Guides for live sports and production
Practical setups from a team that streams games and runs productions: scoreboards, stats, sponsor breaks and crews, start to finish.
Streaming by platform
Phone and laptop setups for YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, the NFHS Network and more.
How to live stream a high school game to YouTube from your phone
No laptop, no capture card: two iPhones, a YouTube stream key and a live scoreboard built into the video.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to live stream a game to Facebook Live from your phone
Get your Facebook stream key from Live Producer, paste it into the ScoreCastr app and stream to your page with the scoreboard on screen.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to stream a high school game to the NFHS Network
When your state routes games through the NFHS Network, here's how to get the stream key and send a stream with your own scoreboard, from a phone or from OBS.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to live stream sports to YouTube with OBS and a scoreboard overlay
The laptop setup most school and club streams use: a camera into OBS, a live scoreboard as a browser source, and YouTube as the destination.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to live stream sports to Facebook Live with OBS
Stream games to your school or club Page with OBS: Live Producer, a persistent stream key, scenes and a scoreboard overlay.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readPhone or laptop: which sports streaming setup should you use?
Two good ways to stream a game, compared honestly: what each costs in gear, people and effort, and which one fits your team.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readThe two-phone sports stream: one phone scores, one films
A complete broadcast from two iPhones: one person keeps score, the other films, and the scoreboard rides along in the video.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to live stream a game to Twitch from your phone
Find your Twitch stream key, paste it into the ScoreCastr app and stream a game with a live scoreboard from an iPhone.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to stream a game to YouTube, Facebook and more at once with Restream
Send one stream to Restream and let it relay to every platform your fans use, from a phone or from OBS.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to stream to any RTMP or RTMPS server from your phone
School district platforms, church streaming services and private servers all take a server URL and a stream key. Here is how to stream to them from an iPhone.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to live stream sports with bad internet at the field
Stadium Wi-Fi gives out on Friday nights. How to test, what to bring, and how to keep scoring and stats going when the connection drops.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrRead the guideStreaming by sport
Camera spots, scoreboards, stats and sponsor breaks for each sport.
How to live stream a high school football game
Everything a school, booster club or small crew needs for a great Friday night stream: permission, internet, camera, OBS, a live scoreboard, stats, sponsor breaks and the crew to run it.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueCrewdUpRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a high school basketball game
Camera spot, a scorebug with fouls, bonus and shot clock, live stats, timeout sponsor breaks and the crew to run it.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a volleyball match
Set scores, serve and match point on screen, rally-scoring stats, breaks between sets and a camera spot that shows the whole net.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a baseball or softball game
Count, bases and outs on screen, pitch-by-pitch stats, half-inning sponsor breaks and where to put the camera behind the plate.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a soccer match
A clock that counts the right way, cards and subs on screen, possession stats and a halftime break plan for a sport that never stops.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream an ice hockey game
Penalty timers, power plays and shots on goal on screen, a camera that can keep up with the puck, and intermission sponsor breaks.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a field hockey game
Card suspensions, penalty corners and shootouts on screen, US high school or FIH stats, and quarter-break sponsor spots.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a tennis match
Games, sets and tiebreaks on screen, advantage or no-ad scoring, serve stats and how to cover several courts at once.
ScoreCastrStatsCastrRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream a pickleball match
Games to 11, 15 or 21, doubles server tracking on screen, and running several courts at a tournament.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to live stream an MMA or combat sports event
Round clock, judges' scorecards and results on screen, fight-card graphics and a crew plan for a night of bouts.
ScoreCastrCommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to live stream a swim meet with lane graphics
Import the meet program, draw lane names in the pool, show times and places for every heat, and keep team standings on screen.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGraphics and stats
Scoreboard overlays, Stream Deck control, data feeds and live stats.
How to add a live scoreboard overlay to OBS
Add a scoreboard to any OBS stream in a few minutes with a browser source, then use two output channels to keep the scorebug and full-screen graphics apart.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to use live sports graphics with a hardware switcher
Running a hardware video switcher instead of OBS? Feed it the scoreboard as a green-screen output and key it over your cameras.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to control live sports graphics with a Stream Deck
Put the score, clock and graphics on physical buttons so the scorekeeper never has to look away from the game.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to run your scoreboard graphics from data (webhook, XML or Google Sheets)
Take your hands off the score: feed the graphics from a scoreboard reader, a stat system or a Google Sheet.
ScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to keep stats for a high school game on your phone
Ditch the clipboard: log every play from your phone, credit the player and let the box score build itself.
StatsCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to share a live box score with parents and fans
Give families who cannot make the game a live page with the score, plays and player stats, with no app or sign-in.
StatsCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to put live game stats on your stream
Link your stats app to your scoreboard so player and team stats fill the broadcast graphics as plays are logged.
StatsCastrScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to embed a live scorebug on your school website
Show the live score on your athletics site and share a public match page, so fans can follow even without the stream.
ScoreCastrRead the guideThe business of broadcasting
Sponsors, rights, crews, rundowns, gear and budgets.
How to run sponsor commercials during a live sports stream
Turn timeouts and halftime into sponsor revenue: where breaks fit in each sport, how to prepare spots, how to play them in OBS without missing the action, and how to prove they ran.
CommercialCueScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 4 min readHow to staff and schedule a live sports broadcast crew
Who you need for a one-camera stream versus a multi-camera show, how to book a whole season without a group text, and the checklist that gets everyone to the venue on time.
CrewdUpRead the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to sell sponsorships for your school live streams
What to offer local businesses, how to package it for a season, and how to deliver and prove every spot.
CommercialCueScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to report to sponsors with proof of play
Turn your break logs into a simple report sponsors understand, and make renewals an easy yes.
CommercialCueRead the guideGuide · 6 min readStreaming rights for high school sports: what to check before you go live
Who owns the right to stream a game, why playoffs are different, and the questions to ask before you announce a stream.
Read the guideGuide · 6 min readHow to plan a tournament weekend broadcast
Multiple courts, back-to-back games and a crew working two long days: how to plan the schedule, staff it and keep everyone fed and on time.
CrewdUpScoreCastrRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to build a rundown for a live sports broadcast
Lay out every segment from pregame to postgame so the producer, director and talent are all on the same page.
CrewdUpRead the guideGuide · 5 min readWhat to put in a production tech book
The one document every crew member should get before show day, and what belongs in it.
CrewdUpRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to track production gear between venues
Know where every camera, laptop and case is, what is packed for which event, and when the shipment will land.
CrewdUpRead the guideGuide · 5 min readHow to budget a live sports production
Plan crew rates and expenses for each event, track actuals as the season goes, and see what every show really cost.
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