

How might we create a system that transforms
passive training into structured, deliberate practice
for Jiu-Jitsu athletes?

Design Solutions

Interactive Technique Mind-Mapping

A visual mind map lets athletes organise, connect, and revisit
Jiu-Jitsu techniques,
while attaching insights and targeted video clips for intuitive, lasting learning.

Interactive Technique
Mind-Mapping

A visual mind map lets athletes organise, connect, and revisit Jiu-Jitsu techniques,
while attaching insights and targeted video clips for intuitive, lasting learning.

Interactive Technique Mind-Mapping

A visual mind map lets athletes organise, connect, and revisit Jiu-Jitsu techniques, while attaching insights and targeted
video clips for intuitive, lasting learning.

Real-Time Error Tracking

A built-in fail counter helps users quickly log, track, and visualise recurring mistakes, turning individual errors into focused learning opportunities and actionable feedback.

Effortless Cross-Device Access

Responsive design and cloud syncing provide instant, seamless access to notes and study tools—whether at home, in the gym, or on the move—supporting learning anytime, anywhere.

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INTRODUCING

Interactive Technique Mind-Mapping

A dynamic mind map interface enables athletes to visually organize and connect Jiu-Jitsu techniques as nodes in a knowledge graph. Users can attach insights, instructionals, and timestamped video clips to each technique, creating an intuitive and evolving personal knowledge base. This design reduces cognitive overload and supports long-term retention by mirroring how athletes naturally categorise and revisit learned concepts.

Dynamic Mind Map Visualization – Interactive interface allows users to visually map and connect techniques as nodes, enhancing conceptual clarity and navigation.

Dynamic Mind Map Visualization – Interactive interface allows users to visually map and connect techniques as nodes, enhancing conceptual clarity and navigation.

Technique Nodes with Content Attachments – Each node supports attaching notes, insights, and external resources, consolidating information in a structured, easy-to-access format.

Technique Nodes with Content Attachments – Each node supports attaching notes, insights, and external resources, consolidating information in a structured, easy-to-access format.

Timestamped Video Integration – Users can link videos to specific techniques and mark key timestamps, enabling focused, contextual video playback when revisiting concepts.

Timestamped Video Integration –
Users can link videos to specific techniques and mark key timestamps, enabling focused, contextual video playback when revisiting concepts.

Cognitive Load Reduction – Visual grouping and intuitive navigation mirror natural thinking patterns, helping users avoid information overload and improve long-term retention.

Cognitive Load Reduction –
Visual grouping and intuitive navigation mirror natural thinking patterns, helping users avoid information overload and improve long-term retention.

Colour-coded
nodes

Colour-coded
nodes

To enhance the visual hierarchy and improve cognitive recognition, we applied distinct colours to differentiate between node types within the technique map.

Positions= Blue : Stability and control, the foundations of BJJ
Transitions= Green : Movement, progress between positions

Submissions = Orange : Energy, High-stakes action of submissions

To enhance the visual hierarchy and improve cognitive recognition, we applied distinct colours to differentiate between node types within the technique map.

Positions= Blue : Stability and control,
the foundations of BJJ
Transitions= Green : Movement, progress between positions

Submissions = Orange : Energy,
High-stakes action of submissions

COLOUR-CODED TO DIFFERENTIATE EACH NODE

COLOUR-CODED TO DIFFERENTIATE
EACH NODE

INTRODUCING

Real-Time Error Tracking

An integrated micro-tracking system lets athletes log and categorize mistakes with a simple “fail counter” for specific technique details. After training, users can quickly record missed grips, timing errors, or other issues, which the system then visualises as patterns and trends over time. This feature provides actionable insights and clear feedback, empowering athletes to focus practice on areas needing the most attention and accelerate skill refinement.

Focused Micro-Error
Tracking

Focused Micro-Error
Tracking

Focused Micro-Error Tracking

Each technique includes a straightforward voting-style control—serving as a “fail counter”—to log specific errors during training. Users can filter technique details by recency or frequency of mistakes, and quickly rearrange priorities using a drag-and-drop interface.

Each technique includes a straightforward voting-style control—serving as a “fail counter”—to log specific errors during training. Users can filter technique details by recency or frequency of mistakes, and quickly rearrange priorities using a drag-and-drop interface.

INSPIRED BY THE UPVOTE AND DOWNVOTE BUTTONS ON REDDIT.

INTEGRATED MICRO-TRACKING "FAIL COUNTER"

INTEGRATED MICRO-TRACKING

"FAIL COUNTER"

INTRODUCING

Effortless Cross-Device Access

A responsive platform synchronises progress and notes across devices, fitting naturally into an athlete’s training schedule. The desktop interface supports in-depth session analysis, while a mobile-optimised version delivers instant access to notes and reminders during practice. This seamless accessibility ensures athletes can learn, review, and apply corrections whether at home, on the mat, or on the go—making learning continuous and contextual.

LOOKING BACK

Retrospective

MEASURING SUCCESS

After the MVP launched, the platform currently has 200+ active users.

After the MVP launched,
the platform currently has
200+ active users.

After the MVP launched, the platform currently has

200+ active users.

What's Next?

Personalized Focus Area Summaries – Launch a feature that highlights each user’s top 5 improvement opportunities across their mind map, helping athletes prioritise training and accelerate targeted skill development.

Personalized Focus Area Summaries – Launch a feature that highlights each user’s top 5 improvement opportunities across their mind map, helping athletes prioritise training and accelerate targeted skill development.

Seamless AI-Driven Note Integration – Enable users to upload existing notes and automatically generate personalised technique graphs using AI, ensuring a frictionless onboarding experience for advanced athletes with established systems.

Seamless AI-Driven Note Integration – Enable users to upload existing notes and automatically generate personalised technique graphs using AI, ensuring a frictionless onboarding experience for advanced athletes with established systems.

Curriculum Creation Tools for Coaches – Explore coach pain points and adapt
Roll Recall for curriculum design, making it a powerful platform for structuring and sharing instructional content with students.

Curriculum Creation Tools for Coaches – Explore coach pain points and adapt
Roll Recall for curriculum design, making
it a powerful platform for structuring
and sharing instructional content
with students.

Curriculum Creation Tools for Coaches – Explore coach pain points and adapt Roll Recall for curriculum design, making it a powerful platform for structuring and sharing instructional content with students.