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When RinkNotes writes up a player-feedback note, it also tags it with one observation category — the developmental area the note is about. This gives every piece of feedback a consistent, at-a-glance meaning, and lets the dashboard show where your week’s attention went.
Categories apply to player feedback only. Game stats, action items, and game insights aren’t tagged this way.

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The nine categories

Each category has a color used consistently everywhere it appears — the feed, the dashboard breakdown, and a player’s page. You can see the full list any time under Settings on the web workspace.
The nine RinkNotes observation categories with their colours: Compete, Skating, Composure, Skill, Coachable, Compete Edge, Hockey IQ, Defensive, Systems

The nine observation categories and the colour each uses — consistent across the feed, dashboard, and player pages.

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Changing a category

RinkNotes assigns the category automatically, but you have the final say. While a note is still in the Feed, open it and pick a different category if the note fits better somewhere else. The change sticks once you confirm the note.
Don’t overthink it — the automatic tag is usually right, and the category is just there to help you see patterns. Reassign only when it’s clearly off.