Pro Golf Coach: Device Settings Guide

For students and instructors · iPhone and iPad · Pro Golf Coach build 15 and later · November 1, 2026

Five minutes of settings so you hear about new messages, bookings and videos right away, and so the app can keep an instructor’s open times up to date. Everything here is in the iPhone or iPad Settings app. Names shift a little between iOS versions; if a line below does not match your screen exactly, look for the closest one.

Everyone: students and instructors

1. Allow notifications. The first time you sign in, the app asks to send notifications. Tap Allow. If you tapped Don’t Allow, fix it here:

Open Settings, then Notifications, then Pro Golf Coach.
Turn on Allow Notifications.
Under Alerts, tick Lock Screen, Notification Center and Banners.
Turn on Sounds and Badges. Badges is the number on the app icon: it counts your unread messages (and, for students, unread tips).

2. Let the text show on the lock screen. If a notification only says “Notification” under “Pro Golf Coach”, iOS is hiding the message while the phone is locked. This is a privacy setting on your phone, not a fault in the app.

Open Settings, then Notifications, then Pro Golf Coach, then Show Previews.
Choose Always to read it on the lock screen, or When Unlocked to read it after Face ID or your passcode. Never hides the text.
Note: the first line of Settings, then Notifications, then Show Previews sets the default for every app. Pro Golf Coach can override it with the setting above.

3. Check your Focus. A Focus such as Do Not Disturb, Sleep or Work silences notifications from apps it does not allow. Open Settings, then Focus, tap the Focus you use, then Apps (Allowed Notifications), and add Pro Golf Coach. Without that, notifications arrive silently and wait in Notification Center.

4. Cellular data (for sending videos away from Wi-Fi). Open Settings, then Cellular, scroll to Pro Golf Coach and turn it on. Videos are large, so on a limited plan wait for Wi-Fi.

5. Camera (only for a profile photo). The app asks the first time you take a photo. To change it later, open Settings, then Pro Golf Coach (on iOS 18 and later: Settings, then Apps, then Pro Golf Coach), then Camera. Nothing else needs turning on for videos: the app only sees the videos you pick yourself.

Instructors only

6. Calendar: Full Access. The app reads your calendars to find the times you are free, and adds booked lessons to your calendar. Only your open times are shared with students, never event titles or details.

When the app asks, tap Allow Full Access. It must be Full Access, not Add Events Only, because the app has to see when you are busy.
To change it later: Settings, then Pro Golf Coach (iOS 18 and later: Settings, then Apps, then Pro Golf Coach), then Calendars, then Full Access.
Open the app, go to Lesson Bookings, then Calendar & Availability, and choose your availability calendar (usually “Golf Lessons”).

7. Keep your open times fresh in the background. Pro Golf Coach refreshes your open times when you open the app, when your calendar changes, and in the background. For the background part:

Open Settings, then General, then Background App Refresh. Make sure it is On, and that Pro Golf Coach is switched on in the list below it.
Turn off Low Power Mode when you can (Settings, then Battery). It pauses background refresh.
Do not swipe the app away in the app switcher. iOS then stops waking it in the background. Leave it alone: just press Home or lock the screen. (Notifications still arrive either way. What stops is the automatic refresh.)
Your open times still refresh every time you open the app. The small circular-arrow button at the top right of Calendar & Availability refreshes them on the spot.

8. Make sure your calendar and clock are in sync. Open Settings, tap your name, then iCloud, then Calendars, and turn Calendars on if your calendar lives in iCloud. Open Settings, then General, then Date & Time, and turn on Set Automatically so lesson times show in the right time zone.

What you will be notified about

What happens	Who is notified	What it says
A new message	The other person in that conversation	New message from Throw
A student books a lesson	The instructor	Throw booked a lesson: Tuesday, Nov 3 at 10:00 AM (in person)
A lesson is cancelled	The other person	Throw cancelled their lesson on Tuesday, Nov 3 at 10:00 AM. Or: Mike cancelled your lesson on Tuesday, Nov 3 at 10:00 AM
A swing video is added	The other person	Throw added a swing video
A comment or markup on a video	The other person	Mike commented on your swing video. Mike marked up your swing video. Throw commented on a swing video

Several comments in a row on one video, within about three minutes, give one notification, not one each. The number on the app icon counts unread messages (and, for students, unread tips). Reading them in the app clears it.

Check that it works

Sign in on your phone or iPad, tap Allow on the notifications question, then press Home or lock the screen.
Ask the other person (your instructor, or a student) to send you a message from their device.
Within a few seconds the phone should show Pro Golf Coach with New message from their name, and the app icon should show a number.

If notifications do not arrive

Are you signed in? Notifications go to the account that is signed in on this device. Sign out and in again to register it afresh.
Check steps 1 to 3 above: Allow Notifications on, Lock Screen and Banners ticked, Focus not hiding the app.
Is the phone online? Turn Wi-Fi or cellular on, and turn off Airplane Mode.
Is the app up to date? Open TestFlight (or the App Store) and install the newest Pro Golf Coach. Notifications need build 15 or later.
Still nothing? Delete the app, reinstall it from TestFlight, sign in, and tap Allow when asked. Tell your instructor or Michael which step failed.

Password reset emails and TestFlight updates

Forgot password. Tap Forgot password? on the sign-in screen. The 6-digit code arrives from “Pro Golf Coach” (no-reply@jms-solutions.biz). If it is not in your inbox within a couple of minutes, check Junk, and add that address to your Contacts so the next one lands in the inbox.

Staying up to date. In the TestFlight app, open Pro Golf Coach and turn on Automatic Updates. A TestFlight build stops working about 90 days after it is made, so keep updating.