Rowing training session management
Members tap to confirm attendance. Coaches know the crew before they leave the house. No more group-chat polls or messy spreadsheets.
What is rowing training session software?
Rowing training session software gives a club one place to publish its weekly plan, collect one-tap attendance from members on their phones, and carry those numbers into crew selection and committee reporting. In Canada that plan swings hard with the seasons: a long indoor erg block through the winter freeze, then a rush of water outings once the ice clears in spring, running through to the fall head-race stretch. Instead of a chat-thread poll bolted onto a side spreadsheet, members see every erg, tank, and water session in a single feed, mark themselves in or out, and get a reminder before they head down. Coaches reach the dock already knowing the count. Six weeks out from the Royal Canadian Henley, that count decides the boat.
The Old Way vs The Row HQ Way
Before and after
Without Row HQ
- Group-chat polls that half the squad ignores
- Spreadsheets that are always out of date
- Late scratches that leave a boat short at the dock
- No attendance record when selection or reviews come around
- Members unsure which sessions are even running this week
With Row HQ
- One-tap attendance from any phone browser
- Live availability that is always current
- Automatic alerts when a session moves or is called off
- Full attendance history and analytics in the admin dashboard
- A clear weekly schedule every member can see
Session management features
Built for the way Canadian clubs actually train - the winter erg grind indoors, then ice-out in spring straight through to fall head races. See it all in our screenshot gallery.
Weekly Schedule
Publish recurring erg, tank, and water sessions members can scan in seconds - from the deep-winter indoor block to the first outing after ice-out and on to the closing fall head race.
One-Tap Attendance
Members mark themselves in or out with a single tap - no forms, no chat-thread polls.
Notifications
A nudge before each session and an instant alert when one is scratched, so coaches can rebuild the crew in time. Members set their own preferences in the member portal.
Session Types
Erg, Tank, Water - each carries its own icon so members can filter to what suits them, which matters when winter runs indoor-only. Water sessions link straight to boat booking.
Attendance Analytics
Track which sessions fill and who shows up week after week. It rolls into the admin dashboard for selection calls and Rowing Canada Aviron membership returns.
Coach Notes
NCCP-certified coaches attach the session plan and notes up front, so members know the workout before they hit the dock. Part of the coach tools suite.
How It Works
From building a session to reading the attendance, it is a few taps. Most clubs are running the same day. Need to check one split? Try our free erg pace calculator.
Admin Creates Sessions
Build the weekly recurring sessions with times, locations, and session types
Members Get Notified
Reminders prompt members to mark whether they are in
Attendance Rolls In
One-tap replies build a live picture of who is on the water
Coaches Plan Crews
With a firm count, coaches open the crew builder to set the boats and line up the crews
Also works with
Coach Tools
Set crews off session attendance with visual boat layouts. Used for regatta entries and CSSRA and OUA selection.
Member Portal
Members follow their own attendance history and stats across the season
Admin Dashboard
Read attendance trends and pull reports for the board and your provincial association
Related reading
Questions? Check the FAQ, read what other clubs say, or view pricing.
Training session software FAQs
What Canadian rowing clubs ask before dropping the group-chat polls and spreadsheets.
Rowing training session software publishes your weekly erg, tank, and water sessions to every member at once, captures one-tap attendance, sends reminders, and carries the numbers into crew selection and committee reports. It retires the group-chat poll and the side spreadsheet most Canadian clubs still juggle. Members see the week from their phone, confirm whether they are coming, and the coach reaches the dock already knowing the count and which crews are realistic. That holds across the whole Canadian calendar - the indoor erg block in the depths of winter, the first cautious outings after ice-out in spring, and the run of head races through the fall.
One tap. A member opens Row HQ, sees the card for the next session, and taps "Going" or "Not going". They can leave a quick note - running late, erg only, free as a spare - but most just tap and carry on. Coaches watch the count update live, no refresh needed. Anyone who has not replied gets a reminder a few hours out. The response history is kept, so a coach can see who turns up reliably and who has been fading, which turns Friday crew selection from guesswork into a read on the data. Early in the spring, when cold water raises the stakes, a firm head count also helps coaches keep safe numbers on and off the dock.
Yes. Most clubs set the whole week once - weekday morning ergs through the winter, Saturday water once the river is clear, a Sunday long row, a novice intake midweek - each session tagged by type. Recurring sessions republish on their own, so admins are not re-keying them every week. You can edit a single instance - scrap it for wind or lingering ice, shift the start, move the launch site - without touching the recurring pattern. Sessions can also be scoped by squad, so novices see only their sessions and seniors see theirs. When the season flips from indoor erg to on-water in spring, you swap the pattern once rather than rebuilding the schedule.
Yes. Each member gets a notice a few hours before a session they are down for, plus a separate nudge if they still have not answered. Timing is set per club - some want a full day ahead, others a couple of hours out. Coaches can also fire a manual broadcast - "moved to the erg room, dock still iced" - that lands with everyone on that session in seconds, so nobody drives to a cancelled outing in the cold. Each member controls which notices they get from their own portal settings.
Yes, and it is one of the most-used links in the system. Attendance flows straight into the coach-tools crew builder, so opening selection before a weekend outing or a CSSRA regatta, a coach already sees who made the last six sessions, who has been putting in erg work, and who is free. No rebuilding a spreadsheet the night before a race to recall who is in form. Assignments push back as notifications, so a member knows they are in the top eight well before they reach the boathouse.