Granting premium access to an athlete (coach)

What a coach grant is

A coach grant is one of three ways an athlete on your roster can become premium. The other two are:

• The athlete pays directly ($99/yr from /settings/billing/). This is the most common path. You do not need to do anything, and switching coaches later does not change it.
• An admin grant during a beta or sponsorship period.

A coach grant is when you comp an athlete at no extra cost to them: it is included in your coach plan. The athlete tier changes from athlete to premium_athlete and they see the full calculator catalog, race plan tools (the planning wizard), and deeper analytics. Use this when the athlete would not otherwise pay for premium and you want them to have it.

How to grant

1. Open the athlete's edit page (/coach/athlete/<id>/edit/).
2. Find the Coach grant premium toggle.
3. Set it to on and save.

The change is immediate. The athlete will see new features on next page load.

How many grants you get

Your coach plan includes unlimited grants. The catch is that rebates kick in at a threshold (currently 4 premium athletes), giving you $100 per year back for each premium athlete starting with the 4th. At 6+ premium athletes, rebates cover your plan completely. See Billing and subscription.

Tracking premium across your roster

The Athlete premium & billing page (/coach/athletes/billing/) lists who on your roster has premium and how it's funded, with one-click sponsor / stop-sponsoring. The summary tiles show your Premium, You sponsor, and Self-paying counts, so your rebate-eligible state is visible at a glance (self-paying and coach-sponsored athletes both count toward the threshold). You see funding status only: an athlete's payment details (card, invoices, Stripe) are never shown to a coach, and your own billing lives separately at /settings/billing/.

What the athlete sees

They see all premium features unlocked. They do not see a "your coach granted this" banner; the experience matches a paid premium athlete.

What if the athlete also pays directly

If an athlete has both a coach grant and a direct payment, the direct payment takes precedence in the billing source field. If your grant ends, their direct payment keeps them on premium.

When to grant vs not

Grant premium when the athlete will use the calculator and race day brief features. Hold off on grants for athletes who do not race or who only need basic logging, since each grant counts toward your rebate threshold.