If your idea of a perfect outdoor side hustle involves coaching athletes — kids or adults — on how to improve their game, there are a couple of good sites that can help you coach athletes.
CoachUp
CoachUp connects athletes with private coaches in pretty much any sport. In addition to creating the forum where coaches can advertise their services, the site covers coaches and clients booking through them with $1 million liability insurance policy.
Coaches are paid by direct deposit within a week following a coaching session. Coaches set their own rates. The site says that their average coach charges $45 per hour. The one catch is that this site charges very high fees for the first few sessions with a new client.
Specifically, on the first session booked with any individual athlete, you take home just 57% of the gross. The site takes the rest. However, the CoachUp commission drops with each subsequent booking with that same athlete. After five sessions, the site takes just 6% of the booking amount.
You can learn more about CoachUp here.
Athletes Untapped
If you happen to coach in Delaware, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, there’s another good option — Athletes Untapped. This young online platform connects coaches with athletes in 10 sports for in-person coaching. Coaches determine what they’re qualified to coach, set their own rates, availability, and determine where to meet the athlete.
The only upfront cost of signing up is that coaches must submit to a background check, which the site has arranged to offer at a $10 rate. Athletes Untapped aims to differentiate itself from other coaching apps by offering both coaches and student athletes the ability to post short videos on the site to provide more detailed tips on what the student needs to focus on. When a session is finished, payment is transferred to the coach’s Stripe account, minus the site’s 20% commission.