What an invited coach is and how your account differs from owning a workspace
You've Been Invited
Welcome to Surflink. If a head coach, club, or workspace admin invited you to join their team, this guide is for you. It walks you from the invite email all the way through coaching your first athlete.
In a hurry? You can download this whole guide as a PDF to read offline or keep for reference.
What is an "invited coach"?
Surflink workspaces are run by an Owner (the coach, club, or organization that pays for the platform). The Owner and admins can invite other coaches and staff to help run the roster. You are one of those invited coaches.
This is different from signing up on your own:
| You (invited coach) | A coach who self-signed-up | |
|---|---|---|
| How you got here | An admin sent you an invite link | Created an account at /signup |
| Your workspace | You join the inviting workspace | They own a personal workspace |
| Billing | The workspace owner pays -- not you | They pay for their own plan |
| Admin powers | None by default | Owner of everything |
| Which athletes you see | Only the ones assigned to you | Their entire roster |
The short version: you get a full coaching toolkit, but scoped to the athletes your team assigns you. You don't have to worry about billing, workspace setup, or other coaches' athletes.
What the invite looks like
Your admin sends you an invite link that looks like .../org/invite/<token>. You might receive it:
- By email -- a branded "You've been invited to join {workspace}" message with a button, or
- As a link -- copied and sent to you directly (e.g. over chat) if the workspace hasn't set up email.
The link is tied to your email address and expires after 14 days. If it expires, just ask your admin to resend it.
What happens after you accept
- You create a Surflink account (or sign in to an existing one).
- You're added to the workspace as a member with a Coach role.
- Any athletes the admin pre-selected for you are assigned to you automatically.
- You land on your dashboard, ready to coach.
Where to go next
- Ready to join? Start with Accept Your Invite.
- Already accepted? Jump to First Login & Setup.
- Logged in but your roster is empty? See Finding Your Athletes.