School Sports - School Guide

TeamBuilder

​​​​​​​TeamBuilder is a web tool for creating and managing teams for competitions, it is accessible from a desktop, tablet, or mobile device and can be reached via the Dashboard by clicking the TeamBuilder tile.

Landing Page

Opening TeamBuilder will display a list of all sports and competitions your school has been invited to compete in, grouped under the competition owner. Competition owners will include your regional school sports organisation i.e. College Sport Auckland, an RSO i.e. Netball North Harbour, or in 2026 School Sport NZ. 

Click the Comps button to expand the competitions, view the competition team entry and player selection cut-off dates as well as a count of your students and teams that have been entered into that competition.

Click the magnifying glass to search for the competition by name, sport, or competition owner. Toggle the show filter to change between viewing all competitions or just competitions that are open for entries. A competition is treated as ‘open for entries’ if team entries are still open.  

Competition Screen

Opening the competition, on the left you will see a list of all people who have registered on the player registration form. Every school will have a form available to take registration directly from the student, coach, or team manager. Search, sort, or filter the list of people. 
On the right you will see a list of all grades for that competition. Filter the grades list to show only those relevant and to hide others. 

Team View

When viewing a team you will see details about the team, the team members, and the scorer code. The scorer code is used in the Match Day Scoring App. 

Now add players and coaches to your team. This may not be required based on the rules set by the competition owner but the choice is yours. Adding all players, coaches, and team managers unlocks additional benefits in Sporty, including Chat2Teams and match-day team selection. 
To make this process easy, Sporty has a few ways to add players:

2.    Add multiple people to a team quickly.
Sort or filter your database then add multiple people at once to a team. Tick the checkboxe next to the players name, then select Move X Players to Team. 

4.    Drag and drop from the school roll.
If your school has enabled the integration between Sporty and Kamar/Edge, then simply drag and drop students from your school roll into a team. If you are not yet connected or using a different Student Management System (SMS) contact Sporty Support to get your roll imported. 

For individual-based sports like athletics and swimming, in TeamBuilder select the competition. 
•    On the right-hand side, find the competition grade i.e. the ‘Regional Champions’ competition will have a corresponding ‘Regional Champions’ grade, this should be the first grade in the competition.
•    Open the grade and click + Add Team
•    Complete the Team Entry Form for your school
•    Read and tick the Terms and Conditions
•    Click Submit
•    On the Thank you screen, click Done

Now add students to the team, 
1.    Drag and drop players into a team.
2.   Manually add new player.
3.   Drag and drop from the school roll.​​​​​​​

When adding a student, you will receive a pop-up requiring additional information as you have not yet set the events that the student will compete in. 
•    Click Continue
•    Select the events the student will compete in. The list of events will be filtered based on the students' age and gender and will only display events they are eligible to compete in
•    Enter the students' qualifying time or distance for each event

Add a team for any relay events your school will be competing in.
•    Open the relay grade i.e. 400m Senior Girls Relay
•    Click + Add a team
•    Complete the Team Entry Form
•    Then drag and drop students from the participant database into the relay team

Add the Sporty Draws and Results widget to your website or open the competition owners website. Go to the draws and results page and log in as a results administrator. You will see Score Game under any of your school's fixtures.

Clicking Score Game will open the Score Game screen. Enter the result for both teams and click submit. Make sure to enter a result for all games, even if the other team has already entered a result.

If both schools' results match, the score will display in green, and no further changes can be made. If the scores do not match, the score will display in red, indicating a disputed score.

To resolve a disputed score, contact the competing school and try to resolve the issue. You can edit your results on the Score Game screen. Once a matching result is entered, it will display in green.

If your school needs to default a game, open the Score Game screen and change the status to Lose by Default. You will still need to contact the competing team to inform them that you won't be able to make the game.

Login as a team admin, scorer, or player. View upcoming matches for your team. 

Chat2Teams automatically create an instant and secure messaging group for every team added in TeamBuilder.  

Select your team for the match, track player statistics, and subsitutions.  

Teams can enter results at the game, scoring the match live will keep your audience engaged. 

Find out more here.