Roles & clubs

This page explains the vocabulary Matcha uses so the rest of the guide makes sense.

Clubs (schools, academies, indoor centres)

In Matcha, every organisation is a club — whether it’s a cricket club, a school or university, a coaching academy / training centre, or an indoor centre. They all work the same way; the type is just a label set when the club is created.

A club has many members. Each member has a role within that club.

Roles within a club

Role	What it can do
Owner	Full control of the club, including promoting admins and transferring ownership
Admin	Manage members, invites, rosters, and settings
Coach	Review and give feedback on players’ deliveries; approve join requests
Player	Record sessions and receive analysis

Your club role is per-club

Your role is specific to each club. The same account can be a coach in one club and a player in another. What you can do is decided by your role in that club, not by a global setting.

How people get into a club

There are two ways to join a club, and they decide your role:

• By invite (recommended). A club owner/admin invites you by email with a chosen role. When you sign up (or accept), you join with that role — e.g. a coach invited as a coach lands as a coach.
• By invite code. A club shares a short code. Anyone who joins with the code joins as a player.

Joining by code makes you a player

If you’re meant to be a coach but join using an invite code, you’ll land as a player until an owner/admin promotes you. To be a coach from day one, ask your club to invite you by email as a coach. See Invite coaches.

Where each role works

• Owners, admins, and coaches do their work in the Portal (web).
• Players do their work in the App (mobile).

Coaches can also have the app installed (for example to record), but club management lives in the portal.