The score is the one thing viewers check every few seconds, so it has to be right and it has to be quick. On ScoreCastr you score from the match's Control Dashboard, and the scorebug in OBS changes a moment later. This guide covers the scoring controls every sport shares, how to fix a mistake, and how to check what's on air.
Where you score
- On your match list, click Control Dashboard on the match.
- The Scoring tab opens first. It holds the score, the clock and the period for your sport.
- The scorebug preview at the top of the page shows the scorebug as it looks right now.
Scoring works on every plan, including Free.
How each sport scores
Each sport scores its own way. The common pattern is a plus button for each team, and a minus button next to it.
| Sport | How you add points |
|---|---|
| Basketball | +1, +2, +3 for each team, or pick a team, a shot type and MAKE or MISS to record the shot too |
| Football | +1, +2, +3, +6 for each team, or Touchdown, Field Goal, Extra Point, 2 Point Conversion and Safety in SHORTCUTS |
| Soccer | AWAY GOAL and HOME GOAL |
| Ice hockey | +1 for each team |
| Field hockey | +1 Goal for each team |
| Volleyball | +1 for each team |
| Baseball, softball | + and - beside each team's runs, or the hit buttons |
| Tennis, pickleball | +1 for each player, which moves through points, games and sets |
| MMA | Judges' scorecards and the winner, not points |
Each sport's guide covers its controls in full, for example Run a basketball game.
Fix a wrong score
ScoreCastr doesn't have a general undo button. To fix a score, use the minus button for that team: -1 in basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, tennis and pickleball, -1 and -3 in football, −1 Goal in field hockey, and - beside the runs in baseball and softball.
A few things to know:
- Most minus buttons take off one point at a time, so a wrong basketball three takes three clicks of -1.
- The football SHORTCUTS buttons score for the team with possession (Safety scores for the other team). Check possession before you press one.
- Baseball and softball have Undo Last Stat under each team's batter. It undoes the last batting result recorded for that batter.
- Basketball keeps a score for each quarter. A minus takes points off the current quarter's score.
Big-moment buttons
Some scoring buttons do more than add points. They also play a short graphic on the overlay:
- Football: Touchdown and Field Goal.
- Soccer: AWAY GOAL and HOME GOAL.
- Ice hockey and field hockey: adding a goal.
- Baseball and softball: Home Run.
Field hockey also has Trigger Goal Flag Only, which plays the goal graphic without changing the score.
Some templates add more of these. On Apex and Primetime, basketball and volleyball have a TAKEOVERS section in SHORTCUTS, for example End of Quarter and Show Winner in basketball.
Check what's on air
- The scorebug preview at the top of the dashboard follows every change.
- For the full output, open Overlays, then Live Preview. The Preview card shows what's going to OBS. Pop Out opens it in a small window you can keep beside the dashboard.
- Watch the status dot at the top of the dashboard. Live means your changes are reaching the broadcast. See The status dot.
When a change doesn't stick
If the server doesn't accept a change, you'll see Change not saved with the reason. The most common ones:
- "The match changed while this update was being sent." Make your change again.
- "This match was completed with End Match and can no longer be edited." The match has ended. See End a match.
Score faster with shortcuts
Every scoring control has a 4-digit code. With Listening Mode on (Starter plan), a numpad or Stream Deck can score with one press. See Set up a Stream Deck.
Checklist
- Control Dashboard open on the Scoring tab
- Plus and minus buttons found for both teams
- Wrong scores fixed with the minus buttons
- Big-moment buttons used for scores you want on air
- Scorebug preview and status dot checked