Practice Sessions

Practice Sessions are scheduled rehearsal slots — specific blocks of time set aside for music practice, sports training, language drills, or any other regular skill you want to track. They sit alongside your study blocks in your calendar and contribute to your overall study statistics.

Viewing your practice sessions

Go to Practice Sessions from your sidebar. You'll see a list of all your scheduled sessions, most recent first.

Each row shows:

• The session title and a conflict indicator (🔴) if the session overlaps another event
• The subject it belongs to, and the instrument (🎵 Piano, 🎵 Violin, etc.) if you set one
• The date and time of the session
• How long the session is (duration)
• The current status — Planned, In Progress, or Completed

Filtering your list

Use the filter bar at the top of the page to narrow down your sessions:

On mobile, tap 🔍 Filter to open the filter panel, set your options, then tap Apply filters. Tap Clear to remove all filters at once.

On desktop, the subject and status filters apply as soon as you change them. The conflicts-only checkbox also applies immediately. Click Clear filters to reset everything.

Creating a practice session

1. Select + New Practice Session — the button at the top right of the page.
2. Fill in the required fields:
   • Title — A short description, e.g. "Bach Cello Suite — Movement 1" (max 200 characters)
   • Subject — Choose from your active subjects
   • Start — The date and time the session begins
   • End — The date and time it finishes
3. Optionally:
   • Instrument — Enter the instrument or activity you're practising (e.g. "Piano", "Violin", "Spanish"). A 🎵 icon appears in your session list when this is set.
   • Notes — Any reminders or focus areas for the session
   • Status — Defaults to Planned; change if needed
4. Select Create Session.

The page reloads with your new session at the top of the list.

Rules for start and end times

• End must be after start
• Times must fall on 5-minute boundaries (e.g. 14:00, 14:05, 14:10 — not 14:03)
• Sessions can span midnight — for example, a late-night practice starting at 11 PM and ending at 12:30 AM is fine

If you enter invalid times, the form will tell you exactly what to fix before it lets you save.

Editing a practice session

Select any row in the list to open the edit panel. On desktop this slides in from the right; on mobile it slides up from the bottom.

You can also get here from the Study Calendar: select the session, then Edit →. The Practice Sessions page opens with the edit panel for that session already open. To change only the time, you can drag the session on the calendar instead.

All fields are editable: title, subject, start, end, instrument, notes, and status. The same time rules apply as when creating.

Select Save changes when you're done. The list updates immediately.

Updating the status

Deleting a practice session

Open the edit panel for the session you want to remove, then select Delete at the bottom left of the panel. A confirmation message appears — select Yes, delete to remove it permanently, or No, keep it to go back.

Deleted sessions cannot be recovered.

The instrument icon 🎵

When you set an instrument on a session, a 🎵 icon and the instrument name appear alongside the subject in the list. This makes it easy to see at a glance what you'll be practising, especially when you have sessions for several different instruments or activities.

To remove the icon, open the edit panel, clear the Instrument field, and save. The icon disappears from the row straight away.

Schedule conflicts

A schedule conflict means a practice session overlaps by at least a minute with a family activity from your linked parent's calendar. Two of your own study items that overlap are not flagged as a conflict.

Conflicting sessions are marked with 🔴 in the list. When you open the edit panel for a conflicting session, a warning appears at the top with a View in calendar link that takes you straight to the relevant date on your Study Calendar.

PlanStudyBoost checks for conflicts every time you create, edit or delete a practice session, here or on the Study Calendar. It also checks when you move a session on the calendar. This page reloads after you save, so the 🔴 marker is up to date straight away.

To resolve a conflict, change the session's start or end time so it no longer overlaps the family activity.

Recurring sessions

If a practice session is part of a recurring series (set up via the Study Calendar), a notice appears in the edit panel: "This is part of a recurring series. Editing this occurrence only."

Edits you make here apply only to that single session — the rest of the series stays unchanged.

Frequently asked questions

Can I create a session that spans midnight?

Yes. Practice sessions have no same-day requirement, so a session starting at 23:00 and ending at 00:30 the next day is valid. This is useful for overnight events or music camps.

Why are there only three statuses — no Cancelled?

Practice sessions are meant to either happen (Planned → Completed) or be rescheduled. If a session is no longer happening, simply delete it. The three-status model keeps things simple.

Can I track multiple instruments under the same subject?

Yes. Create a separate session for each instrument slot, using the Instrument field to distinguish them. They can all belong to the same subject (e.g. "Music"), and the 🎵 icon in the list will show which instrument each session is for.

My session shows a conflict but I can't see anything overlapping on the calendar. Why?

The check compares your sessions with the family activities your linked parent shares with you, including events synced from their Google Calendar. Open the calendar on the session's date to see the family activity it overlaps.

If your parent has removed that activity, the 🔴 marker can stay for a while. It clears the next time the check runs, for example when you save, move or delete one of your study blocks or practice sessions, or when your parent's Google Calendar syncs.

My session overlaps something but isn't showing a conflict. Why?

A session is flagged only when it overlaps a family activity from your linked parent's calendar. Overlapping one of your own study blocks or tests is not a conflict. The check runs as soon as you save, so if no 🔴 appears, one of these is usually the reason:

• You don't have a linked parent yet, so there are no family activities to check against.
• The overlap is shorter than a minute. A session that starts exactly when the activity ends doesn't count.
• The session starts more than 90 days from now. Conflicts are checked for the next 90 days.

Can I create a recurring practice session?

Recurring sessions are managed via the Study Calendar. See Study Calendar for details. Recurring sessions show a 🔁 icon in the Practice Sessions list; editing them here changes only that single occurrence.

Why can't I select an archived subject?

Archived subjects are hidden from the dropdown to keep the list manageable. To make a subject available again, go to Subjects and restore it.

Related

• Study Calendar — see all your sessions on a time grid
• Study Blocks — schedule focused study time for academic subjects
• Subjects — manage the subjects used in your sessions
• Pomodoro Timer — start a focused timer to track how long you actually practise
• Analytics — see how much time you've spent practising each subject