ASCEND · by John Leitch Coaching

Stop pricing your academy on a guess.

The calculator that tells grassroots football academy owners exactly what to charge — built around your real costs, your time, and what your coaching is actually worth. Five minutes. One number.

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The calculator · 60 seconds

What are you really earning per hour?

Drop in your real numbers — costs, time, the lot. No email needed to see the verdict.

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Pop your name and email in and the calculator opens right here — takes 60 seconds to get your real number.

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Your session
£
hours
Your costs (per session)
£
£
£
The reality
%
hours
The verdict
Your real hourly rate
£0
£0
Revenue / session
£0
Profit / session
0%
Margin
£0
Total cost
0
Break-even players
0h
Time invested
You should be charging
£0
for a healthy 40% margin
£0New hourly rate
£0New profit / session
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The problem

Most academy owners are guessing

You set your price years ago. Or you matched the club down the road. Or you picked a number that felt fair and never touched it again. Meanwhile your costs climbed, your sessions filled up, and your price stood still.

01

You haven't raised your prices in two years or more.

02

You charge what feels fair — not what the numbers actually say.

03

You've no real idea what a single player costs you to coach.

Every one of those is money walking out the gate, week after week.

What it does

Plug in your numbers. Get a price you can stand behind.

Venue, coaches, sessions, group sizes, kit — the lot. It does the maths you've been avoiding and hands you back a price built on your real costs, not a hunch.

  • Your true cost-per-player, worked out for you
  • The price that hits the margin you actually want to run on
  • A break-even line, so you always know your floor
  • See what changes when you add sessions or players
  • Built for grassroots football, not a generic template
Why listen to me
JL

I built Play It Love It from nothing to 300-350 players a week across Aberdeenshire over ten years — then sold it. Every pricing mistake baked into this calculator is one I made first and fixed the hard way. Now I help academy owners build businesses that actually pay them properly.

— John Leitch
10 Years 350 Weekly Players Built · Scaled · Sold

Want the whole system, not just the price?

The calculator fixes one number. ASCEND fixes the whole business — my mentoring programme for academy owners, walking you through the full method to turn a grassroots academy into something that runs without you.

Book a free intro call · ASCEND £50/mo
Before you ask

The quick questions

Is it really free?
Yes — completely. The calculator's free to use right here, and the spreadsheet + guide are free too. No card needed.
Do I have to give my email?
No. Use the calculator on this page as much as you like without giving anything. Pop your email in only if you want the full spreadsheet and the guide to keep.
What do I get by email?
The full calculator spreadsheet (works in Excel and Google Sheets) plus the how-to guide with the worked example.
Will this work for my area?
Yes — it's built on your real numbers, not averages, so it works wherever you coach: city, town or village.

Know your number by tonight.

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Free · built for grassroots academies · yours to keep.