How to track football team attendance in WhatsApp

The actual problem

In a group chat, the answers arrive across a long thread, some replies land in the wrong place, and nobody can see at a glance who has not answered. The usual fix is to ask twice, which is the part that eats the evening.

The five minutes before training

A single question with a single answer is what makes this work, and it runs in three short moves.

• Send one message with the squad, the time and the place.
• Families tap yes or no in WhatsApp.
• Read who is coming before you leave for the ground.

Sending the session

Type the session in the chat with the squad, the time and the place, or hold the microphone and say it. The bot writes it up and sends it out, so a coach standing on a touchline can start the week without opening a laptop.

What you need to run it

A phone with WhatsApp is the whole requirement. The bot runs on its own, so your club does not need a listing on Pitchside to use it, and parents never install anything or make an account.

What it costs after the free month

The current founder test gives 20 coaches thirty days of the bot free, with no card and one coach phone. After that the standalone bot is A$4.99 a week for one coach phone, and a coach phone covers one coach however many teams they run. Parents and players never take a seat.

If your club already runs on Pitchside

A Pitchside Pro organisation includes bot access and five coach phones, so sign in and turn it on rather than taking a second subscription. A club that already runs more coach phones than its plan covers keeps every one of them.