A local footy volunteer capturing stats on an iPad at the ground
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Get paid to capture footy stats near you

Local clubs pay around $100 a game for someone to capture simple live stats — a couple of hours pitch-side, watching the footy. If you know the game, our tutorial gets you ready in about five minutes. You can capture on a phone, though a tablet is easier — and an iPad is best of all.

Become a Stat Capturer

The tutorial works best on a tablet or computer.

See how it works

New to Powercoach?

Powercoach is an AI-powered stats platform grassroots footy clubs across Australia use to coach smarter. A Stat Capturer records the game on a tablet (or phone), and the coach gets live stats, insights and reports. Clubs everywhere need Stat Capturers to help out on game day — and that's where you come in.

How you get matched

1

A club nearby needs someone

A coach has a game and no one to capture it, so they ask Powercoach to find a Stat Capturer close by.

2

We text you the details

Ground, time and the fee. If you can do it, reply YES — first to reply gets the game.

3

You capture & get paid

We introduce you to the club. You settle the fee (about $100) with them, capture the game, and get paid on the day.

Powercoach only makes the introduction — the fee is between you and the club, and we never take a cut.

It's simpler than it sounds

You're not scoring the game or typing anything up. You tap where a passage of play starts, then tap where it ends. If you follow footy, you already know enough to do it.

Anyone can do it

No stats background, no special skills. If you understand footy, you know enough.

Mostly just two taps

Tap where a passage of play starts, tap where it ends. You're not logging every kick or keeping score.

On your own iPad

It runs in the browser on any tablet — nothing to download or install. Just open it and go.

Ready in about five minutes

Have a go at the tutorial below — five minutes and you'll have the hang of it.

Free to try — no sign-up needed. Works best on a tablet or computer.

What you'll need

You bring the device — it all runs in your browser, nothing to install.

Recommended

An iPad

iPadOS 16.4 or later. The bigger screen makes keeping up with the play much easier.

Or an Android tablet

Android 13 or later with 8GB+ RAM (e.g. a Samsung Galaxy Tab).

A phone to start

Great for getting going — a tablet's larger screen is just easier on game day.

Charged & connected

A tablet with its own SIM is smoothest; a phone hotspot works too.

See full device requirements →

Sign up and get certified

Three steps — about half an hour all up — and you're in the pool for paid games near you.

We'll text a code to confirm it — this is how clubs reach you about games.

Next: the certification — we'll take you straight there.

Questions people ask

Clubs near you pay around $100 for a game, usually cash or a bank transfer on the day. You agree the amount directly with the club — Powercoach never takes a cut. Powercoach only introduces you to the club, and you sort the fee with them directly.

None at all. Capturing stats takes about two minutes to learn — you tap the screen to record what happens on the field. Before your first real game you pass a short capture certification — we grade one quarter of footage on the spot — and then you're in the pool.

Just a tablet or phone and a way to keep it charged and online. An iPad is ideal — the bigger screen makes it easier to keep up with the play — but a recent Android tablet or even a phone works to get started. It all runs in your browser, so there's nothing to install.

When a club near you needs a Stat Capturer, we text you the ground, time and fee. If it suits you, reply YES — the first to reply gets the game. You're never locked in; only say yes to the games you can make.

That's up to you. When you sign up you set how far you're happy to travel — from 10 up to 40 km — and you'll only hear about games inside that radius. You can change it any time.

It happens in grassroots footy. If a club calls it off the night before, nothing's owed and you get first dibs on the rescheduled game. If it's abandoned after you've already arrived, most clubs will pay part or all of the fee — you agree that with them directly.

The Stat Capturer watches the game from the sideline and doesn't work with the players, so one usually isn't required. If a particular club asks for a WWCC, that's something you sort out with them directly.

No. We simply introduce you to a nearby club that needs a hand. You're not employed by Powercoach or by the club — you agree the fee, turn up, and capture the game as an independent helper.

Ready? Sign up and get certified →