Three ways to add athletes to your roster (coach)

You have three options for getting athletes onto your roster. Pick the one that matches the situation.

1. Join link, best for groups

A join link is a permanent URL of the form yousuli.co/join/<slug>. Anyone who visits it can sign up as an athlete and is auto-added to your roster. Existing athletes who click it switch coaches with one confirmation.

This is the right choice for: clubs, university teams, training groups, and any time you need to onboard several athletes quickly without writing each one an email.

Detail: Join link deep dive.

2. Athlete intake link, best for new individuals

A single-use intake link sends the athlete to a structured profile form (history, current zones, equipment, goals). When they submit it, they are created on your roster with a full profile already filled.

This is the right choice for: a new private coaching client, a coach to coach transfer that needs a full background, or any onboarding where you want a paper trail of the intake answers.

Detail: Athlete intake link.

3. Manual create, fastest if you already have the info

From the coach dashboard, click New athlete and fill the form yourself. The athlete still gets a sign-in email so they can log in later.

This is the right choice for: athletes you collected info from in person or in a spreadsheet, or when you want to control every field yourself.

Detail: Manually add an athlete.

What happens after the athlete is added

New athletes default to the free tier. Premium (calculators, race plan, deeper analytics) is unlocked by any of three independent sources, so you do not have to pay for it on their behalf:

• Athlete pays directly ($49/yr from /settings/billing/). The most common path. Their subscription is theirs and does not depend on you.
• Coach grants premium at no extra cost to the athlete, by toggling Coach grant premium on their profile. Included with your coach plan; counts toward the rebate threshold (you earn $50/yr back per premium athlete from your 7th onward).
• Admin grants premium during beta windows or sponsorships.

If an athlete is already premium when they join you (direct paid or admin granted), their subscription is untouched. You see them as premium on your roster without spending anything from your plan. If they later switch to another coach, their direct-paid premium continues to follow them.

Use a coach grant when you specifically want to comp an athlete who would not pay themselves. Skip it when the athlete is happy paying directly or already has premium.

If the athlete was already coached by someone else, see Switching coaches explained.