Got a paper handout from the coach or a screenshot of a schedule? Take a photo. SportsCal reads the dates, times, and locations and puts the events on your Dashboard for you.
No URL required — this is the go-to flow when your kid's team hasn't switched to TeamSnap or GameChanger yet.
The flow
STEP 1 · CHOOSE INPUT
My calendars dimmed behind the sheet…
How would you like to add?
Paste a URL
Snap a photoTap
Chat with Coach
Add manually
Cancel
Tap Snap a photo
Same input sheet as the paste-a-URL flow, different fork. Tap Snap a photo when you have a printed handout, a photo from the coach's group chat, or even a screenshot of a webpage.
STEP 2 · POINT THE CAMERA
Camera
Point at the schedule
Youth Baseball · U10 Team
Wed 9/15 · 4:30pm · Field 3 · Practice
Sat 9/18 · 9am · Field 1 · Game
Wed 9/22 · 4:30pm · Field 3 · Practice
Sat 9/25 · 10am · Away · Game
Tap
Take the shot
Doesn't have to be perfect — hand-held is fine as long as the words are legible. If it's a screenshot, you can pick from Photos instead of using the camera.
STEP 3 · CONFIRM
Use this photo?
SportsCal will read the events
Youth Baseball · U10 Team
Wed 9/15 · 4:30pm · Field 3 · Practice
Sat 9/18 · 9am · Field 1 · Game
Wed 9/22 · 4:30pm · Field 3 · Practice
Sat 9/25 · 10am · Away · Game
Tap
Confirm the photo
Quick sanity check that everything you want is in the frame. Retake if part of the schedule got cut off; otherwise tap Use photo.
STEP 4 · COACH READS IT
Reading your schedule
Coach is looking at it now
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Finding dates, times, and locations…
Usually 5–10 seconds
Coach picks the events out of the photo
Under the hood, SportsCal sends the photo to Coach (our AI helper) who reads through it like a person would — and pulls out every date, time, and location.
STEP 5 · REVIEW + ASSIGN
Found 4 events
Review and add to your calendar
Baseball practice
Wed 9/15 · 4:30 PM · Field 3
Baseball game
Sat 9/18 · 9:00 AM · Field 1
+ 2 more events
Wed 9/22 practice · Sat 9/25 away game
Assign to
R
Riley
✓
Tap
Review, pick a kid, add
SportsCal shows every event Coach found. Skim to check the times and dates are right, pick which kid the schedule is for, and tap Add.
STEP 6 · RESULT
This week
Baseball schedule now on the Dashboard
Baseball practice
Wed 4:30 PM · Field 3 · Riley
Baseball game
Sat 9:00 AM · Field 1 · Riley
✓4 events added from your photo
Events on your Dashboard
Same as the paste-a-URL flow — events show up on your family Dashboard, colored by kid. Photo-added events don't re-sync automatically (there's no calendar to poll), so if the coach reschedules, snap a new photo.
What SportsCal can read
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Paper schedules
The typed handout the coach gave out at the first practice, printed on regular paper. Hold your phone steady and make sure the words are readable.
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Screenshots
A screenshot of a webpage, a group text, or a PDF viewer works too — pick "Photo Library" instead of the camera, then choose the screenshot.
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Whiteboards
Handwritten whiteboards work if the writing is neat and legible. Chicken scratch is a stretch — ask the coach for the typed version if it comes out wrong.
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Doesn't work
Blurry photos, extreme angles, poor lighting, and screenshots so tiny the text is a smudge. Give the picture a quick look before hitting Use photo.