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Play Tracker

Log plays in real time during games with smart auto-advancing fields.

Overview

The Play Tracker is a mobile-friendly form designed for fast data entry during live games. After each play, it automatically advances the down, distance, and yard line based on the play result — so you can focus on watching the game instead of doing math.

Live play tracker form
The Play Tracker form with auto-advancing fields for fast in-game data entry.

How to Use It

1

Open a game and go live

Navigate to Games, select a game, and click Go Live to enter tracking mode.
2

Set the starting field position

Set the ball position as yards to the goal line on a 0-100 scale (78 to go); the OWN/OPP side and yard number update next to it as a double check (78 to go = OWN 22), and you can type either one. Set down to 1 and distance to 10. Inside the 10, the Goal button (or any distance past the goal line) reads 1st & Goal. Select the hash mark (Left/Middle/Right).
3

Log each play

Fill in Formation, Play Call, Play Type (Run/Pass/Special), the Result, and Gain/Loss yards.
4

Submit and auto-advance

Hit the green LOG PLAY button. Ball position, down, and distance automatically update, including across midfield — OWN 47 plus 8 yards puts the next play at OPP 45.
5

Add optional detail

Personnel, ball carrier, pass target, QB, motion, direction, defensive front, coverage, and penalties can all be recorded for deeper analysis later.

What You See on Screen

Play Counter

Current play number displayed at the top of the form.

Situation Bar

Large-text display of down, distance, and yard line.

Score Bar

Live score for both teams, updated after scoring plays.

Play Log

Scrolling list of all logged plays below the form. Tap any play to edit.

Entering Plays by Wristband Number

Load the week's wristband under Playbook → Wristbands: paste the card or call sheet (copy the table out of Numbers or Excel) or upload it as CSV. Pasting the call sheet as well adds personnel, run/pass and the hash for each number. Link the card to its game, or leave it unlinked to use it for any game without its own card.

In the tracker, type the number in Wristband # while we have the ball. Formation, play call, personnel, run/pass and hash fill in as soon as the number can't be anything else (press Enter for short numbers like 1 when there's also a 12). Everything stays editable, so change it if the QB checks out of the call.

The number is saved with the play: it shows as "WB 12" in the play log, is a Wristband # column in the Film Room and CSV export, and can be fixed in the play editor. Typing a number in the play editor's Wristband # fills that play's call the same way, so a play logged without the number can be corrected after the fact.

Handling Special Situations

Penalties

Tap "Flag on the play" on the play it happened on, then pick who it was on (Us/Them) and the yards; it defaults to Accepted. An accepted flag replays the same down: on us, the yards are added to the distance and the ball moves back (2nd & 5 plus holding = 2nd & 15); on them, the distance shrinks or it is an automatic first down. Declined lets the play stand, Offset replays the down unchanged. The tracker will not log a flag without a team and yards, because a flag with neither used to burn the down.

Turnovers

Set the result to "Interception" or "Fumble Lost". The drive will end automatically in the analysis.

Scoring Plays

Set the result to "Touchdown", "Field Goal", or "Safety". Update the score bar manually after the PAT/2-pt attempt.

Offline Mode

The tracker works offline using a service worker. Data syncs automatically when connectivity returns — great for stadiums with poor cell service.

💡Speed Tips

  • Start with just Formation, Play Type, and Gain/Loss — you can always add detail later by editing plays.
  • Use the personnel field (11, 12, 21, etc.) for deeper formation analysis.
  • Multiple collectors can log simultaneously — the system merges data by play number.
  • Plays are never renumbered after deletion, preserving the collector attribution log.

Troubleshooting

Auto-advance put the wrong yard line

Manually correct the yard line before logging the next play. This can happen on boundary plays near the goal lines.

I logged a play with wrong data

Tap the play in the log below the form to edit it. All fields can be corrected after the fact.