Finding Your Athletes

The most common surprise for a newly invited coach is logging in to an empty roster. This page explains why that happens and how to get your athletes.

Why your roster may be empty

In Surflink, an invited Coach role carries no automatic access to the workspace's athletes. Instead, access is granted athlete-by-athlete: an admin (or head coach) assigns specific athletes to you. You only see and work with the athletes you've been assigned.

This keeps each athlete's data private to their actual coaching team -- you won't see another coach's athletes, and they won't see yours.

How athletes get assigned to you

There are two ways:

1. At invite time. If your admin picked athletes for you when they sent the invite, those are already on your roster the moment you accept.
2. Later, by an admin. An admin opens an athlete's profile, goes to the Coaches tab, and adds you with a coaching role.

If your roster is empty, ask your workspace admin or head coach to assign you to your athletes. Mention which athletes and they can do it in a few clicks.

Your coaching role

When you're assigned to an athlete, you're given a coaching role that controls what you can do for that athlete. The common ones:

Your role can differ per athlete, and an admin can fine-tune it. If you feel you're missing access you need, ask your admin to adjust your role or assignment.

Working with your roster

Once you have athletes:

• Open Athletes (/athletes) in the sidebar to see your roster.
• Use the search box, skill-level filters, and the Only mine toggle.
• Click any athlete to open their profile, where sessions, training sessions, drills, goals, and notes live.

For the full roster walkthrough, see the main Managing Athletes guide.

Next

Now that you can see your athletes, learn What You Can Do with them.