Access
To access coaching sessions, you must firstly have the correct user roles. you will need Coaching Access user role.
To access the settings page in System which will allow you to make custom changes to your coaching syllabus, session plan layout etc, you will need Fitness Administrator and Performance Administrator user roles.
Your Club Administrator/Superuser can allocate user roles to you.
Adding a New Session
Locate the Coaching session builder via the main Nav bar usually found under Coaching, Preparation and/or Coaching & Games programme depending on what system you are using.
You will firstly see a list of the sessions that are on the system for This Week but you can use the filters to search for a different time frame, sessions added by specific users or sessions of a specific theme
To add a new session, click the 'Add New Session' link from the Related link section:
The session planner is split into 3 sections - Session Details, Activities, Objectives and Evaluations.
Session Details
Session Name and Duration are Mandatory fields - Duration is used on the schedule.
Date/Time - Needed for the schedule
Location - A drop down list of training locations (This is populated in System by your Club Administrator/Superuser
Surface Type - Can be automatically linked to a location when the location is added to your system - Sometimes a Mandatory field for Injury Surveillance reasons
Theme - Session themes can be used to further categorise a session. (These are populated in System under the Performance Settings. You will need Performance Administrator user role to access these settings)
Fixture - You can tag a fixture to your sessions. The fixture must be on the system in the Fixtures section. This allows you to run a report on the sessions that took place for a particular fixture
Activities
This is the section where you can add the activities / drills to your session plan.
The multiple activity panel allows you to add multiple activity slots quickly if for example you know your session is to have 4 activities within it, you can add 4 slots at once.
When the activity slots are open you will see fields that allow you to select the Activity Type and Topic (These are populated in System > Performance Settings)
You can select who is taking part in each drill using the Participants field. You can select players from multiple teams within the system
You can select the coach(es) who are taking each activity.
Add the duration of each activity. The activity name, duration and participant are the important fields for consequent Player reports including the PMA Performance Clock.
You can add an Intensity figure to each drill which are used when calculating Workload figures for each player (Duration * Intensiy/RPE)
Drill Diagrams can be added from your library (See Drill diagram User Guide) or you can click the 'Create new drill diagram' link to be redirected to the diagram building tool. These are purely coaching aids and can be used if you are planning to use the Session Plan printout.
Finally, there is an additional 'Manage Notes' button to allow you to add any coaching notes you wish to make. Again these can be viewed on the Session Plan.
Objectives & Evaluations
The final section is a place to add any Objectives and/or Evaluations of the session -
Session Objectives can be further broken down in to subcategories if you wish and pre-populated with set objectives from a list your club as created (These are populated in System > Performance > Manage Session Objectives).
Saving
Saving progress regularly is advised especially if you are leaving your work station. You can Save and Continue to save and stay on the page or Save and Exit to save and return to the coaching session home
OTHER FEATURES
From the cog on the right hand side of each session there are launch points to further features:
View Session Plan - Here you can view the created session with all Diagrams, Notes and Objectives. The plan can be further customised before exporting to pdf if wished. You can also choose to use default diagram backgrounds if you do not have attached drill diagrams
Replicate - This feature allows you to copy the session or set up a recurring session for a set period of time i.e. Use this session every Monday at 4pm for the next 10 weeks
Attendance/RPE - Allows you to complete who attended the session and if you are collecting RPE's from the players, you can add them here
Learning Objectives - A place to log Team and Individual Learning Objectives (See Learning Objective user guide)
To see a guide on the custom settings available for this feature please see guide here
The Sports Office Contacts
Please use the following support channels to help further with any related questions/issues you may be having with your system.
Telephone:
0330 058 0303 - Our phone line is open Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm
Email:
For Clients using the Premier League PMA system:
For all other Client:
For Clients from the IRFU:
Chat:
Our interactive chat bubble in the bottom right of your platform
Someone will aim to reply to your email within 24 hours given it isn’t on a weekend.