How to Score in BallerCam for Soccer (Primary or Secondary Device)

Keeping score in BallerCam adds the live score to your game experience and helps organize scoring plays, player stats, and highlights.

You can score a soccer game directly from the iPhone filming the game or use a secondary iOS device, which is recommended when the filming device is mounted out of reach.

Scoring is optional, and you can also enter or correct the final score after the game.

⚽ Why Keep Score?

Keeping score during a soccer game can help:

• Display the score during the livestream and replay
• Track goals and assists
• Attribute scoring plays to players
• Generate scoring-based highlights
• Keep fans following the game informed
• Maintain accurate post-game scoring information

You can keep score throughout the match or simply enter the final score afterward.

👥 Who Can Keep Score?

Scoring access depends on your team role and permissions.

Users with Keep Score permission can score a game from a secondary device.

For Players, the default permissions are:

The team Creator can adjust a Player's permissions when needed. Parents, Coaches, and other team roles may also need Keep Score permission enabled before they can score.

📱 Option 1: Score From the Filming iPhone

You can keep score directly from the same iPhone being used to film.

This works best when the filming device is within reach, such as when filming from:

• Bleachers
• A table
• A wall
• Another lower setup

If your iPhone is mounted high on a tripod, using a secondary device is usually easier.

How to Score From the Primary Device

1. Start filming or livestreaming your soccer game.
2. On the filming screen, tap the Score button.
3. The scoring controls will appear for each team.
4. Tap + when a team scores.
5. Tap – if you need to remove or correct a goal.
6. Tap the Score button again when you want to hide the scoring controls.

The team colors shown in the scoring controls correspond to the colors selected during game setup.

⏱️ Select the Match Period

When you enter the first goal, BallerCam prompts you to select the current match period, such as:

• 1st Half
• 2nd Half

Make sure the correct period is selected so your scoring plays are organized correctly.

✏️ Editing the Score

If you need to correct the score during the game:

1. Tap the pencil icon next to the team's abbreviation.
2. Update the score as needed.
3. You can also correct team information such as:
   • Team name
   • Jersey color

Scores can also be corrected after the game.

👤 Attributing Goals After the Game

When scoring from the filming iPhone, player attribution is handled after the game rather than during live scoring.

After filming:

1. Open the completed game.
2. Find the game's Scoring Plays.
3. Select the scoring play you want to update.
4. Tap the pencil icon.
5. Adjust the timestamp if needed.

6. Assign the goal to the appropriate player on your team's roster or the opponent roster.

You can also add scoring plays that were missed during the live game.

📲 Option 2: Score From a Secondary iOS Device — Recommended

Using a secondary device is the recommended way to keep score during a live soccer game.

This allows:

• The primary iPhone to remain focused on filming
• A separate person to manage the score
• Goals to be attributed to players as they happen
• Assists and player stats to be tracked during the match

The secondary device must be signed into a BallerCam account with Keep Score permission for the team.

The secondary scoring device can be an older supported iPhone or iPad running the BallerCam app. The iPhone 13 Pro or newer requirement applies to filming, not secondary-device scoring.

Use a reliable internet connection for live scoring.

How to Score From a Secondary Device

1. Sign in to the BallerCam app on the secondary iOS device.
2. Go to Global Home.
3. Open the soccer game currently in progress.
4. Tap Keep Score.
5. Select the correct match period.
6. Use the soccer scoring controls to keep score as the game happens.

The secondary device handles scoring without interrupting the filming session on the primary iPhone.

⚽ Recording a Goal

When a team scores:

1. Tap Goal for the correct team.
2. Confirm that the team score increased correctly.
3. If player tracking is enabled, select the player who scored.

You can attribute goals to players on either team. Add an opponent roster to assign opponent goals to the players who scored them, then select the player from the appropriate team’s roster.

If you are not sure who scored, skip player attribution and update it later. If the player is missing from the roster, you can add them from the scoring interface.

🎯 Tracking Assists

BallerCam can also track assists during soccer scoring.

After recording a goal, you can assign an assist to the appropriate player.

If you don't want to track assists during the game, you can use the available Skip Assists option.

📋 Game Log

Use the Game Log to review the scoring events you've entered.

If you make a mistake:

1. Open the Game Log.
2. Find the scoring event.
3. Tap the pencil icon.
4. Edit or delete the entry.

Depending on the entry, you can correct information such as:

• Scoring team
• Player
• Goal attribution

👥 Player Stats

When player statistics are being tracked, you can review player information during the game.

This can include:

• Goals
• Assists

Keeping your roster updated before the match makes it easier to attribute plays accurately while scoring.

🤝 Multiple People Can Help Keep Score

More than one eligible user can help score the same game.

BallerCam can show who most recently entered a scoring update.

If multiple people are helping, coordinate with each other to avoid entering the same goal twice.

For the most consistent results, having one person dedicated to scoring is usually best.

🏷️ Track More Soccer Events With Tag Stats

In addition to goals and assists, BallerCam's Tag Stats tools can be used to tag additional soccer events.

Available soccer tags include:

• Goal
• Shot on Target
• Shot off Target
• Assist
• Corner Kick
• Free Kick
• Yellow Card
• Red Card
• Substitution
• Offside

These events can be timestamped and used for player statistics and highlight organization.

Tag Stats Best Practices

• Tag events as they happen.
• Correct an incorrect tag as soon as possible.
• Assign players during a stoppage when live action is moving quickly.
• Double-check every goal because soccer is a low-scoring sport.
• Record yellow and red cards when they happen.
• For an own goal, record the goal for the scoring team and note it appropriately when assigning the player.

🎬 Scoring and Highlights

Scoring helps BallerCam identify important moments in your game.

Scoring plays can be connected to automatically generated highlight clips, making it easier to find key moments without searching through the entire recording.

Player attribution also helps organize clips and statistics around the athletes involved in the play.

📝 Post-Game Corrections

After the match, review your scoring information before considering the game complete.

You can correct:

• Final score
• Missing goals
• Incorrect scoring plays
• Player attribution
• Scoring timestamps

This is especially useful if you were unable to enter every event while the game was happening. 

When you edit a scoring play’s team or player attribution, its replay timing and associated video are preserved unless you change the timestamp. Review the updated play and final score after saving your corrections.

💡 Best Practices

For easier and more accurate soccer scoring:

• Use a secondary iOS device when the filming device is mounted high on a tripod.
• Confirm the scorekeeper has Keep Score permission before kickoff.
• Make sure the secondary device is signed into the correct account and team.

• Update your team's roster and add an opponent roster before the match if you plan to attribute goals to players on both teams.

• Select the correct match period before scoring.
• Enter each goal only once.
• Confirm the score periodically against the official scoreboard.
• Coordinate when multiple people are helping with scoring.
• Correct mistakes as soon as you notice them.
• Verify the final score before ending the game.

✅ Key Reminders

• Soccer scoring is optional, but it adds score information, player stats, and scoring-based highlights to the game experience.
• You can score from the filming iPhone or a secondary iOS device.
• A secondary device is recommended for live scorekeeping.
• Anyone scoring from a secondary device must have Keep Score permission.
• Players have Keep Score enabled by default.

• Goals can be attributed to players on your team or the opponent team when the appropriate roster is available.

• Assists can also be tracked.
• Multiple eligible users can help score, but they should coordinate to avoid duplicate entries.
• Scores and scoring plays can be corrected after the game.
• Tag Stats can track additional soccer events including shots, corners, free kicks, cards, substitutions, and offsides.