Getting started

One account for the family, one profile per athlete, and a first day won before dinner.

1. Create the family account

TierBreak uses one account per family, held by an adult or a player aged 13+. Sign up with your email, then confirm it. That account owns everything: athlete profiles, match history, training logs, and privacy settings.

Under 13? Children under 13 never get accounts or log in. You — the parent or guardian — create and control a player profile for them. The app records your consent when you create it. See the parents' guide for the full picture.

2. Add your athlete

From Settings, add a player. You'll enter their name, birth year or graduation year, and home state. Two paths from here:

You manage the profile — typical for younger players. Everything is logged from your phone.
The athlete joins (13+) — send them an invite from the app. They install TierBreak, tap your invite link, and get their own login connected to the family. They log their own sessions; you both see the picture.

3. Add their ratings (optional, recommended)

If your athlete has played sanctioned tournaments, add their USTA ID and World Tennis Number so their rating trends live in one place next to the work. Deeper, live linking through official USTA channels is on the way. If they've never played a tournament, skip this — it'll be ready when they are.

4. Set the training baseline

In the Training tab, tell TierBreak what a normal week looks like right now — hours of tennis, physical work, and mental work. This becomes the baseline that charts, weekly reviews, and progress comparisons are measured against. Honest beats ambitious: you can raise it as the athlete grows.

5. Win the first day

The Today screen is the heartbeat of TierBreak. A day is won when the athlete does meaningful work in the areas that matter that day — a practice logged, a mental rep completed, a match tracked. Log today's practice session (date, type, duration, a quick note), and watch the ring close.

Days won build streaks, streaks build records, and records show up in the Weekly Review. The whole system is designed around one idea: show up today, and let the proof accumulate.

6. Take the Mental Pathway placement

When you're ready (today or next week), open the Mental tab and take the placement assessment — about 10 minutes of honest self-ratings. It places the athlete in the right phase of a five-phase mental performance curriculum. There's no failing score; there's only a starting line. Full tour in the Mental Pathway guide.

What to do this week

Day	Do this
Today	Account, athlete profile, baseline. Log one session.
Tomorrow	Mental Pathway placement. Try one neuro game.
Next practice	Log it within an hour of finishing — build the habit.
Next match	Track it live, point by point. Here's how.
Sunday	Open the Weekly Review together. Two minutes. Celebrate something.

Next: Tracking your first match →