The Complete Parent's Guide to Getting Started with SportsVisio

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Sean O'Connor

Feb 2026

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You're stuck at work. Your kid hits their first three-pointer. The gym erupts. And you missed it.

Not anymore.

SportsVisio is a basketball and volleyball analytics platform that automatically tracks your child's stats, generates highlight reels, and builds recruiting-ready player profiles—all from game footage. It's used by youth programs, AAU teams, high schools, and volleyball clubs across 16 countries.

This guide is for parents of young athletes who want to stay connected to their child's games, share highlights with family, track development over time, or start thinking about college recruiting. We'll cover everything: setting up your account, finding your child's stats and highlights, getting Grandma to actually watch those clips, and using data to support your young athlete.

Let's get started.

What SportsVisio Means for Your Family

Here's what we know about you: You're doing your best to be at every game. But sometimes work wins. Sometimes the other kid has a conflict. Sometimes Grandma and Grandpa are 1,000 miles away and can't make it to a single game all season.

Those moments don't have to be lost.

With SportsVisio, when a game is recorded, every stat is tracked, and highlights are generated automatically. Your daughter's first varsity basket? It's a clip you can watch together that night. Your son's game-winning steal? Grandpa can see it from Florida. That growth from averaging 4 points to 12 points? It's documented, celebrated, and shareable.

This isn't about obsessing over stats. It's about being present—even when you can't be there.

What Changes for You

FROM: Miss a game, miss everything. TO: Watch highlights from any game, anytime

FROM: No idea how your child performed. TO: Complete stats delivered to your phone

FROM: Hours creating highlight reels. TO: One-click automatic highlights

FROM: Keeping stats on paper. TO: AI-powered accurate tracking

FROM: Struggling to share with grandparents. TO: Easy sharing with anyone

What You Get

The first thing parents notice is how little they have to do. There's no scorebook to keep, no video to edit, no highlights to clip together at midnight. The AI handles all of it—stats, highlights, player profiles—and delivers everything to your phone within 24 hours of the game ending.

You'll get a notification when your child's game is ready. Tap it, and you're watching their best plays before dinner. Share one to the family group chat, and suddenly Grandma in Phoenix is texting back heart emojis.

For your athlete, it's something different: validation. They can see their improvement in black and white. They've got a highlight reel that looks professional, not something Dad stitched together in iMovie. And when it's time to think about college, they've got a profile that shows exactly who they are as a player—verified, organized, and ready to send.

The Real Value

"SportsVisio has been a game changer for me. I simply record her games, upload them and then I receive an email with a game summary, her stats for the game as well as the season. I can select her highlights and compile clips with one click." — Ray Payton, AAU Girls Basketball Parent, Maryland. Read Ray's Full Story →

Ray discovered that having concrete data "changed the parent-kid relationship" by providing unbiased conversations grounded in actual performance metrics—not subjective observations from the bleachers.

You get to actually watch your child play instead of trying to track stats. You never miss a moment, even when you can't be there. And your whole family can celebrate their achievements together.

See It In Action: From Got Game Camps in Ireland processing 200+ games for 300 young athletes, to Spokane Hoopfest, the world's largest 3-on-3 tournament, SportsVisio works at every level.

Getting Started: The 5-Minute Setup

This really does take five minutes. Here's the whole process.

Download the app. On iPhone, open the App Store and search "SportsVisio." On Android, same thing in Google Play. Tap install. Done.

Create your account. Open the app, tap "Sign Up," enter your email, password, and name. Tap "Create Account." Check your email for a verification link and tap it.

Find your child's team. Tap the search icon and type the team name, league, or program. Find the right team, tap on it, and tap "Follow."

That's it. You'll now see all games, stats, and highlights for this team whenever they're uploaded.

Finding Your Child's Team and Profile

Open the app and tap the search icon. Type whatever you know—the team name, the league, the program, even the coach's name. Most parents find their child's team within a few seconds.

If nothing comes up, don't panic. It probably just means the team hasn't been set up yet. Ask your child's coach if they're using SportsVisio. If they are, they can point you to the right team name to search for. If they're not, well... maybe forward them this guide.

Once you find the team, tap "Follow" and turn on notifications. That's it. From now on, whenever a game is processed, you'll get a ping on your phone. New stats, new highlights, ready to watch.

Your Child's Player Profile

Here's where the magic happens. Go to the team page, tap "Players", and find your child's name. Their profile is their personal sports hub—every stat from every game, every highlight clip, their complete highlight reel, all in one place.

This is what you'll share with grandparents. This is what you'll pull up in the car after a game (when your kid actually wants to talk about it). And eventually, this is what you'll send to college coaches. It's their basketball resume, built automatically, one game at a time.

Understanding Your Child's Stats

You don't need to become a basketball analytics expert to use SportsVisio. But it helps to know what you're looking at when the box score pops up on your phone.

Want to go deeper? Our complete guide covers advanced metrics like Player Impact Estimate (PIE) and efficiency ratings: Basketball Stats Explained: From Basic to Advanced →

The Box Score Basics

After each game, you'll see your child's complete stat line. Here's a quick decoder:

Points (PTS) is obvious—how many they scored. But don't fixate on it. A kid who scores 4 points but grabs 8 rebounds and plays tough defense had a great game.

Shooting percentages (FG%, 3P%, FT%) tell you accuracy. For youth players, 40% from the field is solid. 30% from three is good. 70% from the free throw line is the goal. But these fluctuate wildly game to game—don't overreact to one bad shooting night.

Rebounds (REB) and assists (AST) show effort and unselfishness. A player who crashes the boards and finds open teammates is doing the right things, even if the points aren't there.

Steals (STL) and blocks (BLK) measure defensive impact. Turnovers (TO) are the one stat where lower is better—but every player has them. Even NBA stars turn it over.

Where to Find the Numbers

Check the game page right after processing (you'll get a notification), or go to your child's player profile to see season totals and averages. If they've played multiple seasons with SportsVisio, you can even track career stats—which becomes incredibly valuable for recruiting conversations.

A Word About Perspective

Here's the thing about stats: they're useful, but they're not everything. Some kids contribute in ways that don't show up in a box score. The player who takes a charge, who talks on defense, who picks up a teammate after a mistake—those moments matter too.

Use the data for celebration and goal-setting, not for comparison to other kids. And definitely let coaches handle the performance conversations. Your job is to be the parent, not the analyst.

Watching and Saving Highlights

This is the part parents love most.

Open any game and tap the "Highlights" tab. You'll see short clips of the key plays—baskets, assists, steals, blocks. Scroll through and find the ones featuring your kid. Or go straight to their player profile, where every highlight from every game lives in one place.

The Automatic Highlight Reel

Here's where it gets good. SportsVisio automatically compiles your child's best plays into a single highlight reel. It updates after every game, adding new clips as they happen. No editing required. No late nights in iMovie trying to figure out transitions.

Your daughter hits a three in Tuesday's game? It's in the reel by Wednesday. Your son gets a block on Saturday? Added automatically. By the end of the season, they've got a two-minute video of their greatest hits—ready to share with family, post on social media, or send to coaches.

Find it on their player profile under "Highlight Reel."

Saving Your Favorites

When you see a clip you love—the one where she dishes a no-look pass, or he finally hits that left-hand layup he's been working on—tap the three dots and hit "Save." It goes to your saved highlights, separate from everything else. These are the clips you'll still be watching years from now.

The Custom Highlight Reel (New in 2026)

Now, you can stitch together your favorite clips from the season into a custom reel. All 3 pointers. Check. All assists? They'll look like John Stockton in no time.

These reels take about 60 seconds to produce, just select the right clips and hit create.

Sharing with Family and Friends

Every highlight has a share button. Tap it, and you can send the clip anywhere—text, email, Instagram, Facebook, whatever works. The highlight reel works the same way. So does your child's entire profile, if you want to share their full "sports resume" with someone.

But let's talk about the real use case: grandparents.

The Grandparent Problem (Solved)

Grandma lives in Florida. She hasn't made it to a single game all season. She keeps asking for updates, and you keep meaning to send something, but between work and the other kids and everything else, it just doesn't happen.

Here's the fix. After the next game, open the app, find a good highlight—maybe the jumper she hit in the third quarter—and tap Share → Copy Link. Then text it to Grandma with a quick note:

"Hi Mom! Emma scored 8 points tonight including this three-pointer. Tap the link to watch!"

That's it. Grandma taps the link. It opens in her phone's browser—no app to download, no account to create, no passwords to remember. She watches her granddaughter hit a three-pointer, and suddenly she's part of the season.

Social Media

The same clips work great on Instagram and Facebook. Share directly from the app, add your own caption, celebrate your kid. For families thinking about recruiting, posting highlights publicly (with your child's permission) can help build visibility. Just make sure your athlete is comfortable with it first.

Supporting Your Young Athlete's Development

Having access to your child's stats changes things. Suddenly you can see exactly how they performed, down to the shooting percentage and turnover count. That's powerful.

The goal here isn't to become your kid's personal analyst. It's to use this data the right way: to celebrate growth, set goals together, and let your child lead the conversation about their own development.

The Right Way to Talk About Stats

After a good game, keep it simple. "I loved watching you play tonight." "That assist in the third quarter was beautiful." Let them bring up the numbers if they want to.

After a tough game, resist the urge to open the app. Focus on effort—"I saw you diving for that loose ball"—and ask how they feel about it first. Most kids know when they had a bad game. They don't need the data to confirm it.

The stats work best when you're celebrating improvement. "Your assists are up this month" lands better than "you only had two assists tonight." Comparing this month to last month, this season to last season—that's where the real value is.

When the Stats Show a Bad Game

This will happen. Your kid will have a 2-point, 5-turnover game, and the stats will be right there in the app for everyone to see.

Here's the move: don't pull up the app right away. Don't compare them to a teammate who had a better night. And definitely don't say "the stats show you need to work harder."

Wait 24 hours. Let them process. If they bring it up, acknowledge it honestly: "Tough night. Everyone has them. What do you want to work on?" Then help them find something positive—maybe they played good defense, maybe they took a charge, maybe they just competed hard.

The silver lining of a bad game is that it creates a baseline. When they bounce back next week—3 turnovers down to 1—you can celebrate that improvement together. That's what the data is for.

A Note on Coaches

You now have access to information that previous generations of parents didn't have. Use it wisely.

Don't approach coaches with stat complaints. Don't question playing time based on numbers you saw in the app. If you have concerns about your child's development, ask the coach a simple question: "What can they work on at home?" That's productive. "Why don't they have more points?" is not.

Coaches see things stats don't capture. Trust their perspective.

Recording Games (If Your Team Needs Help)

Some teams have a dedicated person who records games. Others rely on parent volunteers. If you get asked to help, here's everything you need to know.

For detailed equipment recommendations and advanced multi-camera setups, see: Recording Games: The Ultimate Guide →

The Setup

You don't need expensive equipment. A smartphone and a basic tripod ($25-50 on Amazon) will do the job. Bring a portable charger just in case—you're recording for an hour or more.

Position yourself at center court, as elevated as possible. Bleachers work great. A balcony is even better. You want to see the entire court, both baskets, and be able to read jersey numbers. Set up the tripod, lock it in place, and don't touch it during the game. Handheld footage is shaky, and shaky footage means the AI struggles to track players.

The Recording

Start recording a couple minutes before tip-off. This gives you time to make sure everything's working and helps identify players early.

Then just... let it run. Don't stop during timeouts. Don't stop at halftime. Don't stop to check your phone. Hit record before the game starts, and hit stop after the final buzzer. The AI can handle continuous footage. What it can't handle is gaps.

The Upload

After the game, upload through the SportsVisio web manager. Stay on the page until it completes—closing early can corrupt the file. Within 24 hours, the stats and highlights will be ready.

Common Mistakes

The four things that cause the most problems: camera too low (you can't see over the players), only seeing one basket (position at center court), stopping and starting the recording (keep it continuous), and shaky footage (use a tripod, seriously). Avoid those, and you'll be fine.

Using SportsVisio for College Recruiting

College recruiting has changed dramatically. Coaches are busier than ever, and they need easy access to verified stats and quality video—not 45-minute game tapes.

"I can tell within 30 seconds if a kid can play at our level. Send me a link, not a 45-minute game tape." — College Basketball Coach

Learn exactly what coaches want to see: How to Make a Recruiting Highlight Video College Coaches Will Actually Watch →

A Real Recruiting Story

Ezgi Basaranlar faced a nearly impossible challenge: getting recruited to a US college from Istanbul, Turkey. Before modern tools, she spent "weeks, sometimes months, going through two-hour-long videos, noting the exact minute and second of every play" to create her own highlight reels.

Her persistence paid off—she earned a scholarship to the University of Delaware and helped win a conference championship. Today's athletes don't need to go through that manual process. Read Ezgi's full story →

When to Start

Middle school is the time to build the habit—start accumulating highlights, even if recruiting feels far away. Freshman and sophomore years are for compiling and researching schools. Junior year is when outreach to coaches becomes active. Senior year is about continuing conversations and visiting campuses.

The earlier you start building a profile, the more data you'll have when it matters.

Building a Recruiting Profile

Your child's SportsVisio profile becomes their recruiting portfolio. It includes verified statistics (not parent-counted, which coaches distrust), quality video highlights, complete season and career data, and an easy link to share. No downloads required. No logins for coaches to deal with.

Help your child keep the profile complete: photo, height, weight, position, graduation year. Encourage them to play in leagues that use SportsVisio. Help them identify their best highlights. And when the time comes, support their outreach to coaches—but let them drive the process.

Controlling Visibility

Teams can be set to public or private. Ask your team manager about the setting and express your preferences—most leagues can accommodate privacy concerns.

Your child's individual profile can also be public or private. Adjust it in Settings. For younger athletes (middle school and below), private often makes sense. For recruiting-age athletes, more visibility helps coaches find them—but that's a decision to make together as a family.

The Privacy Trade-Off

Here's the honest reality: privacy and recruiting visibility are in tension. A private profile is safer but invisible to coaches. A public profile helps with recruiting but is, well, public.

For younger kids, err toward private. For high schoolers thinking about college, err toward visible—but stick to basketball-related information and never share home addresses or detailed schedules.

Data Practices

SportsVisio collects game footage (uploaded by teams), player statistics (extracted by AI), and profile information (provided by users). They don't sell personal data, share without permission, or track activity outside the app.

If you have concerns, email customersuccess@sportsvisio.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

Q: How much does this cost me? A: The parent/player app is free. Your team or league covers the recording and processing costs.

Q: Do I need to download the app? A: The app gives you the best experience, but you can view shared links in a web browser without downloading.

Q: How long until stats are ready after a game? A: Usually within 24 hours, maximum 48 hours.

Stats Questions

Q: A stat looks wrong. What do I do? A: Report it through the app (three dots > "Report") or email customersuccess@sportsvisio.com with details.

Q: Why doesn't my child have highlights? A: Highlights are generated for specific play types (scores, assists, blocks, steals). A player who didn't score much may have fewer highlights.

Q: Can I see stats for games I missed? A: Yes! All processed games are available in the app anytime.

Technical Questions

Q: I can't find my child's team. A: Ask your coach if they've set up the team. Not all leagues use SportsVisio yet.

Q: My child changed teams. Do stats carry over? A: Career stats follow the player profile. They need to claim their profile on the new team.

Q: Can multiple parents have accounts? A: Yes! Each parent can create their own account and follow the team.

Recording Questions

Q: Do I have to record games? A: That depends on your team/league. Some have dedicated recorders, others rely on parent volunteers.

Q: What if no one records a game? A: That game won't have stats or highlights. Encourage your team to record all games.

Getting Help

Self-Service Resources

Help Center: https://intercom.help/sportsvisio/en/
FAQs: https://www.sportsvisio.com/faqs
How-To Guides: https://www.sportsvisio.com/how-to-guides

Contact Support

Email: customersuccess@sportsvisio.com
In-App Chat: Look for the chat icon
Response Time: Usually within 24 hours

Talk to Your Team

Many questions are best answered by your team manager or coach:

Why isn't our team on SportsVisio?
Who is responsible for recording?
What are our team's privacy settings?

What Parents Are Saying

Ray Payton is an AAU basketball parent in Maryland. Before SportsVisio, she and her fiancé manually tracked stats while recording games on their phones. It worked, but it was a lot. Then she found SportsVisio.

"I simply record her games, upload them and then I receive an email with a game summary, her stats for the game as well as the season. I can select her highlights and compile clips with one click."

But the bigger change was in how she talked to her daughter about basketball. Having concrete data "changed the parent-kid relationship," she says—providing unbiased conversations grounded in actual performance metrics, not subjective observations from the bleachers. Read Ray's full story →

Where This Works

SportsVisio is used by basketball and volleyball programs across 16 countries. In the US, that means AAU programs, high school teams, recreational leagues, and major tournaments like Spokane Hoopfest—the world's largest 3-on-3 event. In Ireland, youth clubs and camps like Got Game use it to give young players a professional experience. In Canada, provincial leagues have adopted it. And internationally, players from Turkey to Australia use profiles to get recruited to US colleges.

The point is: whether your child plays recreational basketball or elite club volleyball, the platform adapts.