Closed Alpha

Five clubs.
Five coaches.
One founding cohort.

The Closed Alpha is the first cohort: five hand-picked clubs whose coaches help shape the platform from the inside. They're free for life — every athlete, every coach, every feature — because they took the bet when no one else had.

Draft Names below are placeholders. The five Founding Clubs will be named here as each ships its first session on the platform. See Brand Foundation v2.4, Section 09.
What they do

Three roles, freely chosen, never mandatory.

Closed Alpha clubs aren’t just early customers. They’re the founding intelligence layer of the platform — in three distinct roles that compound over time. Every Alpha club takes on at least the first role; the other two are opt-in.

Role 01

Beta Tester

Run real seasons on the platform. Find the bugs. Ship feedback to the build team. Break things on purpose so we can fix them before any other club joins. Every Alpha club takes this role.

Role 02

Knowledge Contributor

Workouts, training plans, athlete-development case studies, racing strategies. Published into the public coaching library. Credited by name. The platform’s body of public craft starts here.

Role 03

Consultant Coach

Available, on a strictly informal basis, to other coaches across the network. Stroke review. Taper strategy. Specific-event development. Never transactional — reputation, not revenue.

Knowledge flow from Alpha clubs to the platform Five clubs feed sessions, workouts, and coaching insight into a central corpus that becomes intelligence available to every coach in the network. 01 Alpha Club 01 02 Alpha Club 02 03 Alpha Club 03 04 Alpha Club 04 05 Alpha Club 05 CORPUS Anonymized · Aggregated Audited AI LAYER Recommendations Anomaly detection EVERY COACH GETS SMARTER
The cohort

The Founding Five.

Five clubs across five geographies, hand-picked for the seriousness of their coaching, their willingness to publish what they know, and their commitment to the long arc of swimmer development. As each ships its first real session on the platform, its name appears here.

01
Club Name TBC
Lisbon, Portugal
TBC
Head Coach
Head Coach Name TBC
20+ years coaching · National-team development pathway
Beta TesterKnowledge ContributorConsultant Coach
TBC
Athletes licensed
Free
For life · all athletes
02
Club Name TBC
Paris, France
TBC
Head Coach
Head Coach Name TBC
Age-group specialist · Olympic-pathway development
Beta TesterKnowledge Contributor
TBC
Athletes licensed
Free
For life · all athletes
03
Club Name TBC
Iowa City, USA
TBC
Head Coach
Head Coach Name TBC
NCAA Division I background · Sprint-event focus
Beta TesterKnowledge ContributorConsultant Coach
TBC
Athletes licensed
Free
For life · all athletes
04
Club Name TBC
Cape Town, South Africa
TBC
Head Coach
Head Coach Name TBC
Open-water and pool · Multi-event distance specialist
Beta TesterConsultant Coach
TBC
Athletes licensed
Free
For life · all athletes
05
Club Name TBC
Tokyo, Japan
TBC
Head Coach
Head Coach Name TBC
Technical-stroke specialist · Junior pipeline focus
Beta TesterKnowledge Contributor
TBC
Athletes licensed
Free
For life · all athletes
After Alpha

The next cohort is Pioneer.

Up to 100 clubs, also free for life. Pre-registration is open now; applications open Q3 2026. The Wall of Pioneers will be public from the day applications open.

Pre-register for Pioneer Club