Not more clients. Smarter hours. On the mobile model, $10K comes down to how you stack the hours you've got, not how many families want you. Here's the math, and a calculator you can play with.
Your ceiling isn't how many families want you — it's how many hours you've got while you're in school. So the number that matters isn't clients, it's dollars per coaching hour. Watch what happens to that number across your three formats:
| Format (best rate) | Athletes / session | Per coaching hour |
|---|---|---|
| 1:1 mobile | 1 | $55–65 |
| Semi-private pod | 4 | $140 |
| Team / small-group block | 5+ | $175 |
Same hour of your time, two-to-three times the money. That's the whole game. A calendar full of 1:1s can't reach $10K without more hours than a school week has. A calendar built on pods and teams gets there on half the hours. Every plan below runs through group work.
Drag the sliders. The goal bar fills as your monthly number climbs toward $10,000 — and it shows you the coaching hours a week that mix actually costs you.
In-person only. Assumes ~4.3 weeks a month and one coaching hour per session.
The default mix lands right around $10K — see how it leans on pods and teams, and how few 1:1s it needs. Try pulling the 1:1s up and the pods down; watch the hours-per-week jump for the same money.
Lead with pods, land a team. One club or team contract is five to ten athletes in a single booking, at your best hourly rate. That one move does more for the total than a month of chasing 1:1s.
Keep the calendar full. Empty slots are the real enemy of the hourly number. Proof (assessments and results), referrals, and a couple of club partnerships are what keep pods full and forming.
Hold your price. The offer upgrade lets you charge like a premium coach instead of the cheap option. Nudge the price slider up $5–10 and watch the goal — small moves, real money at this volume.