Step by step
-
Open Training → Workouts and click New workout. In Week view, Write on an empty day opens the same form with that group, day, and usual start time filled in.
-
Under Start from, pick Blank for an empty editor, Copy a workout to start from one you’ve written (recent ones are listed; type to search them all), or From a folder to copy one from your folders.
-
Pick the Training group and Course, then the Subgroups swimming it. Select all picks every subgroup; click it again (Deselect all) to clear them.
-
Set the Date and Time. If the group usually starts at a different time, “Usual start for this group” shows it; click the time to use it. Name (optional) gives the workout a title.
-
Set defaults holds the Default 100 interval, Intensity, Stroke, and Type for the workout. You can leave them as they are.
-
Click Create and open (Copy and open for a copy). The editor opens on the new workout.
-
Write your sets in the editor, the way you’d write them on a whiteboard (4x100 free @ 1:30). Commit reads distances, strokes, intervals, and intensity words and totals everything for you. A bare
300defaults to freestyle swim. The writing guide shows how much the parser really understands. -
Splitting the practice? A # plus a subgroup’s name marks where their sets start; see multi-group workouts.
-
Click Finish. The workout shows on the Training list, and the Stats tab beside the editor has been totaling by stroke, type, and intensity the whole time.
Copying a workout? Copy notes too brings its notes along. Starting inside a folder, or copying a workout that’s in folders, adds a checkbox to put the new workout in the same folder. If your team has no training group, the form asks you to name one and its first subgroup, and creates both.
After it’s written
- The ⋮ menu at the top right has Share, Edit parameters, Send to, Duplicate, Folders, Pace clock, Print, Show to swimmers, and Delete.
- Pace clock puts the workout on a TV or tablet at the pool, counting down every send-off. See run a workout on the pool TV.
- Edit parameters opens Edit workout, the same form as New workout. Change the group, subgroups, course, date, time, or name and click Save changes.
- Share gives you a public link and social options. Print and Send to open the Print / Email dialog for a deck copy or a PDF by email; see Find and organize workouts.
- View at the top turns the writing aids (ghost clock, Set check, pace on sets, set grouping) on or off.
- Full screen and the tools beside the editor are in Ghost clock, pace calculator and Set check.
- Notes keeps your comments about how practice went (visible to only you, coaches, or everyone, per note).
- Attendance is where you take attendance.
- Show to swimmers (in the ⋮ menu) unlocks it in their app when you’re ready.
Commit Swimming - Team You can write and edit workouts on your phone in the Commit Swimming - Team app.
-
Tap Training in the bar at the bottom, then New. The form is the same as on the web: pick Start from, the training group, subgroups, date, and time, and tap Create and open. To change one you’ve written, tap it in the list.
-
The workout opens on the Sets tab. The other tabs are Attendance, Stats, and Notes. A new workout says Nothing written yet.
-
Tap any line to start writing right there, or tap Write.
-
Writing fills the screen. While the keyboard is up, a row of swim keys sits above it: outdent, indent, x, @, :, #, and a key to hide the keyboard. The bar under your sets shows the distance, time, and 100 pace of the set you’re on.
-
The stopwatch in the toolbar opens the pace calculator. Tap a distance to pick its time, then tap Add @ time to line N to put that send-off on the line you were on.
-
Tap Done to go back to the workout. Your changes save as you go.
-
Stats has each subgroup’s distance and time. The ⋮ menu at the top has Share, Edit parameters, Send to, Duplicate, Folders, Add a test set, Pace clock, Print, Show to swimmers, and Delete.
The ghost clock, full screen, and Set check are on the web only. The Commit Swimming - Workout app has its own editor too.
Common questions
Can assistant coaches write workouts? Yes, anyone with the Training permission. The coach filter (Any coach) on the Workouts list shows whose is whose.
Can I reuse a workout? Duplicate on the Workouts list, or Copy a workout in New workout, copies it to a new date and group. For single sets you reuse weekly, save them as favorites.
Does the team see what I write? Swimmers and parents can see workout history only if you allow it under Control what parents see. When they open a workout, they get Print and Email at the top.