Add a sport or a class
Tell your coach what you already do and it plans around it instead of on top of it. That is the whole point of the app, so it is worth getting right.
Adding one
Open your sports stack
Go to You. Under SPORTS STACK, tap + ADD.
Find it
The list is split into SPORTS and GROUP CLASSES. Search if it is quicker. Anything already in your stack carries a tick.
Or type your own
Tap Other and type it. Your coach checks the name first, so a typo does not become a sport. If it does not accept it, it explains why and you can rephrase.
Set how it fits your week
You land straight on the settings for that activity: how often, which days, how long. That page is covered next.
Sports and classes are not the same thing
A sport is something you do that your coach supports from the outside. It plans strength and conditioning that makes you better at it and keeps you in one piece.
A class is a session someone else has already programmed. Your coach counts it as training you have done rather than planning around it from scratch, so it adjusts what it gives you instead of adding on top.
You will notice the difference in two places. A class starts on fixed days, because a timetable decides when it happens. And its warm-up option offers a short activation routine to do before the class, since the class brings its own warm-up.
What not to add
Your own gym, strength and mobility work does not go here. That is the space your coach programs for you, and it is set under Coach sessions.
Add the things you would do whether or not you had a coach: the club night, the weekly class, the Saturday run with friends.
Common questions
- How many sports can I have?
- During sign-up you can pick five, which is plenty to balance. Once you are in the app you can add more from the You tab whenever you want.
- My sport is not in the list.
- Tap Other and type it. Your coach checks the name is a real activity and adds it. If it does not recognise it, it tells you why in its own words and you can try a different name.
- Should I add my gym sessions as a sport?
- No. Strength and conditioning are what your coach programs for you. Set how much of it you want under Coach sessions instead.
- What is the difference between a sport and a class?
- A sport is something you do that your coach supports from the outside. A class is a session someone else already programs, so your coach counts it as training rather than planning around it. Classes start on fixed days, since a timetable decides them.
- Will my coach give me hard leg work the day before a match?
- Your coach keeps the day before football, rugby, hockey, basketball, badminton or a group strength class light: no jumps, sprints, sled work or heavy leg sets, usually upper body, core or mobility. It still counts as one of your coach sessions that week.
- I tapped a sport I already have.
- It opens that sport's settings rather than adding it twice. Sports already in your stack carry a tick.
Still stuck
Open the app, go to You, and tap the feedback row at the bottom. It reaches a person, not a queue. Or write to hello@smashcoach.app.