Common questions

A coach or administrator contacts AthleteFlow to get the organization and its first team set up. From there you hand out role-scoped join links, QR posters, and email invites to get everyone else on — coaches, athletes, and parents all join differently (see below).

Athletes and coaches use a role-scoped team code, QR poster, or join link — enter it at Join your team, or scan the code. A team's admin can also invite anyone directly by email; if that email never arrives, ask for the join link or QR poster instead, since it works exactly the same way. Parent access is different — a coach sends a separate, per-athlete invitation (see the Parents section below).

It installs straight from the browser — no app store. Use the install card at the bottom of this page: Android/Chrome shows an Install button; on iPhone it's Safari's Share → Add to Home Screen. Once installed it opens full-screen and works offline.

Use "Forgot password?" on the sign-in screen — we'll email you a 6-digit code to type into the app and set a new password. You can also sign in with just an emailed code any time, no password needed, or change your password later in Settings.

Yes. Roles live per team — you can be an athlete on one team and a coach on another. Dual-sport athletes see sessions from all their teams, color-coded, and coaches see cross-team conflicts flagged on the roster.

It saves to your phone the moment you log it and syncs automatically once you're back online — a banner on Workouts shows anything still waiting. If a change can't sync after a few tries, it's flagged with a plain-language reason and a Retry or Discard option, so nothing just quietly disappears.

Of the best evidence the app has for that lift. In order:

A max your coach verified — recorded on a test day or entered by your coach, and the number your percentages are anchored to.

Or an estimate from your recent training, if that says you are stronger. The app reads your logged sets from the last eight weeks and works out what they imply about your max. That estimate is capped at 10% (or 15 lb) above your verified max, so one good day cannot run away with your programming. This is why a target can sit slightly above the number you tested — deliberately, and only by a little.

Or, if it has neither, no weight at all. The slot shows an RPE effort target instead — how hard the set should feel, on a 1–10 scale. Your coach's intent about intensity survives even when the arithmetic can't, and the app always rounds to the easier band for a lift you have never tested.

No verified max yet? Ask your coach to record one on a test day, or log a result yourself on Metrics — it stays pending until a coach verifies it. You never need to attempt a true one-rep max: a hard set of reps at a weight you can control resolves to an estimated max on its own.

Yes. On Metrics, use Log a result to record a lift 1RM or a benchmark test (40yd dash, mile time, vertical — whatever your program tracks). It shows as pending until a coach verifies it, and a pending result changes nothing — not your targets, not the leaderboard. Once verified, a max anchors your %-of-1RM target weights and counts on the leaderboard; a verified benchmark updates your history, PRs, and the leaderboard, but never a target weight. Benchmark results you log during live conditioning work the same way. Catch a mistake before it's verified? Delete it and log it again.

On Metrics, pick a target level — JuCo, NAIA, D3, D2, or D1 — and benchmark cards with a collegiate standard show that level's target and how far off your verified best is. A What to improve list ranks the gaps worst-first, with untested metrics on top (an unmeasured benchmark is the cheapest thing to fix). Strength targets show as estimated 1RMs with a suggested rep set — never a max attempt. Your target is private until you turn on sharing, with separate toggles for coaches and parents.

Targets are training guidance, not entry requirements — hitting a number never guarantees a spot, and missing one never rules you out. They appear for sports where AthleteFlow has vetted collegiate standards (boys lacrosse today).

On Metrics, hit Print / Save PDF. It's a one-page sheet of your verified bests — every lift and benchmark with the date you set it, headed by your first name and last initial. It fills in once your coach has verified at least one result; pending self-reports never appear on it.

The four taps (sleep, soreness, energy, mood) build your readiness score. Your coach sees it before practice and can adjust your training load — it's the difference between training smart and just training.

A quick recap: total volume, your best set, and — if a set beat your prior numbers — an estimated PR badge computed from that set's weight and reps. It's a motivational callout, separate from the verified 1RMs your coach records on test days.

Best results per test and lift across your team — see Metrics. Parents don't see the leaderboard, only their own athlete's numbers.

Coaches get the full toolkit for teams they coach. Admins additionally manage the whole school: create teams and manage any roster.

Build one template with %-of-1RM loads; each athlete sees their own target weight, resolved from their own best evidence — a verified max, a capped estimate from their recent training, or an RPE effort target for a lift they have never tested. Record maxes under Testing — the coach tutorial walks through it.

It lands in Testing → Test days, under Pending verification, grouped with the rest of that athlete's results so you can check a whole test day at once. Verify to make it official, or remove it if it doesn't look right — a verified 1RM drives %-of-1RM programming, and any verified result (1RM or benchmark) counts on the leaderboard. Verifying a new best offers a prefilled team-feed shoutout you can edit or skip.

On Reports, use the Recruiting sheets card: add athletes one by one, then print — one page per athlete in a single print dialog, so "Save as PDF" gives you one file for the whole group. Sheets show verified bests only, with the date each mark was set. For a single athlete, the same button lives on their Metrics page — and adding several athletes there shows a side-by-side compare of the same verified bests, with a matching print button.

Related: athletes who share a college target with coaches show their level on your Home roster board, and — for sports with vetted collegiate standards (boys lacrosse today) — Testing → Setup has a Collegiate tracked list of the tests college programs actually look at, with one-tap add.

The entries you're typing into the grid save to this device as you go, so a dropped connection or an accidental refresh won't normally cost you your typing — reopen the session and pick up where you left off.

Yes — every assignment targets the whole team or a single athlete, including recurring series. Rehabbing athletes can run an individual plan alongside the team schedule.

Print a role-scoped join poster from Team — its QR code and team code let athletes and coaches join themselves in seconds — or share the link directly. Home shows an adoption count (joined vs. invited) so you can see who's still missing.

Items belong to the team that stocked them. When you share an item with another team, their athletes' grabs are billed to their team — the Activity tab splits consumption into your own vs. cross-program dollars.

Deactivate instead (in Team). Their history stays for your records and reporting, and you can reactivate them next season.

The coach sends you a per-athlete invite by email from the team roster — ask them directly. The parent tutorial covers the rest.

You see your linked athlete's schedule (games, meets, sessions) and progress (benchmarks, PRs, 1RMs), read-only. You can't edit or log anything, and you can't see other athletes.

A This week preview of your athlete's games, meets, and sessions for the next two weeks, a quick link to their Metrics, and the team feed — announcements their coaches post. Push notifications are optional and off by default; turn them on to get posts and schedule changes on your phone.

A target level your athlete chose (JuCo through D1) and decided to share with you. Their benchmarks show the gap between their verified best and that level's target. The targets are editorial composites from public combine data and recruiting guides — not published or endorsed by the NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA — and they're training guidance, never a verdict: hitting a number doesn't guarantee a roster spot, and missing one rules nothing out. You can also print your athlete's recruiting sheet — verified bests with dates — from the same Metrics page.

Yes — the coach can invite multiple guardians per athlete.

Access is enforced row-by-row in the database, not just in the interface. Athletes see their own data; coaches and admins see their teams; parents see only athletes they're linked to. Profile photos are visible only to their owner — nobody else can see another person's photo. See the privacy policy for the full picture.

The app wipes its offline cache on sign-out, so a school computer or weight-room tablet keeps nothing about you. If you have changes that haven't synced yet, you'll be asked to confirm before they're discarded.