Soccer
The WhatsApp bot for soccer coaches: practice RSVPs and attendance
Soccer, or football as most of the world calls it, runs on a weekly rhythm of practice and match day. Both ask the coach the same question: who is actually coming? Pitchside sends the session in WhatsApp, collects a yes or no from every family, and keeps the list.
20 coaches get 30 days free, with no card and one coach phone. The trial page checks how many places are left.
You message the bot first. It never adds anyone to a group chat.
Coach
Under 12 practice Thursday 5:30 at Beale Park. Small-sided games, 60 minutes.
Pitchside
Sent to 18 families. 12 in so far.
Parent
Yes - Leo
Pitchside
Noted. Leo is in for training.
An example of the messages, not a real club.
How a soccer week runs
The week turns on two messages. Practice goes out before the midweek session, and the match day message goes out with the kick-off time, the ground and any kit note. The bot writes each one up, sends it to the families in that squad, and keeps a reply count so a coach can see who has gone quiet without scrolling a group chat.
Sending practice or a match
A coach types the session, or holds the microphone and says it. Either way it is one message, and it carries everything a parent needs.
- The squad, so the right families get it and nobody else does.
- The day, the time and the ground, or the kick-off time on match day.
- What to bring, whether that is boots, shin pads or a water bottle.
- Anything that changed, so a late move is one message rather than five.
An RSVP is intent, and attendance is what happened
A yes means a family intends to come, and coaches know that is not the same as a player on the grass. So the reply list and the attendance list stay separate: the bot collects the replies before the session, and the coach marks who actually turned up afterwards. Nothing marks a player present because a parent tapped yes.
For coaches moving a squad off a group chat
Nothing needs to be migrated. A coach messages the bot, sets up the squad, and sends the next session from there. Families answer in WhatsApp, which they already have open, and nobody installs anything.
See how the WhatsApp bot runs a sessionQuestions coaches ask
Do parents need to install a separate soccer app?
No. Families answer in WhatsApp, the app they already use, and parents and players never need a Pitchside account or a login.
Can one coach run more than one team?
Yes. A coach phone covers one coach across every squad they run, so a coach with two age groups pays the same A$4.99 a week as a coach with one.
Does the bot need a club listing on Pitchside?
No. The bot is sold on its own and a website listing is separate. A club can run the bot with no listing, or add the bot to a club it already has on Pitchside.
Price and coverage
The price, and where it works
A$4.99 a week for one coach, paid in Australian dollars. A coach phone covers one coach however many teams they run, and parents and players never take a seat. No club listing is needed to run the bot.
WhatsApp setup is configured for Australia, the UK, New Zealand, the US, Canada and Singapore. Coaches elsewhere cannot finish setup yet.
At the Reserve Bank of Australia rates for 14 October 2026 (USD 0.7002 and GBP 0.5275 for each Australian dollar), A$4.99 is about US$3.49 or GBP2.63. Checkout is in Australian dollars, so your bank's own rate and any fees can change the amount you see. Reserve Bank of Australia exchange rates.
20 coaches get thirty days of the bot free in the founder test.