Help & documentation

Every feature, explained.

A guide for each part of RinkTracker — what the screen is for, how it works, a step-by-step, and an animated walkthrough of a coach actually doing it. Search below, or browse by what you're trying to get done.

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Coaching & development

13 guides

The action inbox

Dashboard › Inbox

One queue for everything that needs a coach's decision — pulled together automatically from across the app. Nothing new to maintain; it reads your existing data and surfaces what's outstanding.

Guide + walkthrough

The roster

Dashboard › Players

Your squad list. Add, edit and search players, see their overall level and trend at a glance, and spot anyone with an urgent medical flag.

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The player profile

Dashboard › Players › (a player)

Everything about one player in tabs: a scoreboard hero, skills, athletic profile, development plan, notes, medical and guardians. Critical medical flags sit in red right under the hero.

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Assessments & development

Player › Skills / Development

How you record progress: assess the 8 core skills over time, set goals tied to those skills, and assign work the player submits for review — with the radar and trends updating as you go.

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Training Plans

Dashboard › Training Plans

Build timed ice-session plans from a drill library and ready-made blocks, against a real ice-time budget — and attach a rink diagram with notes to the plan and to individual sections.

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Off-ice programs

Dashboard › Off-Ice

Assign structured off-ice programs and track completion. Build an exercise library, group exercises into a program, assign it to players, and watch streaks and completion build as sessions are logged.

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The media library

Dashboard › Media

Your store of videos, images, diagrams and PDFs. Add external links (YouTube/Vimeo/any URL) or upload files, then attach them to drills and worksheets so players can watch and learn.

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Progression reports

Dashboard › Reports

Generate deep, data-driven player and team progression reports — skill deltas, goals, attendance, game stats and fitness — then take each report through a deliberate review journey.

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The Studio — video analysis

Dashboard › Studio

Upload game and practice footage, cut the moments that matter, pin a voice note to each clip and attach the evidence to players, reviews and tasks. Streams are private and consent-aware throughout.

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Goals, tasks and proof

Dashboard › Players › Goals & Tasks

Turn assessment gaps into skill-linked goals, break goals into weekly tasks a family can actually do, and collect photo or video proof from home — the middle of the development pipeline.

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The whiteboard

Dashboard › Whiteboard

A digital rink board for drawing drills and systems — X's, O's and routes on a proper rink, saved into boards you can reuse alongside your training plans.

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Readiness, wellness & fitness testing

Dashboard › Players › Readiness

Daily wellness check-ins roll up into a training-readiness picture, fitness testing tracks athletic development against age-band percentiles, and growth tracking keeps load sensible for growing bodies.

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The squad pathway view

Dashboard › Pathway

The whole squad against the age band's targets on one screen — who is ahead, who is behind, and which skills the group as a whole needs next. This is where practice priorities come from.

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Schedule, games & club life

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Schedule & availability

Dashboard › Schedule

A calendar and agenda of practices, games and dryland. Add events with a venue, take attendance, see parent RSVPs, and let people subscribe to a live, always-current calendar feed.

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The Game Center

Dashboard › Games › (a game)

One page for a fixture: lines & roster, the box score, the venue with a map, and game-day parent jobs. Open it from the games list or by clicking a game on the calendar.

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Messaging & notifications

Dashboard › Messages / the bell

Stay in touch and on top of what's due. Message staff and parents inside the academy, post announcements, and let the notification bell remind you of tasks and events — clicking a reminder takes you straight there.

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Coaches & permissions

Dashboard › Coaches (admin)

Bring in your staff and control who can do what. A clear hierarchy — admin, head coach, assistant coach, staff — with a tokenised invite for each, and an access matrix you can tune.

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Running a tournament

Dashboard › Tournaments

Create a tournament, let the planner calculate the day around your surfaces and ice cuts, then publish a public hub with live standings and brackets — and run score entry from the bench.

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The Loop — your team feed

Dashboard › Loop

The Loop is the club's own feed: posts, photos, polls and scheduled announcements with comments and read tracking — one place families actually check, inside the safeguarded workspace.

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Money & the shop

4 guides

Families & the portal

2 guides

Admin, safeguarding & platform

1 guide

Setup & reference

3 guides

Can't find it? RinkTracker is invite-only and every club gets an onboarding walkthrough — or email hello@rinktracker.com and a person replies.