OwlPin

Sports & Athletics

Swimming Coach workflow

Stroke technique and training plans, from beginners to squads.

Swimmers cannot see their own stroke. Video on deck is the most useful thing you can add to a lesson.

I coach

First clients — keep costs near zero

7 tools · 4 free or with a free plan · 3 paid

Step 1 / 6

Attract Clients

Get found and get leads

Same for every coach

Everything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.

See all 6 resources

Canva

Design

Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.

Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.

Step 2 / 6

Onboard Clients

Turn a lead into a client

The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.

See all 6 resources

Voxer

Client Communication

Walkie-talkie style voice messaging that has become the default channel for "Voxer support" coaching packages — asynchronous, personal, and boundaried.

Quick feedback on a session the swimmer did on their own.

Step 3 / 6

Assess

Understand who you are coaching

Same for every coach

Baselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.

See all 3 resources

Typeform

Forms & Templates

One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.

A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.

Step 4 / 6

Plan & Deliver

Do the actual coaching

Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.

See all 16 resources

OnForm

Coaching Tools

A slow-motion video analysis app for coaches — frame-by-frame playback, drawing tools, side-by-side comparison and voice-over feedback.

Film a length poolside, slow it down and show the swimmer exactly where the stroke breaks.

Step 5 / 6

Run the Business

Get paid and stay organised

Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.

See all 20 resources

Calendly

Software

Share a link, let clients book into your real availability. The fastest way to stop losing consultations to three rounds of "does Tuesday work?"

Let players book single lessons into the slots you have free.

Stripe

Software

Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.

Take payment for lessons, camps and packages upfront, not at the court.

Step 6 / 6

Grow Yourself

Keep getting better

Same for every coach

Certifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.

See all 11 resources

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.

8 tools · 4 free or with a free plan · 4 paid

Step 1 / 6

Attract Clients

Get found and get leads

Same for every coach

Everything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.

See all 6 resources

Canva

Design

Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.

Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.

Step 2 / 6

Onboard Clients

Turn a lead into a client

The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.

See all 6 resources

Voxer

Client Communication

Walkie-talkie style voice messaging that has become the default channel for "Voxer support" coaching packages — asynchronous, personal, and boundaried.

Quick feedback on a session the swimmer did on their own.

Step 3 / 6

Assess

Understand who you are coaching

Same for every coach

Baselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.

See all 3 resources

Typeform

Forms & Templates

One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.

A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.

Step 4 / 6

Plan & Deliver

Do the actual coaching

Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.

See all 16 resources

OnForm

Coaching Tools

A slow-motion video analysis app for coaches — frame-by-frame playback, drawing tools, side-by-side comparison and voice-over feedback.

Film a length poolside, slow it down and show the swimmer exactly where the stroke breaks.

Structured training plans and performance analytics for endurance coaches, synced with the watches and bike computers athletes already wear.

Structured sets and seasons for squad and triathlon swimmers who train to a plan.

Step 5 / 6

Run the Business

Get paid and stay organised

Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.

See all 20 resources

Scheduling with packages, intake forms and payment built in — a better fit than Calendly when you sell blocks of sessions rather than single calls.

Sell lesson packs and term blocks, and let players book the court time you actually have.

Stripe

Software

Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.

Take payment for lessons, camps and packages upfront, not at the court.

Step 6 / 6

Grow Yourself

Keep getting better

Same for every coach

Certifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.

See all 11 resources

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.

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