Your day-to-day coaching tools and the limits of an invited account
What You Can Do
As an invited coach you get Surflink's full coaching toolkit for the athletes assigned to you. This page maps your day-to-day tasks to the detailed guides, and is honest about what an invited account can't do.
Your everyday coaching workflow
| Task | What you do | Full guide |
|---|---|---|
| Upload footage | Drop clips and let the AI analyze them | Uploading Sessions |
| Review sessions | Annotate and generate AI coaching feedback | Reviewing Sessions |
| Build drills & plans | Assign drills, training plans, and goals | Drills, Plans & Goals |
| Schedule training sessions | Book and complete in-person training sessions | Scheduling Training Sessions |
| Message | Real-time chat with athletes and their contacts | Messaging |
| Track progress | Analytics, comparisons, and highlights | Analytics & Insights |
Everything you do is scoped to your assigned athletes -- see Finding Your Athletes.
Two things gate what you see
- Your coaching role. This decides what you can do for each athlete (e.g. a Viewer can read but not edit). See the role table in Finding Your Athletes.
- The workspace's modules. Some features (like Competitions, Opponent Scouting, Game Plans, or Season Reports) are optional modules an admin turns on per workspace. If you don't see one of these in your sidebar, the workspace hasn't enabled it -- ask an admin.
What you can invite
You can bring your athletes' own people into Surflink -- this is separate from the staff invites admins send:
- Invite a student so they can log in and see their feedback.
See Inviting Athletes. (Whether you can do this depends on your coaching role.)
What an invited account can't do
These are admin / owner responsibilities and normally won't appear for you:
- Platform billing & seats -- the workspace owner handles the Surflink subscription.
- Workspace settings & modules -- name, account type, and which features are enabled.
- Roles & permissions -- creating roles and assigning coaches to athletes.
- Other coaches' athletes -- you only ever see athletes assigned to you.
If you need any of the above, reach out to your workspace owner or admin.
Next
Keep your own account in shape with Your Account & Settings.