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Guides for sports commentators

How commentators prepare, what to look for in prep software, how LiveCast measures data coverage, and how athletes share their story through Athlete Portal.

Preparing for a broadcast

  • Football commentary prep – the complete checklist

    A practical football commentary prep checklist: squads, numbers, officials, notes, talking points, fill time and the final line-up check in the last hour.

    5 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • Golf commentary prep – how to follow a full field

    How golf commentators prepare for a tournament with well over 100 players: pick your players early, prepare the leaderboard story, and track the cut.

    5 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • Handball commentary prep checklist

    A handball commentary prep checklist: match sheets, goalkeepers, 7-metre takers, suspensions and timeouts, and what to watch live when goals never stop.

    5 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • How to prepare for a live sports commentary

    A seven-step prep workflow for TV and radio commentators: check data coverage, build the people list, write sayable talking points, label sources.

    6 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • Software for sports commentators – what to look for

    Nine questions to ask before choosing prep and live-match software for sports commentary, from measured coverage and source labels to notes and trials.

    5 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

Data coverage, explained

  • Golf data coverage for commentators

    Which golf tours LiveCast measures, how a tour counts as covered, and how to read notes about missing round-by-round or hole-by-hole data.

    4 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • Handball data coverage for commentators

    Which handball competitions LiveCast supports, what you get per match (match sheets, suspensions with return times), and what is not covered yet.

    4 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • How we measure sports data coverage

    Covered means the squad before the match and basic live data during it. How LiveCast measures this every week, and why "not measured" is not "no".

    6 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

  • Which football leagues does LiveCast cover?

    How football coverage is decided: squad before kick-off plus live line-ups or events, measured weekly. What "not yet" and "not measured" mean for you.

    4 min read · Updated 7 October 2026

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