Booking Software for Sports Coaches

Bookings, payments and your diary in one place, and clients already searching for a coach in your area. No commission, no subscription.

Most coaching software solves one half of the problem and leaves you the other half. Schedulers hand you a booking link. Who you send it to is still your department. Marketplaces do bring people, then charge you for the privilege on the way past. Programme apps only start once somebody is already on your books.

The four jobs it has to do

What changes for your sport

The tools are the same. How a sport is booked is not.

Yoga and pilates are supported too. They do not have a page here yet because those markets are studio led, and a thin page written to cover all seven would not help anybody choosing.

What the others charge

Published prices for coaching and booking platforms UK coaches use, read from each platform's own pricing page in September 2026
Platform Published price Charged per Commission Card processing
Fresha£14.95 a month solo, £9.95 per team memberPer bookable team member20% of a marketplace client's first booking, minimum £41.40% and 25p online, 1.19% and 20p in person
Booksy£40 a month, plus £5 per extra team member, all plus VATPer business, then per staff member30% of a Boost client's first visit, minimum £5Not published on the pricing page
My PT Hub£20 a month for 3 clients, £59 a month unlimitedPer trainerNone publishedStripe charged separately
ABC TrainerizeFree for 1 client, $9 a month for 2, $23 a month from 5Per trainer, banded by client countNone publishedStripe payments is a $10 a month add on
Gymcatch£10 a month, plus £2 and VAT per bolt onPer businessNone publishedExplicitly excluded from the headline price
TeamUp$189 a month at 101 to 200 active customersPer active customer bandNone publishedNot published on the pricing page
Upper Hand$79 a month Start, paid annuallyPer businessNone publishedNot published on the pricing page
ProAgenda$15 a month Base, $44 Plus, $87 PremiumPer agenda, so per coach diaryNone publishedNot published on the pricing page
Foremost GolfFree on EMP Premium, £7.42 a month on EMP LitePer pro, on top of Foremost membershipNone. Foremost states the booking system is commission freeNot published on the booking system page
ClubSparkFree to LTA registered venues and accredited coachesPer venueNone, but ClubSpark adds 1.4% and 5p on top of StripeStripe 1.5% and 20p, so 2.9% and 25p in total
GoalMate£0No charges to coachesNone. You keep 100% of your session priceIncluded. The client pays £1 up to £25, then 4%

Every figure above was read from the platform's own public pricing page in September 2026, and is quoted in the currency it is published in rather than converted. Published rates change, so treat this as the starting point for your own check. Where a column says none published, the platform does not state a figure on a public page.

Read the full fee breakdown for what each charging model costs across a year.

Six questions worth asking any platform

Read what coaching platforms charge, what no commission has to mean, or, if you are starting with no budget at all, what free actually gets you.

What GoalMate costs

Free to join, no subscription, and no commission on any booking. You keep 100% of the session price you set. The client pays a service fee at checkout: a flat £1 on sessions up to £25, and 4% above that. See the full pricing breakdown.

Common questions

What is booking software for sports coaches?

It shows people when you are free, lets them book and pay there and then, and keeps your diary, your clients and your money in one place. The test worth applying is whether it handles blocks and group sessions, because that is where most general appointment tools run out of road.

How is it different from a general scheduling tool?

A general tool books an appointment. Coaching needs blocks sold up front, group sessions where each place is bought separately, different prices for different lengths, and more than one venue. Anything the software cannot model ends up as work you do by hand.

What does booking software for coaches cost in the UK?

Three models are common. Commission takes a cut of each session. Subscriptions run from about 10 to 50 pounds a month, and the big marketplaces sit nearer the top of that. A few charge the coach nothing and put a fee on the client at checkout instead. Which works out cheapest comes down to how much you work.

Does GoalMate work for my sport?

GoalMate supports golf, tennis, football, personal training, yoga, pilates and cricket. The sport pages cover the five where the booking workflow differs most, but every sport is supported and the tools are the same.

Can I keep the software I already use?

Yes, and most coaches do. If you write programmes in one app and run your accounts in another, neither has to change. GoalMate covers being found, booked and paid, which is the part those tools were never built for.

How long before I can take a booking?

Building a profile and setting your availability takes most coaches 10 to 20 minutes. After that there are two waits outside your hands: Stripe identity verification so you can be paid, and our check of your coaching qualifications before the profile goes public.

What happens when somebody cancels?

Cancel more than 24 hours ahead and the client is refunded automatically. Inside 24 hours the session is yours. Because the card was charged at the point of booking rather than on the day, a late cancellation is not a conversation you have to have.

Do I need insurance and qualifications?

Yes. Every coach is checked before their profile goes live, which is the reason a client booking somebody they have never met is willing to pay up front.

Where does GoalMate work?

The software works anywhere in the UK. Client discovery does not yet: we are live across the North West and the Midlands, so if you coach elsewhere you can take bookings from day one but should not expect us to bring you new clients yet.

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