What "wellness data" means here

Once a day, an athlete can answer a short check-in. The check-in has five steps:

• Sleep and recovery (how well and how long they slept, and muscle soreness)
• Body status (energy, fresh legs, stiffness, pain and hydration)
• Issues and soreness (optional: where it hurts, and any specific problems)
• Wellbeing (mood, stress and motivation, each can be skipped)
• Sickness (whether they feel unwell, with follow-up questions)

Most answers combine into a daily wellness score, the base of the Recovery Score. The athlete sees the Recovery Score; their coach sees both. Hydration, motivation and sickness answers go to the coach without changing the score.

When an athlete logs a training session (duration and a perceived-exertion rating), we calculate a training load figure and track it against an acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) — comparing the last 7 days of load against the last 28 — a widely used sports-science method for showing when an athlete's workload has increased quickly relative to their own recent training. A ratio above 1.5 marks the athlete At risk for their coach.

ACWR is a workload-planning guide, not a medical assessment. This is a statistical signal based on training volume, and coaches should weigh it alongside athlete feedback, context and professional advice.

Coaches can assign recovery protocols and strength/gym programs, and track an athlete's individual development plan across fitness, tactical, technical, culture, mental, and wellness categories. Coaches enter the plan, which the athlete can see, and athletes add their own self-assessments. A plan can also hold injury history and medical conditions, where a coach or athlete records them.

The entire purpose is to give coaches an early, honest signal — so training can be adjusted early, and so a quiet athlete's declining wellbeing doesn't go unnoticed. It exists to support the athlete, not to police, rank, or discipline them.

An athlete's wellness data is visible to: the athlete themselves, coaches on their specific team, their school's admin, and the service providers named in our Privacy Policy — and to no one else. It is never visible to another school, another team's coach, or used for any purpose outside supporting that athlete.

For every athlete under 18, a parent or guardian must grant consent before the app takes any check-in. See About parental consent. Consent can be withdrawn at any time by contacting the school — once withdrawn, we stop collecting new wellness data for that athlete. If the school no longer subscribes, email hello@athleticadvantageschool.com and we will record your withdrawal.

This page is a plain-language explanation of one specific data category. It sits alongside, and doesn't replace, our full Privacy Policy, which covers account data, storage location, security, and your rights in more general terms.