What is Coachya?
Coachya is a new and exciting web application designed to assist endurance and fitness sports coaches to quickly and easily coach, manage and bill athletes and teams, online.
What sports does Coachya support?
Coachya supports a wide range of endurance sport disciplines including: running, biking, swimming and triathlon, as well as fitness training.
What are the benefits of joining Coachya?
Coachya assists coaches to carry out daily coaching activities in a more organized, professional and practical manner.
With Coachya, coaches can:
- Manage teams: add/remove athletes, assistant coaches, administrators, etc.
- Assign workouts to athletes and teams
- Build workout libraries
- Follow athlete progress via easy-to-follow graphs and reports
- Communicate privately via a athlete-coach messages
- Inspire and motivate athletes and teams with the Coachya ‘Sporty Feed’; a unique online message board for workout posts, pictures, and more
- Invite teams and athletes to social events, parties, lectures, etc.
- Gain awareness and recruit more athletes via Coachya’s Public Pages and Social Network marketing (Facebook integration)
- Bill athletes online
What marketing/promotional benefits does Coachya provide?
Coachya assists coaches to gain awareness and recruit more athletes via:
- Facebook Connect: Vast exposure for beginner and experienced coaches
- Coach & Team Public Profiles: Coachya’s public profile assists you to recruit new athletes, links with additional websites you maintain, and enhances visibility on popular search engines such as Google, etc.
- Coach Sponsors: Shown within both team and coach public profile pages
- Blog Links: Coachya links up with additional existing coach blogs, automatically embedding posts for athletes and teams to read
How much does it cost to join Coachya?
Athletes sigh up completely free of charge.
Coaches and team owners are offered three membership options: Coachya Basic, Coachya Plus, Coachya Max.
Do I have to bill via the Coachya system?
No. Coaches may use any system they wish to bill athletes and teams. However, billing through Coachya is a great way to bill your athletes as it is integerated into your athletes' homepages and allows both your athletes and yourself to use a single interface for all team/athlete related tasks. Billing your athletes through Coachya is also free (apart from Paypal's rates).
Do you charge for the athlete billing service?
Coachya does not charge for athlete billing. All athlete payments to coaches are carried out via PayPal with regular PayPal charges only.
For more information on PayPal rates (US fees), please refer to the following link: Paypal Fees.
Is Coachya for coaching teams only?
No. Coachya can be used for private athletes as well as teams.
What is the difference between the way private athletes and team athletes are handled on Coachya?
The main difference between the way private athletes and team athletes are handled relates to the social features associated with team athletes, which are not relevant for private athletes. Private athletes are discrete, for example two private athletes training by the same coach will not see each other on the service, while team athletes do see each other in various ways.
Is the information I post on Coachya visible to everyone (training plans, calendar, etc.)?
No. Athlete and team pages are private and accessible via password only. Only coach and team public profile pages are publicly visible (upon approval).
How do I create public profile pages for myself/my team?
Creating a public profile is quick and easy. Simply fill out the short form once you are logged in.
What information is published on a Coach Public Profile?
Coach public information includes: picture or logo, bio, sponsors, teams coached, contact information, etc.
What information is published on a Team Public Profile?
Team public information includes: logo, team description, sponsors, team members (optional), contact information, example of weekly training plan, etc.
Can athletes register to Coachya if they are not part of a team or privately trained by a coach?
Yes. Athletes can join Coachya and log workouts, create teams, invite sports mates to train and share training plans, and more. Simply click on the link: Sign up as an athlete from the Coachya homepage.
I am a registered Coachya athlete, can I upgrade my account to a Coach Account?
Yes. Athletes can change their account from ‘Athlete Account’ to ‘Coach Account’ at any time to enjoy all the features offered to Coachya coaches.
Is device upload (from Garmin watch for example) supported?
Coachya syncs with RunKeeper, the sports tracking smart phone application, so athletes can automatically get their workouts logged on RunKeeper show on Coachya. Additionaly athletes can copy paste onto their workout log a URL from their favorite device upload online service (such as Garmin Connect).