Glover's Gameplan: Redefining Sports Management with ConcertIDC

The Challenge

In 1971, Tom Glover started Glover’s Scorebooks. As a former baseball coach, he was dissatisfied with the existing scorebooks and wanted a better solution. He designed his own and built his business from there, becoming one of the most trusted names in sports scorebooks and accessories for over 40 years.  

In 2020, Frazier Sports purchased Glover’s Scorebooks. When Frazier purchased Glover’s, they were producing multiple types of scorebooks from baseball to volleyball to lacrosse, but they were all printed. While they don’t foresee print scorebooks going anywhere, there will always be traditionalists, but they realized it was essential to capture the benefits of a technological solution.   

They wanted to jump into the tech space with an app that digitized how players, coaches, and fans track stats and organize. There was already another company doing a similar thing, but their solution was geared towards the fans, Glover’s wanted to focus on the coach.   

Because Glover’s is known for baseball, they wanted their app to start there, specifically, finding ways to innovate and improve how coaches manage their teams and stats.   

Glover’s new app needed to keep the coach in mind. It would aim to provide comprehensive and accessible information to help coaches improve their teams. The app would not be just a digital scorebook but a tool for progress tracking and performance analysis. To bring this vision to life, Glover’s partnered with ConcertIDC to develop a prototype. 

The Solution

Product Description

The mobile application ConcertIDC built manages and tracks multiple game scorebooks and enables coaches, fans, and players to have an all-in-one accessible system for game/team/stat management, communication, and live streaming.    

While the main priority while building the app was to provide comprehensive team management and scoring capabilities for coaches, there are several features with players, fans, and staff in mind. The apps features are tailored for the type of user you are and are as follows:   

Coaches  

• Manage scorebooks  
• Create and manage teams and staff  
• Organize match events for teams  
• Track game statistics, including pitch count, pitch type, pitch speed, batting roster, and other essential stats.  

Players  

• View team schedule and updates  
• Receive real-time notifications from coaches  
• Track their statistics  

Fans  

• Fan management system – Enables fans to join teams and receive updates and match notifications. This system also provides fans with a place to interact with each other and share their thoughts.   
• Live streaming capabilities and live scoring updates.  
• View teams schedules  

The live streaming capabilities of Glover's Scorebook app allow staff members to capture a game and stream it directly from the app. The live-streaming feature also enhances the connectivity of fans and teams by allowing staff members to engage with the audience by providing text commentary.    

A super admin portal is built into the app featuring a dashboard, user lists, team lists, events, seasons, and subscription pricing/promo codes.    

The importance of these features is that they contribute to building a space within this app that ushers in a new era of sports management. Because of the community these features build between coaches, fans, players, and staff, teams can work faster and more collaboratively during games.    

The ability to quickly track statistics in the middle of the game, share insights with fans, and have one place to collect relevant information is beneficial in improving a team's overall operational efficiency and communication.