How is Coacha the “best football coaching software”?
There’s a good reason Coacha users are calling it the best football coaching software:
- An easy and straightforward interface which makes booking sessions, taking payments, marking attendance and sending notifications a total breeze.
- Venue bookings allow players to book football pitches or specific equipment if they want.
- COVID-19 safety features integrated within the football booking system to help keep everyone safe and allow the club to take quick measures in order to distance those who are showing symptoms.
- CPSU (Child Protection Safety Unit) features built-in according to the latest NSPCC guidelines to keep young players’ data safe at all times and help parents as well as NOKs track their communication.
- Free Member Portal to let players log onto their football booking system and check everything from club stats to bookable classes to upcoming events and the latest news.
- GoCardless and Stripe integration to make payments a complete breeze!
This is a very brief list of features that makes Coacha the best football software, but that’s just saying it. Why not grab the FREE 14-day trial to see for yourself by it’s the best football software available right now?
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How does Coacha stack up against other “best football software” available today?
While we don’t want to blow our own trumpet, we do want to quickly let you know that as a football booking system, we take convenience, ease-of-use and most important of all, pricing, very seriously.
There are a number of software providers who are gunning for the no. 1 spot for “best football team app”, however, most have been unable to meet user expectations on all three fronts: convenience, ease-of-use and pricing.
What sets Coacha apart as the “best football team app” is how easy it is to approach by even someone who has minimal interest in computers and technology. We understand how not everyone is tech-savvy and we’ve specifically designed the football booking system to meet the needs of every user, no matter what their level of technical and/or computer skills. Think of it as the traditional, decades-old “CRT tube” TV with knobs and sliders but all the features and functionalities of the latest smart TVs!
But even then, does Coacha truly deserve to wear the “best football team app” badge? You decide! Download the FREE 14-day trial now.
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When choosing a football booking system, what kind of features should I look for?
There are quite a few features you need to check for to make sure that your football booking system is going to serve you well over the years.
However, one of the single most important features to look for in a football booking system is for your members to be able to easily book practice sessions online. Did you know that a football club management app can cut admin time in half, sometime even more? If you think about it, sports clubs spend a big chunk of their time arranging for and scheduling training – making sure that session bookings or timeslots are available at the right time and that everyone is on board.
Football club management online just becomes so much easier and simpler with Coacha on your side.
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Can football club management software help me expand and grow my club?
Well, our football club management system certainly does and one of the ways it does this is by offering prospective players a really easy sign-up process, which they can access directly from their football club software.
Another way Coacha helps you grow your club is my making the venue booking process really easy and straightforward – after all, training session and venue booking are going to be two of the most common things your players are going to be engaged in. Try our football coaching software free download today for 14 days to have a better idea!
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Once I download the football coaching software free download, what happens after the trial period expires?
You’ll simply be prompted to pay an unbelievably low monthly price once your football management software free trial runs out. Everything will already be setup, so you won’t have to worry about entering your preferences again or setting everything up just to continue using the fantastic football management software!
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Does using football management software like Coacha require any technical skills?
Oh, none whatsoever! As long as you have a desktop or mobile device, you can run the football management system without much effort. Download it, follow the instructions, and you’re golden. Barely takes a few minutes!
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Can Coacha be called a “football organising app”? What does it help me organise exactly?
Yes, many of our users refer to Coacha as a football organising app and it can help you organise everything from online practice session and venue bookings, to allowing your coaches to book both 1-2-1 and private group sessions online through the football organising app.
In addition, the Coacha football organising app has digital attendance registers which helps you track attendance in a quick and seamless manner. You can also use your football organising app to view club stats at a glance, which can help you better organise future events and even fine-tune sales & marketing strategies should you have one.
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Can you explain how the Venue Booking feature works in your football pitch booking system?
Venue Booking is a really useful feature in our football pitch booking system which allows you to make football pitch, venue or specific equipment bookable, by simply giving players access to this feature from the football pitch booking system.
You need to set up Venue Booking first by logging onto your football pitch booking system and then access Club Settings from the main interface. Next, find the ‘Enable venue bookings’ section, enable it, and you’re all set.
Once the Venue Booking feature is enabled in your football pitch booking system, you can create individual timeslots so that your players can book into them whenever they need a football pitch for training sessions. You can even name your bookings so as to better acquaint the players – e.g. you can call it “football pitch” booking, “football ground booking”, “football gear/equipment” booking, and so on.
If you look for the venue timetable in this section of your football team management software, you’ll find that it has everything you need to know, including how to set timeslots and even make the Venue Booking feature available to specific players, according to their level of subscription or membership. However, if you need an easy and insightful guide to all the Venue Booking features in your football team management software, you can find it here.
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Is the Coacha football software free to use?
We wish! Coacha is ‘football software for free’ for the first 14 days but after that, you need to pay a really low monthly price to use it. It’s also football software ‘free to download’, unlike some of the other football registration software providers who are charging users even to download their app.
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Can football registration software help me attract more players?
One of the things our football team management system does particularly well is let players sign up with ease when they log onto their football team management system from a supported device. You can upload your own custom form too along with a ‘T&C’ document, so that players can conveniently consent to your terms while signing up for a membership! This will definitely help to attract more prospective players.
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I’ve read mixed reviews on some of the best football team management apps available today – can Coacha beat any of these “best football team management apps”?
We honestly believe that it takes a lot for a piece of software to be called the “best football team management app” and while we’re not big fans of self-praise, we will say that Coacha has been designed by sports coaches for sports coaches and players.
Our users feel that it is the “best football team management app”, given the easy-to-use options, premium features which rival the best football team management apps, but at an amazing price point – not to mention the innovative session booking and venue booking features, and how easy it is to manage the day-to-day admin affairs of your club.
But don’t just take our word for it – try out the football team software absolutely FREE for the first 14 days.
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How do players book venues, football pitches or any items I make bookable through the football team software?
This is really easy to do:
Players can access the sessions booking and venue booking feature by first logging onto their pitch booking app, either by using a desktop PC, tablet or smartphone, and then finding the ‘Book a [name]’ option under the main interface. They will then choose a timeslot – from the ones you have made available, that is.
At the time of creating bookable sessions and venues in your pitch booking app, you can also add any guests – for example, if your players will be accompanied by a friend, family member or relative. Finally, your players will choose their mode of payment (unless you have already included booking charges in their prepaid membership) and then hit ‘book’.
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I need help with setting up 1-2-1 bookings in the pitch booking app – can you show me the steps?
Certainly! Simply find the desired coach’s profile in your pitch booking app for which you need to enable the 1-2-1 sessions booking or private group booking option (or both), and then manage their timeslots from thereon, even though you can give them the privilege to manage timeslots on their own too when they log onto their pitch booking app.
The next thing you want to do is access the ‘People’ tab from your pitch booking software’s main interface. There, you will find Timeslot Booking Settings. Everything is self-explanatory and clearly laid out, giving you a variety of options to set in the pitch booking software as far as session bookings go.
Need more insights into how 1-2-1 bookings and timeslots work in the pitch booking software? Here’s an easy-to-follow guide.
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Can the language be changed in my pitch booking software?
Unfortunately, this isn’t possible at the moment as Coacha is only available in English, the most commonly spoken language in the currently supported regions – i.e. the US, UK, EU, AU and Canada.
However, you can definitely change up specific terms in your pitch booking software, such as:
- ‘Session’, ‘Practice’ or ‘Training’ instead of ‘Class’
- ‘Player’, ‘Client’ or ‘Student’ instead of ‘Member’
- ‘Instructor’, ‘Trainer’ or ‘Teacher’ instead of ‘Coacha’
- And so on
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What is the Member Portal feature in my soccer club management app and how does it work?
The FREE Member Portal included with your soccer club management app allows both your players and coaches to login from their chosen device at any time, and view everything from club stats to class schedules, attendance registers, the latest news, and more.
The Member Portal can be used by your players to view training session timeslots, book sessions and entire venues, and conveniently make payments for their monthly subscription/membership. It can even be used by parents or NOKs of young players (if you’ve given them access) to view communications relevant to them as, all the transactions they’ve made (if they are over 18) or, for example, which upcoming events they will be participating in.
Similarly, your coaches can log onto the soccer club management software to make training sessions and timeslots available and track attendance as well as the progress of each player. Please keep in mind, however, that you will need to setup your Member Portal login as the administrator or organisation owner. Once you’ve set this up, you can enable Member Portal logins for your players and coaches as well.
If you want to know more about how to access the Member Portal and create logins from your soccer club management software, then this useful guide is all your need.
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Can booked sessions be cancelled by players themselves using the soccer club management software or do I need to do it for them?
Your players are always at liberty to cancel booked sessions themselves directly from the soccer club software – they can do this by heading to ‘Your Classes’ from the main interface and then selecting ‘Cancel’. However, you do need to give them permission to book/cancel sessions when setting up bookable sessions/classes from your end in the soccer club software.
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How do I assign Member Portal logins to my players so that they can use the soccer club software to view certain information?
This is really easy to do from your soccer coaching software – after logging in, find the ‘Your Members’ tab from the main interface. Tap on ‘Set member logins’, and then the ‘Send to Everyone’ tab will be checked automatically in the soccer coaching software.
You also have the option to send login details to specific players or groups only – all you need to do is uncheck the ‘Send to Everyone’ tab and choose the players/session/group from the dropdown menu. Then proceed to ‘Add’ and once you’ve added them, click on ‘Send Login Request’.
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Does the soccer coaching software download require any fee or charges?
None at all! You can grab your soccer coaching software download right now absolutely free – a privilege even most “soccer coaching software free download” offers are not providing. Sure, it may be advertised as “soccer coaching software free download”, along with many other marketing tactics to rack up their download statistics, but it is rarely “free”. On the other hand, our soccer management app is totally free to download AND try for free during the first 14 days.
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I’m not familiar with how to create bookable sessions through a soccer management app – can you show me how to do this?
Absolutely!
After creating a bookable session or class through the ‘People’ tab (accessible from the main navigation bar) in your soccer management app, look for a checkbox at the bottom: “Can people book onto this class?”
You need to check this box and choose the maximum number of players who can book onto the class/session* you’ve just created.
*Please note that you have the option to change the language in Coacha so you can rename ‘Classes’ to ‘Practices’ or ‘Sessions’, or ‘Coaches’ to ‘Instructors’ or ‘Trainers’, for example.
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Can I allow my players to pay for any bookable sessions on a pay-as-you-go model?
Yes, this is totally possible to do from your soccer management software;
Once you make your sessions ‘bookable’ in the soccer management software, additional options will now show up – one of these options says ‘pay-as-you-go’. Just go ahead and check that. Now choose how clients pay you, so if you’re already connected with GoCardless or Stripe, that’s awesome as it’s a brilliant way to collect online payments through your soccer management software with minimal transaction charges.
Alternatively, your players can also pay in cash through the soccer registration software, although most clubs are trying to get away from this.
Naturally, the ones coming under ‘paid’ have already paid their club subscription fee through the soccer registration software. The ones shown as ‘‘pending’ have yet to make their payment. So, with people paying in cash, just hit the ‘make a payment’ button against an individual payment and the status will be changed. As long as they have funds in their account, the soccer registration software will register it as “paid”.
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My players have different subscriptions so can I set who can book training sessions through the soccer software and who can’t?
We thought club owners might need a feature like this in their soccer software at some point, so you bet there’s a way to set who can book onto sessions or not!
Once you’ve created a class/session and made it ‘bookable’, simply look for the checkbox: “Restrict Member Groups’. Now choose the groups who can book through the soccer software and who can’t. And, you’re done!
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I wanted to add additional membership options in the soccer software sign-up form – is there a way to do this?
Absolutely! Through your soccer team management app, you can add as many subscription plans as you like to your football club sign-up form – helping your players to easily choose their desired subscription plan right there and then.
Just log onto your soccer team management app and access ‘Club Settings’ from the main dashboard. Then go to ‘Club sign up form’. Next, look for ‘Add payment to your sign up form’. Now, you can offer players the option to pay on a recurring model or a one-off/pay-as-you-go model.
There’s just one small step left: pick the subscription(s) you want players to see when they sign up and then click on ‘Add subscription plan’. This needs to be clicked on every time you want to add another subscription option. Now hit ‘Save’ and voila! All the subscription options you just set in your soccer team management app will now appear before you and your players when they sign up.
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What if I need help with setting up my soccer team management app as this is the first time I’m using a soccer team management software like Coacha?
Setting up your soccer team management software has never been easier. Here’s a really easy and friendly guide through which you can set everything up* in your soccer team management software in just 5 simple steps.
*Want to change up some of the terms in your soccer team management software? Coacha offers the option to change the terms, so you can rename ‘Classes’ to ‘Practices’ or ‘Sessions’, or ‘Coaches’ to ‘Instructors’ or ‘Trainers’, or ‘Member’ to ‘Player/Athlete’, for example.
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Can my club’s Terms and Conditions be updated directly through the soccer team software?
Yes, this is possible and really easy too:
Choose ‘Profile’ from your soccer team software’s main dashboard. Then go to ‘Club Settings’ and then ‘Signup Form’. Go ahead and remove the current T&C document which was attached when you created the signup form in your soccer team software. Now use the ‘Upload a file’ option to upload the latest T&C document, so that the next time your players or coaches log onto the soccer team software, they will receive a notification that a new T&C document has been uploaded which requires their consent. This notification will also be sent to them automatically via the football academy management software in the form of an email.
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My football academy software does not seem to be accepting payments from some of my members – what could possibly be the issue?
While the Coacha football club administration software does work seamlessly with nearly all major debit cards, you do need to make sure that everything is A-OK with your member’s Current Accounts. But if you’re still experiencing issues accepting payments from members as part of their connection you’re your football club communication software, then check if:
- The account info they have given you and you’ve used in your install of Coacha’s football club database management online has sufficient funds, and;
- They have joint permissions from the people listed as signatories on the account as multiple signatures will be required on these types of accounts.
Other than that, you may want to check with GoCardless or Stripe to make sure their network isn’t down. If you still can’t figure out why your football club database management service won’t let you make/receive payments, please submit a ticket so we can investigate the matter further.
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What kind of security measures are there in your football club database management software to keep my personal data safe?
In addition to complying with the NSPCC’s Child Protection Safety Unit (CPSU) guidelines, we also help you to comply with GDPR regulations. Just by using Coacha itself you’ll be squaring away up to about 80% of your GDPR needs (the rest you need to ensure from your end) – while our servers are encrypted with the latest in SSL technology. Plus, our team never access any user data unless they are working on the system for things like product updates, support or problem solving.
In short, we have taken every step possible to ensure that your data remains safe when you’re using our football club management service to communicate with your coaches and players.
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Are GoCardless and Stripe the only two modes of football club payment processing available in Coacha?
No, your football coaching & administration app also supports the ability to record bank transfer and cash, in addition to Standing Order and BACS payments. However, we’d still recommend sticking with GC or Stripe as they’ve got some of the best transaction rates in the industry, that sits at the heart of your soccer management system.
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I sometimes don’t have an internet connection – can pitch booking apps like Coacha be used offline?
Yes, our football management software for your agency, club or organisation can definitely be used offline with minimal functionality, but you will need internet access to use Coacha fully.
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I’ve seen a lot of ads for free football software – is it truly “free”?
Us too! These ads for free football software often flood the internet without warning and we’ve to admit, some of the free football systems ads do make it very enticing to download, even if you end up paying a small fee later down the line.
However, the thing with free football systems is that they are rarely ever truly free. You can bet they will charge an administrative fee just to let you try it out for “free” or ask for credit card details as you are about to download them – and you can guess what happens next!
Coacha will never mislead you in anyway: it is totally FREE to download and try for the first 14 days and then, you pay a really awesome price each month to keep using it.