📋 Coach journey
Everything a coach can do — in one place
From building your profile to monitoring athletes on race day. Four phases, one connected coaching view.
4 phases
scroll to explore all 4 phases · tap any step for how-to guide
1
Profile & Accepting Athletes
Coach profileBiography, years coaching, specialisms — mountain, trail, ultra, road, nutrition, strength.
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CertificationsUK Athletics, UKC, BASES, or other credentials; display badges on your profile.
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Accepting athletes toggleGo visible in Find-a-Coach with your current capacity shown to searching athletes.
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Specialised filtersTerrain preference, athlete level (beginner / experienced / elite), race types coached.
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Coaching style notesOpen text — e.g. structured plans, conversational, data-led — shown to athletes searching for a coach.
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2
Link Athletes
Athlete sends inviteYou receive a brief: their current fitness level, target race, and timeline.
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Review athlete profileRecent races, readiness scores, and training history visible on request.
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Accept or declineWith optional note; accepting creates a permanent coaching thread between you.
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Multiple athletesManage up to your set capacity; each athlete is a separate linked view.
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Coaching agreementConfirm scope — race-specific, season-long, or ad-hoc — visible to both you and the athlete.
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3
Per-Athlete: Suggest → Confirm
Suggest a training planDraft weekly structure; athlete sees it in their Plan inbox and must confirm before it's active.
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Suggest nutrition targetsCarb / protein / hydration guidance; athlete confirms and it flows to their fuelling planner.
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Suggest kit adjustmentsRecommend gear swaps based on race conditions; athlete approves each item.
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✓/✗ governanceEvery suggestion requires explicit athlete confirmation before it changes their plan — no silent overwrites.
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Inline notesAdd coach commentary to any suggestion; athlete can reply in the thread.
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Flag a concernMark a training block as "discuss before proceeding"; athlete must acknowledge the flag.
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Race selection reviewAthlete shares a race they're considering; you see the full race page and send a recommendation — go / wait / modify goals.
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Readiness check-inRequest the athlete fills in their weekly readiness form; triggers a notification on their device.
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4
Monitor & Review
Live race monitoringOn race day, see each linked athlete's live position and CP check-ins in real time.
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Readiness dashboardAll athletes in one view — readiness score, plans due, and outstanding suggestions.
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Plans-due alertsFlag when an athlete hasn't confirmed a pending plan before the training week starts.
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Post-race debriefAthlete submits race report; you see results, splits, and their own account of the event.
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Write a coach reviewPost-race feedback note visible to the athlete, stored permanently in their history.
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Session summaryMonthly coaching summary auto-generated — races done, suggestions accepted, readiness trend.
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It's all connected
These aren't separate features. Each one feeds the next.
Suggest → Athlete inbox
Every plan, nutrition target, and kit recommendation you create lands directly in the athlete's Bield inbox — they confirm it in one tap and it takes effect immediately, no email chains.
→ confirmed plan, zero overhead
Readiness → Your dashboard
Each athlete's weekly readiness score — training load, sleep, niggles — feeds your coach dashboard automatically, so you see the whole squad's state without asking each person individually.
→ spot problems before race day
Race day → Coaching view
On race day, your linked athletes' live positions and checkpoint check-ins surface in your coaching monitor — you see splits, ETA to next CP, and any flagged issues in real time.
→ informed post-race debrief
History → Better plans
Every confirmed plan, result, and readiness trend is logged to your coaching record. Over time, Bield surfaces patterns — which suggestions each athlete accepts, where readiness dips, what race types suit them.
→ progressively smarter coaching
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