The coach's phone never stops
Every lesson is a thread. "Can you do Thursday?" "What about six?" The coach's evenings go on replies, and a member without the number never gets a lesson.
Lessons at your club
Coaching lessons your members book themselves
Clayside is coaching and lesson booking software for racket sports clubs. A member picks a coach, says when they can play, and the coach says yes. The price is on the screen before anyone agrees. No phone numbers, no WhatsApp thread.
On every club plan, from £265 a year. Free for fourteen days, no card.
No phone numbers change hands We take no cut of a lesson Nothing for the coach to maintain
Coaches here
Sam OkaforHead coach. Groups Tuesday and Thursday.
One hour · Six lessons · Group of four
Bank transfer
Ask for a lesson
Priya NairJuniors and beginners.
One hour · Group of four
Cash, at the court
Ask for a lesson
Groups with places
Tue 18:00 · ImproversSam · 1 place left
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Your lessons
Sam OkaforThu 19:00 · One hour
Agreed
The problem
What goes wrong with club coaching now
The group with a place nobody knew about
Tuesday's improvers has room for one more. The coach knows, the member who wanted it does not, and the place goes empty all term.
"What does he owe the club?"
The coach remembers one number and the treasurer has another. Nobody wrote down who had which lessons, so the end of the month is an argument.
How it works
How a coaching lesson gets booked
The same way your members already arrange a match. Nobody learns anything new.
- The member picks a coach and suggests times. Up to six of them, and a line about what they want to work on, if they like.
- The coach says yes to one. Or the member asks any coach, and whoever answers first takes it.
- Both see the price before they agree. When, who, how much and how to pay, on one screen with one button: "Agree to this".
- It counts as taught unless somebody calls it off. Nobody takes a register after every hour, and nothing is charged for a lesson that did not happen.
Alex Byrne asked for a lesson
"Second serve, mostly."
The times they offered
Tue 18:00
Tue 19:00
Thu 18:00
One hour
Bank transfer
Nothing is taken now.
Either of you can call it off, and nothing is charged for a lesson that did not happen.
Agree to this
Back
The money
Coaching money stays between your coach and your club
We write down who had what and what it cost. The member pays the way they always have: cash at the court, a bank transfer, the coach's own card reader, or on their club tab. No card fees, no cut, nothing in between.
Prices in the coach's own words
One hour, a block of six, a group of four at a price a head. Members see them before they ask.
Groups fill themselves
The coach puts "Tuesday 6pm, improvers, up to four" on. Members take places. Two people cannot take the last one.
The club's share, if there is one
Nought unless you set it. The coach and the treasurer square up each month, and both see the same figure.
Juniors go through a parent
A coach never sees a pupil's phone number or email. A junior's lesson goes to whoever holds the family's sign-in.
Questions
What clubs ask about coaching
Who can be a coach?
Anyone on your register, named from the Coaching screen. There is nothing to switch on: lessons work the moment the first coach is named.
A coach who is not a member of your club can be added too. They do not count towards your plan's member limit, and they cannot be entered into your competitions.
Does the coach have to use it?
They say yes or no on their phone, and they see what they are owed. That is all.
Does it take the payment?
No. Your coach is paid the way they are paid now: cash at the court, a bank transfer, their own card reader, or on the member's club tab. We keep the record, and nothing is taken when a lesson is agreed.
Can a member ask for a lesson for their child?
Yes, from the family's own sign-in. A junior's lesson goes to whoever holds it, and the coach never sees a phone number or an email address for anybody.
Which plans have coaching, and what does it cost?
Every club plan, from Club 125 at £265 a year. It is included: no charge per coach or per lesson.
Every new league gets fourteen days with everything switched on, and no card. See what each plan holds.
Coaching
Put your coaches on and let members ask
Name a coach and type their prices. Coaching is on every club plan, from £265 a year, and every new league gets fourteen days free, with no card.