What changes when you mark a profile as a student.
- "Club" becomes "Primary location."
Many students train at multiple clubs. The label matches reality.
- "Tells" hides; "See / Hear" surfaces.
Tells matter when you're fencing someone. Learning preference matters when you're teaching them.
- Lesson coach log per student.
A repeating list of who taught what, when. Useful for coaching teams that hand off students between lessons.
- Strategy fields become strip-coaching notes.
"What works" and "what doesn't" reframe naturally as reminders for the strip.
Track development across four dimensions.
Every student gets trait scores on a 1–9 scale across technical, tactical, physical, and mental. Update them as the season progresses; the database remembers where each student started.
Technical
Mechanics, blade work, footwork fundamentals.
Tactical
Reading opponents, choosing actions, executing under pressure.
Physical
Speed, strength, endurance, recovery.
Mental
Focus, resilience, confidence in big moments.
Read-only sharing means nobody else edits your notes.
Share an entire student roster with a parent or fellow coach as a read-only viewer. Or share just one student's profile if you're handing off for a single lesson. Recipients can read; only you can edit your source of truth.
Questions coaches ask.
- Can I keep my fencing scouting separate from my coaching notes?
- Yes. The student flag lives on each profile, so you can mix opponents and students in one database or organize them into separate databases — whichever fits how you work. Many coaches keep one database for their own opponents and another for their students; switch between them from the toolbar.
- Do parents need their own account?
- Only if you want to share with them. You can absolutely run a coaching database solo. Parents who want their own database (e.g. to track who their child has fenced) buy the app the same way you did.
- Does the app know what weapon I coach?
- Each profile carries its own weapon tag, so the form adapts per student. Coach foil and épée? Tag each student with their weapon and keep them all in one database — or split into separate databases if you prefer.
- How much does it cost?
- $4.99 on the App Store, one-time. That includes up to 100 student profiles with the full scouting field set. Piste IQ Pro is an optional subscription at $2.99/mo (with a 7-day trial), $29.99/yr, or $199.99 lifetime — it unlocks unlimited profiles and adds camera-roll video uploads with in-app trim.