CoachNow Year in Review: 2024

As we get ready for 2025, our team has been reflecting on all of the incredible progress made in 2024.

Throughout this past year, we have launched so many cutting-edge features, from Coach Profiles, to improving our athlete experience, Video Branding, and much more.

You’ve clearly noticed the changes…We’ve heard SO much positivity from our members in 2024. 

In fact, I’m pleased to report that our app now has an average 4.8 star ratings, with over 12,000 5-star reviews.

For today’s post, I want to share a summary of all the amazing updates you’ve enjoyed in the last year. Consider this CoachNow’s official “year in review” for 2024.

If you haven’t tried these new features, I highly recommend giving them a look. They’re sure to make 2025 your best year yet!

CoachNow Acquired by Golf Genius

In 2024, CoachNow and our friends at Golfshot GPS joined forces with Golf Genius.

As many of you know, the Golf Genius team has an unparalleled track record of creating immense value for golfers and golf courses through their suite of technologies. They’re the real deal.

Along with Golf Genius and our friends at Golfshot we’ve got some major plans in the works that will benefit our entire membership. 

Stay tuned.

Coach Profiles

Coach Profiles are a powerful new feature that allows coaches to create a detailed profile with essential information. 

They can customize their profile with their branding, payment details, and booking links, all tailored for a more professional and streamlined interaction.

Important Note : Coach Profiles are private and visible only to members of the Spaces and Groups they’ve created or joined. This ensures that their information is accessible only to those who are part of their coaching community.

How it Helps:

• Professional Branding: Showcase their branding and provide easy access to payment and booking information in one place.
• Streamlined Communication: Centralize essential details for athletes, enhancing overall communication and efficiency.
• Effortless Setup: It's super easy to add their information and set their profile live.

Improved Athlete Experience

We’ve redesigned the athlete layout to provide a more streamlined and intuitive experience. The new layout makes it easier for you to navigate and access important information, including your Coach’s Profile.

How it Helps:

• Enhanced Navigation: You can now find key information more quickly and easily.
• Improved Accessibility: Access your Coach’s Profile and other essential details with just a one tap.

Video Branding

You can now add Intro and Outro Branding to your videos with our new feature.

Create short clips that automatically bookend your videos, giving your content a polished look.

How it Helps You:

• Polished Content: Create a consistent style for all of your content.

How to Use:

• Navigate to the Settings screen in the top right hand corner of of the mobile app (gear icon). Choose Video Branding and add the appropriate assets. Choose the thumbnail and default behavior.

Text Tool

Dynamic Captions allow you to add text while recording a VoiceOver that appears and disappears exactly when you want it to.

This feature brings more visual context and summarizes key points in an easy-to-reference way.

How it Helps You:

• Simplified Communication: Emphasize what’s important with your coaches with this all-in-one step, ensuring you’re focused on the right things.

How to Use:

• Click the text icon from the annotations list while viewing a video, add text or emojis during the voiceover, and then resume the recording. Try it! It’s so much fun.

Back-To-Back Camera Capture

We’ve added a much-requested feature: Back-To-Back Camera Capture. This allows you to record multiple videos in succession without having to close the camera between shots.

Note: This feature is only available if you record directly from the library. Recording a video from within a post will remain unchanged.

How it Helps You:

• Seamless Recording: Capture consecutive videos effortlessly, perfect for detailed analysis or uninterrupted training sessions. This is especially useful if you are wanting to collect many movements and analyze the best ones later.
• Increased Efficiency: Save time and avoid interruptions in your recording process.

How to Use:

• Start recording your first video from the library. Once you finish, simply continue recording for the next video without closing the camera. All the videos you capture will land in your Library for your review when you are done capturing videos. Great for grabbing a bunch of videos in a row that you don’t have a destination for yet.
• Long press to choose actions for videos in the library.

New Annotation Features

Our annotation tools just got even better! You can now add arrowheads to freehand lines, and adjust the width of the drawing tools for more precise annotations.

How it Helps You:

• Enhanced Precision: Make detailed annotations with customizable drawing tools.
• Clearer Feedback: Provide more accurate and visually clear feedback to your athletes.

How to Use:

• Open your video or image, select the annotation tool, and use the freehand drawing options to add lines and arrows as needed.
• Adjust the width of the drawing tools in your settings.

Faster Voice Over Processing

We’ve optimized Voice Over processing to improve upload and download speeds. You can now adjust the audio quality and size of your Voice Overs for quicker processing times.

How it Helps You:

• Speedier Uploads and Downloads: Save time with faster processing of your Voice Overs.
• Customizable Quality: Adjust audio quality to suit your needs while optimizing file sizes.

Website Optimization

This year, our website underwent an exciting revamp. The updated site boasts a cleaner, more modern look, with streamlined navigation and improved visuals that make exploring our content easier than ever before.

Whether you're visiting from a desktop or mobile device, the new design ensures a seamless and enjoyable browsing experience for everyone.

Looking back on 2024, we remain deeply committed to innovation, agile development, in service of empowering coaches and athletes around the globe. 

We’re so excited to bring you even more cutting-edge features in 2025, so stay tuned!

Thank you so much for being a part of our CoachNow community - your support is truly invaluable. Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Holiday season!