You do not need a camera crew, a laptop or a capture card to put a match online. A phone, something to hold it steady and a YouTube account are enough, and the app draws the scoreboard onto the video for you. This guide walks through setting that up for volleyball, basketball, handball and futsal, including one thing you should know up front: futsal has no preset of its own.
What you need
- A phone running the free EasySportStream app (iOS or Android). Streaming to YouTube is free.
- A tripod or a fixed mount. A phone held by hand drifts over a long match.
- A YouTube account to connect in the app.
- A full battery or a power bank, and a connection you have tested at the venue.
The phone setup guide covers mounts, power and connection in more detail, and the match-day checklist is worth running through at the venue before you start.
The same four steps for every sport
Install the app, connect your YouTube account, choose the sport, enter the team names and tap record. The sport you choose decides how the scoreboard starts, and you can change the details afterwards. Quality is 480p or 720p.
Volleyball: scored in sets
Choose Volleyball and the scoreboard starts in Sets mode, tracking the score of each set instead of one running total. The + and - buttons change the points in the current set. When a set is over, tap Next set: the finished set is kept and a new one starts at 0-0. If you tapped too early, Previous set steps back. The app does not decide who won a set, so you choose when to move on.
There is no clock to manage, because volleyball starts with a plain count-up clock that is off unless you switch it on. A steady wide shot from a raised spot along the side or behind one end line shows both teams without constant zooming. More on this in the volleyball guide.
Basketball: a countdown clock
Basketball starts with the match clock set to count down from 10:00 and four periods. Switch the clock on and viewers see a small label such as P2 with the time left. At 0:00 the clock stops by itself, and moving to the next period resets it to 10:00. If your league plays different lengths, change the number of periods and set the displayed time by hand. Each tap changes the score by one point, and a basket is worth two or three, so scoring takes some tapping. See the basketball guide.
Handball: counting up through two halves
Handball starts with a clock that counts up from 0:00 across two halves of 30:00. It keeps running past 30:00 if a half overruns. At half time, move to the second half: the clock resets to 0:00 and the label changes from P1 to P2. You can change the half length, or set the displayed time by hand if you started the clock late. Handball often produces a lot of goals, so you will be tapping often. The handball guide has the details.
Futsal: no preset, two ways to set it up
The app has built-in setups for soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, handball, floorball and tennis, plus Custom Sport. There is no futsal option in the list, so you have two choices.
- Soccer preset. It starts as a count-up clock with two halves of 45:00. That does not match a futsal match, but you can change the clock direction and the number of periods, and set the displayed time by hand.
- Custom Sport. You choose the clock direction (up or down), the period length from 1 to 180 minutes, the number of periods from 1 to 20, and whether to keep a running score or sets. For futsal, pick the direction and period length your competition uses and keep a running score. Custom Sport starts at two periods of 10 minutes counting up, which is a plain default and not futsal rules, so check your league's rules and set it yourself.
Custom Sport is the cleaner choice because you start from the right numbers instead of correcting soccer ones. The Custom Sport guide explains each setting, and the name you type is used only to label the match on your device.
Tip: set up the match and try the scoreboard at home or in the car park, not at the whistle. Practise one full tap sequence, such as a point, Next set or next period, and an undo, so it feels automatic.
Filming and scoring at the same time
With the phone on a mount, you can reach the screen for score taps without moving the shot. If it gets busy, EasySportStream PRO (€5.99/month, cancel anytime) adds remote scoring, so a second person updates the score from their own phone. PRO also adds scoreboard customization, a hold graphic, sponsor logos, custom RTMP and Unlisted streams. Your first stream earns 7 days of PRO free, so you can try remote scoring on a real match. Read how remote scoring works on a second phone.
Who can watch
You choose when you go live: Public or Private on YouTube, and Unlisted, where only people with the link can watch, which is part of PRO. See Public, Unlisted or Private for how to choose. Check your club's own rules on filming and sharing before you publish.
Next steps
If you wonder whether a phone alone is enough, streaming without a camera explains what the phone already does for you. For a whole season, the club guide to streaming every home match covers routines for volunteers.
