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Practices

Creating practices, setting lineups, automated notifications, attendance, etc.
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Practices overview

One of the core features of Boathouse Connect is out practice management tool. When managing practices with Boathouse Connect, you can: Get attendance plans from athletes in advance Prioritize specific groups for lineups Create lineups and send them to athlete before practice Get post-practice feedb...

How do I create a new practice?

To add a new practice to the calendar, as well as allow athletes to declare attendance, you must have the following information: Location information Name of the practice Date of the practice Start Time End Time Maximum attendees (athletes / coxswains) allowed to attend Whether or not visiting rower...

What are locations?

Practice locations are places you routinely hold practices (or even other events). By assigning practice locations to each practice, you help inform your athletes about items such as: Name of the location Address If there is an entry fee (and if so, how much) Any other notes you want to add about th...

What is the Practice Plan?

The practice plan is how coaches communicate to athletes what they can expect to happen at practice. Practice plans can use our editor to include text, images, tables, links to videos, etc.Athletes can view the practice plan by going to Practices -> Practices or via our mobile apps.

How do I reserve equipment for practices?

If your organization allows athletes to checkout equipment for private use, you may need to pre-reserve boats for practices to ensure that it is available. Boats can be reserved by going to Practices -> Manage and clicking on the Reserve Equipment button after selecting the practice. This will creat...

Who can attend practices?

When creating or managing a practice, you can select which groups will be allowed to attend the practice. Only the members of those selected groups will be allowed to self-indicate whether or not they are attending the practice.The groups allowed to attend practice can be changed from the Practices ...

Can practices exceed maximum attendees?

When athletes are declaring their attendance, they can only mark themselves attending for practices that still have space left. However, a coach can add and remove athletes from the practice on the Attendees tab of the lineup builder regardless of whether or not the practice is full.The maximum numb...

How do I declare my attendance plans?

Athletes can set their attendance plans by going to the Practices -> Attendance page. On this page, athletes can see all of the upcoming practices and declare whether or not they are attending the practice. If the athlete is no longer allowed to set their attendance for the practice, they will see t...

Where can I see my lineup?

There are three ways for an athlete to see their lineup for a practice: on their dashboard, All Practices page, or via a lineup info email (if the organization allows sending them). Dashboard When lineups for a future practice are set, a widget will show up on the athlete's dashboard My Profile -> Das...

How do I create lineups for practice?

Coaches can create and edit lineups for a given practice by going to Practices -> Lineups and clicking "Set Lineups" for the practice they want to edit lineups for. Once on the lineup builder, the coach can add boats, athletes and modify the practice plan. Once lineups are ready to be sent to all at...

What are Coaching Notes?

Coaching notes are a way for coaches to give feedback to individual athletes after practice has ended. Any coach can add Coaching Notes for any athlete, but athletes can only see their own coaching notes. After a coach adds a coaching note, the athlete receiving the note will get a notification that...

How do I see practice survey responses?

Post-practice surveys are a great way for coaches and the organization to get feedback from athletes about their experience at a given practice. After practice ends, all athletes that were placed into a lineup as either a rower or coxswain will receive the survey via email asking for feedback. 4 que...

Weather Alerts (what are they & how to use them)?

Weather Alerts are text messages you sign up to receive; to alert you about certain weather conditions around your boathouse location. The weather alerts are generated based on where your boathouse location is. Alerts are for the following: High TemperatureLow TemperatureHigh Wind SpeedHigh Wind Gu...

Creating Bulk Practices

Have the exact same practice every day? This feature is for you. To create a bulk practice set, go to “manage” under the practices tab and hit the plus button in the top left corner. It will give you the option to Create PracticeCreate Bulk PracticesClone Practice Select Create Bulk practices. Fill ...

Clone Practices

To clone a practice, go to “manage” under the practices tab and hit the plus button in the top left corner. It will give you the option to Create PracticeCreate Bulk PracticesClone Practice Select Clone practice. It will give you the option to select the practice you want to clone, select it and it ...

What groups are allowed to practice and how to change it?

Each practice created, there is an option on what groups are invited to the practice. Lets say your novice youth, & jv youth attend the same practice and you want to make sure they are listed. Under “manage” under the practice tab, you will see a list of all upcoming practices. Select the practice y...