At CoachNow, empowering coaches with the right strategies and tools to excel in managing athletes is at the heart of what we do. Successful athlete management combines effective communication, clear feedback, and tailored training strategies. Let’s explore how you can leverage CoachNow to elevate your coaching game.

Effective Communication

Clear and consistent communication is crucial for successful coaching. With CoachNow’s communication tools, seamless interaction is easier than ever before.

Utilize our Spaces to communicate one-on-one with your athletes. Create posts, analyze videos, and give feedback in a secure, private channel dedicated solely to your athlete's improvement. This targeted approach helps maintain clarity and boosts engagement across the board.

Video Analysis and Feedback

Video analysis serves as a vital tool in providing clear and actionable feedback. 

CoachNow’s state-of-the-art video analysis features, including annotation tools and voice-over feedback, are seamlessly integrated within our communication suite. Because video analysis – no matter how advanced – can't replace good coaching. It's as simple as that.

Check out some of our other video analysis tools like AI-Enabled Skeleton Tracking, Dynamic Annotation tools, and so much more here and here.

Setting Goals and Tracking Progress

Defining and monitoring goals is essential for driving athlete development. Establishing goal-setting will help provide a transparent view of each athlete's journey. This is where the rubber meets the road. In our experience, the best coaches are the best at creating athlete compliance. If we want our athletes to improve, they need to take some ownership of their own development.

Encouraging your athletes to use our tools like a training journal helps them remain focused and motivated, and by monitoring their progress consistently, they’re encouraged to stay on track towards achieving their personal objectives.

We’ve been asked thousands of times over the years, “What happens if they start posting every day?” To which we’ve always replied, that’s great - it means they are engaged, and are probably a great candidate for some deeper level of relationship. Set the expectations for your athlete’s from the start and move them to a higher ticket offering if they are engaged at this level. But to be honest, in over 10 years of doing this, athlete’s posting too much has never been a problem. 

Group Training Plans

Develop programs tailored to the specific needs of a group of athletes. With CoachNow’s Groups feature, creating and sharing these plans is streamlined. 

Think of Groups as a central hub where coaches, athletes, and other team members can come together, share videos, photos, notes, track progress, and track performance.

You can organize content using the Channels, making it easy to find and navigate. Bonus tip: You can control what members of the Group can do in each channel individually.

Fostering a Positive Team Environment

Creating a supportive team culture is vital for enhanced performance. Encourage athletes to actively participate in group discussions within CoachNow’s Groups, fostering a motivating atmosphere that strengthens team dynamics and elevates overall morale.

Templates

You can use Templates, to create reusable content, offer “evergreen” courses, or even grab a series of drills you commonly use.

Templates can be added during the creation of a Space for an athlete or applied later. They can also be dripped over a defined period of time.

Here are some ways I like to use them:

Compliance: When an athlete repeatedly posts videos with no station setup and no context for what they are working on. Because I like my athletes to practice with a purpose, I have a Template set up that describes why we do drills and why having a purpose to your sessions is so powerful.

Common Flaws: When I see a common flaw, I’ll grab a template that outlines three drills they can use to address it.

Development check-in: I have a Template I apply that follows a cadence. It’s a simple check-in that asks the same questions but gives us a pulse on how they feel about their development and also provides historical insights.

Mental Toughness and Motivation

Mental conditioning forms a critical component of sports training. Utilize CoachNow to develop templates for mental exercises or to distribute motivational resources. 

These can be accessed by athletes anytime, helping build their mental resilience and fortifying their motivation throughout their training journey.

For other tips on how to help your athletes train mentally, check out this blog.

Managing your athletes with CoachNow isn't just about organization, it's about transforming the way you coach. By utilizing our features, you’ll find yourself focusing on progress rather than setbacks. With every tool designed for precision, you can track advancements and ensure a more supportive environment for everyone involved. 

While challenges are a natural part of training, CoachNow equips you to balance those with the positive aspects of growth and improvement. By embracing some of the tools we mentioned above, you’ll foster an atmosphere where success isn’t just a goal, it’s a continual journey.