Roles and permissions

A person belongs to one team and has one role in it. The role decides what that person can see and change.

A coach can also carry a title, for example “Strength Coach”. The title is for display only and carries no permissions.

The three roles

Head Coach owns the team. This role owns the season plan, the workouts and the membership of the team.

Assistant Coach works inside the plan. This role builds and places workouts and invites people, but does not shape the season itself.

Athlete is a sprinter the team trains. Athletes use the phone app. The web app signs them out to the app.

What each role can do

Action	Head Coach	Assistant Coach	Athlete
Create the team	Yes	No	No
Invite a person	Yes	Yes	No
Answer a join request	Yes	Yes	No
Read or rotate the join code	Yes	No	No
Deactivate a member	Yes	No	No
Assign an athlete to a group, or edit a title	Yes	No	No
Create a training group	Yes	Yes	No
Create or reschedule a season	Yes	No	No
Add or change cycles	Yes	No	No
Add a competition or a goal	Yes	No	No
Enter athletes for a competition	Yes	Yes	No
Write and place workouts	Yes	Yes	No
Publish a workout	Yes	Yes	No
Branch an athlete off the team plan	Yes	Yes	No
Use the exercise, workout and week libraries	Yes	Yes	No
Read the roster and the plan	Yes	Yes	Own plan only
File check-ins, bests and results	No	No	Yes

The role is set when they arrive

You pick the role when you invite the person. The role does not change afterward, and a second invite to the same address does not replace it. Pick the role with care.

Someone who arrives through the join code is always an Athlete. A code is shared with a whole squad, so it must not be able to produce a person who can invite other people. Invite an assistant coach by email.

A Head Coach can still change two things about a member: the training group of an athlete, and the title of a coach. A Head Coach can also deactivate a member, which ends their access on their next request.