Build software that lets coaches coach — the swim coaching mission

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shouldn't have to start a stopwatch + tap a swimmer + tap a distance + tap a stroke for every swim. The software should infer or pre-populate from the meet plan.

observation: the TELOS P/M/C list had a problem (P1: data loss + cognitive overload when coaching) but no corresponding mission. The user provided a ramble about the mission and asked for an Orwellian rewording. The rewording is: "build software that lets coaches coach — capturing times, athletes, and context so the coach can watch technique and race stills of their swimmers rather than managing the data entry."

surface should be the swimmer's race stills with the times overlaid, not a spreadsheet of rows. The data is the substrate for the visual; the visual is the work surface.

splits from the timing system, photo timestamps auto-linked to the athlete. The coach should be able to not touch the iPad during a set.

How it's structured

  1. What "lets coaches coach" means shouldn't have to start a stopwatch + tap a swimmer + tap a distance + tap a stroke for every swim. The software should infer or pre-populat…
  2. What this is NOT increases the cognitive load problem. The mission is to reduce the coach's data work. the coach sees the swimmer. The mission is to keep t…
  3. See also the problem this mission solves. mission.
  4. History observation: the TELOS P/M/C list had a problem (P1: data loss + cognitive overload when coaching) but no corresponding mission. The user pr…

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