How to run your club in Lane4
Short, step-by-step guides for committee members, coaches and parents, with screenshots from a demo club.
- 1Set up your club and invite your committeeCreate your club's Lane4 workspace and bring in the committee members and coaches who'll run it with you.For: Whoever sets Lane4 up for the club
- 2Invite parents and approve new membersGet parents into Lane4 so they can see their swimmers, respond to meet invitations and receive club notices.For: Membership secretaries and club admins
- 3Add swimmers, put them in squads and link them to parentsBuild your club's swimmer register, organised by squad, with each swimmer linked to the parents who manage their entries.For: Club admins and coaches
- 4Set up a meet from the host's meet fileCreate an open meet in Lane4 from the host club's Hy-Tek file, with its sessions, events and qualifying times, without typing them in.For: Competition secretaries and team managers
- 5Select swimmers and invite them to enterSee who's eligible for each event and invite them, so parents can accept or decline in Lane4 rather than over WhatsApp.For: Coaches and team managers
- 6Respond to a meet invitation (for parents)Accept or decline your swimmer's meet entries, choose which events they swim, and see what it will cost.For: Parents
- 7Track responses and export entries to Hy-Tek or SPLASHSee who has accepted and paid, then download an entries file the host can import, with no retyping.For: Competition secretaries and team managers
- 8Post a notice to the club or a squadReach every member, or just one squad's parents, with a notice they'll get by push notification and email.For: Committee members, officers and coaches
- 9Turn on notificationsGet a notification on your phone or computer for new notices, replies and chat messages.For: Everyone
- 10Use the club calendar and add it to your phoneSee club events, meets, entry deadlines and training in one calendar, and keep it in sync with Google, Apple or Outlook.For: Everyone (linking Google Calendar: club admins)
- 11Move your club to Lane4Bring your members and swimmers across from your current software or spreadsheet, without retyping them.For: Whoever is setting Lane4 up for the club