AMS APP - Table Tennis Australia
Welcome to the new AMS App for athletes within the AIS system.
The Home view is your default welcome screen on startup. The home view allows you quick access to add data or navigate the menu.
Favourites – a quick link to enter Wellness and Training activities. You can even determine what you will need to see here in the settings section. (Find more on this in the settings lesson)
Add Data - This takes you to a new data entry menu where you can select further entry forms on top of your favourited forms
Menu Items - The icons at the bottom of the screen allows you to access the other main views of the app including, my data in a calendar format, individualised dashboards from your sport or institute and app settings.
My Data
Entering data is easy and can become a routine habit..
The AMS Athlete App is designed for fast entry of wellness and training records. The yellow (+) icon is the easiest and fastest way to enter a new record.
Calendar view - allows you to see an entire month on one screen. Selecting a day will show any recorded entries in a list view under the calendar.
Yellow Dots – these indicate that there has been data entered for that day.
Missed Entries – the calendar is the easiest spot for completing past or missing entries. Simply click on the day on the calendar and then select the yellow (+) icon to enter a new wellness or training entry.
Data Entry Forms
Once you hit the yellow plus button you can then select from the available list, what type of entry you would like to add.
Table Tennis has 2 forms:
- Session - this is for your training data. We recommend completing it after each session.
- Wellness - your daily monitoring for things like sleep & soreness. You only need to do this once per day.
- Match Ratings - a log of competition results.
WELLNESS
This is where you can capture how your over health and well being, how your body is feeling and how you slept. This form is filled out daily to ensure that the team can stay on top of any changes to your regular patterns.
Time and Date
Today's date and time is automatically selected for you. To edit or backdate your entry press the pencil 'edit' button.
Date & Time - Editing
To edit the date and time to represent when you want to enter the data for simply adjust the fields.
Answering Questions
Drag the sliders to enter your responses. The tooltip will tell you exactly what value you are entering.
Body Map
Choose any specific sore body parts on the body map. Simply click the general area.
You can also toggle between front and back on the body map to find the right area.
If you accidentally click the wrong area you can click it again to deselect or alternatively press clear all down the bottom right hand corner.
Last few questions
These questions help your coaches guage how you are feeling and any impacts that might have on training or recovery.
SESSION
This is where you can capture your training completed each day. Table Tennis has changed to a sessional entry - complete a Session entry after each training session.
Time and Date
Today's date and time is automatically selected for you. To edit or backdate your entry press the pencil 'edit' button.
Date & Time - Editing
To edit the date and time to represent when you want to enter the data for simply adjust the fields.
Session Status
First enter your training status for today.
Most of the time this will be Full Training if you are doing a session today and Rest Day if you are not.
If you have had to change your session choose Modified, and if you missed it choose Missed Training.
Session
Choose what type of session you are doing. Remember some may have sub categories.
Eg On-Table training then gets split into Squad, Training Partner, Personal Coaching etc in the next question.
Category Details
These questions depend on the category selected before. Here you can see the options for On-Table training. Others will be different.
Add RPE and Duration
How long did you train?
How hard was it?
Challenge/Result
For On-Table and Tournament sessions there are some additional questions to give your coach feedback about the challenge or your results.
These are subjective, your coaches are interested in seeing how you felt about it.
Injury
No one wants to get injured but if you do report it in your session.
Choosing Modified or Missed Training will open up another question asking you to choose the reason why. For Injuries a body diagram and pain scale will appear
Injury Location
Choose any specific sore body parts on the body map. Simply click the general area.
You can also toggle between front and back on the body map to find the right area.
If you accidentally click the wrong area you can click it again to deselect or alternatively press clear all down the bottom right hand corner.
MATCH RATING
This is where you can capture your competition results. You can keep a track of them in the dashboard.
Dashboards
Dashboards bring your data to life and can provide you with some great insights to your training and wellness.
Visualising your data in a meaningful way to tell a story about your current training and performance journey is key for both you and your coach to being able to make informed decisions.
Dashboards may contain training and well-being insights such as;
Summary Stats – over the last month or week see what you have achieved for that period.
Training Loads – view your last 7 days training and previous rolling weekly average training loads and durations.
Session Breakdowns - see what types of sessions you've been completing.
Wellness - view how your body is responding to your training volume.
Select from your available dashboard list..
When you first access the Dashboards section of the app you will be presented with a list of dashboards available to you.
Use the AMS Table Tennis Athlete Dashboard for sport specifics.
Settings
Update your account details and tailor your experience. Settings allow you to control how the app works for you..
The Settings view allows for a number of details to be updated.
Account – this allows you to update your AMS account details like your email address or mobile phone number.
Security – alter your login preferences.
App preferences – setup your favourite data collection forms and reminder notifications.
Help and Support – You are currently in the Get Help guide for the AMS application. You can always return here by clicking this button and it will link you back directly from the app.
Terms of Service – information about data privacy
Log Out – to log out of your account from AMS. Users will be required to log in again to continue using the AMS App
ACCOUNT
MY ACCOUNT DETAILS - these basic details relate to your AMS account.
MY PROFILES (Athlete Details) - This is where you can enter further personal details to assist your NIN or sports administrators. The information that can be collected here include, contact details, address details, state/training details, emergency contact details, passport details, medicare details, insurance details, ASADA details and travel details.
SECURITY
This is where you can toggle between your login experience.
Choose to keep it as your Pin code you setup when you initially logged in, your AMS password or if your device is capable, utilise fingerprint or facial recognition features.
You can update your PIN at any time.
APP PREFERENCES
Favourite Events - simply toggle on or off which forms you which to see and what order they appear on your home page to make it quicker to enter your data on a regular basis.
System Settings - a very handy reminder can be setup for Wellness and Training entries. If no entry exists at this time, a push notification will appear on your phone.
HELP & SUPPORT
Access to further help documentations here or to contact or send any feedback to the AMS team at ams@ausport.gov.au