Parents, young athletes & coaches FAQ

Children under 13 cannot create their own account; a parent or guardian can use their own account to record and track a younger child’s practice. For ages 13–17, a parent or guardian should review how SwingVantage works and record their consent before any AI analysis.

Features that send data off the device are more restricted for young athletes. For an athlete you have said is under 18, AI Coach and the optional AI second opinion stay locked until consent is recorded, and the optional cloud re-read needs a linked guardian. The optional box for sharing a video to train SwingVantage’s models is offered only to signed-in adults filming themselves — never for an athlete marked as under 18.

It gives practice guidance, not medical advice, and drills should always be supervised. See what to do about pain.

Consent is recorded in Settings, under youth athlete and guardian consent. You choose the athlete’s age. The parent or guardian then adds their name and email, confirms they are the parent or legal guardian managing the account, acknowledges that SwingVantage gives practice guidance rather than medical advice, and agrees to supervise practice.

It is a self-declared consent record, not an identity check.

If you believe a child under 13 has given SwingVantage personal information without a parent or guardian involved, email privacy@swingvantage.com and it will be deleted promptly.

Until consent is recorded, an athlete who has said they are 13–17 cannot use AI Coach or the optional AI second opinion, and the cloud re-read of poor footage is not available. On-device Motion Lab analysis is unaffected, because the video does not leave the browser.

Consent is tied to the current consent terms, so you are asked to confirm again if they change. It is saved in the browser where it was recorded, so record it again on any other device the athlete uses. A parent or guardian can update or withdraw it at any time.

Anything made before an account existed lives only in that browser, so clearing the browser’s storage on that device removes it.

If a child under 13 gave SwingVantage information without a parent or guardian involved, email the privacy address and it will be deleted promptly.

Deleted data leaves active systems promptly; routine encrypted backups roll off within about 30 days. The step-by-step options are in deleting your data.

• Keep only your athlete in the shot. Other people confuse the body tracking, and the terms ask you not to upload video of another child without their parent or guardian’s consent.
• Use the optional note in the consent form to record any injury or physical limitation. It is a reminder kept with the consent record on that device; it does not change the practice plan.
• Check what friends can see. Friends see your athlete’s profile details by default, but opening swing reports, uploading swings for them, showing their top priority and scores on a coach’s roster, and sharing their practice and retest history for a coach’s review each stay off until they are switched on for that friend. Friends can also be blocked or reported.

Minors should train under adult supervision — the Terms of Service say the same.

A parent or guardian account does not count as proof that the athlete in the video is an adult — the filmed athlete’s own age is what matters.

AI Coach and the optional AI second opinion have a similar rule: for an athlete who has said they are under 18, both stay locked until consent is recorded. Motion Lab’s on-device analysis needs no extra consent.

How the cloud read itself works is explained in optional cloud analysis.

The roster you build there is yours: the athletes in it are names you add, not linked accounts, and nothing in it is shared with them. Like the rest of your data, it is saved in your browser and, while you are signed in, with your account.

To see an athlete’s own results, connect as friends. Connected athletes appear on the Coach & Team page by name, and the athlete decides what else you can see — their top priority and scores show only once they allow it. An athlete who also shares their reports and their improvement history lets you see their fix, the practice they actually did, how they filmed and their retest, and add your own interpretation; you cannot change their chosen fix or the original verdict. See how athletes share results.

There is no coach license or fee. Features planned for the Team plan — athlete invites and a managed roster, team-wide analytics and a white-label option — are not available yet.

If both have accounts and connect as friends, the athlete can also let that coach open their swing reports, upload swings on their behalf, see their top priority and scores on the coach’s roster, or review their improvement history — the fix, the practice actually done, the filming conditions and the retest — and add an interpretation. Each of those is off until the athlete turns it on for that friend, and can be turned off again.

A Motion Lab report can also be saved as a PDF or downloaded — see saving a report.

Do not use the practice plan to work around pain. A doctor, physical therapist or athletic trainer is the right person to say which movements are appropriate and when.

The guardian consent form in Settings has an optional note for injuries or physical limitations. It is kept with the consent record on that device as a reminder; SwingVantage does not read it to adjust drills, so tell your athlete’s coach too.