If your team scores games in GameChanger, you can stream them live to family and friends who can’t be at the field. All it takes is a phone or camera, a way to mount it, and a little planning. Here’s everything we’ve learned about doing it well.

Quick Start: Five Minutes Before First Pitch

1. Charge up. Streaming drains a phone fast. Start at 100% and plug into a power bank before you go live.
2. Silence the phone. Turn on Do Not Disturb so calls and notifications don’t interrupt the stream.
3. Pick your spot using the field diagram below, and mount the phone sideways (landscape).
4. Frame the shot. Open the live stream screen in GameChanger and aim for pitcher, batter, and catcher with the infield in view. Zoom in slightly to make the fence links disappear.
5. Check your signal and go live a few minutes early, so you can fix problems before the first pitch.

Where to Put the Camera

• A: Behind home plate (best). You see the pitcher, batter, catcher, and the whole infield, and the backstop protects your phone from foul balls. GameChanger also recommends the home plate angle for fixed field cameras. Set the lens in the middle of a fence opening and zoom slightly to hide the chain links.
• B: First-base side. Great for close plays at first and for seeing right-handed batters’ faces. Mount it behind the dugout or along the fence, high enough to clear players standing at the rail.
• C: Third-base side. The mirror image of B. Best for left-handed batters and plays at third.
• D: Beyond the outfield. The classic TV look straight at the pitcher and batter. It needs a long zoom and usually a tall tripod, and phone zoom gets grainy at that distance. Better for a second camera than your only one.

Mount It: Clamp, Tripod, or Case

Fence clamp mount

A spring or screw clamp that grabs the chain-link fence and holds your phone. Usually the cheapest option and it sets up in seconds. The downside: your phone sits out in the open sun.

Tall tripod

A tripod lets you shoot over the fence and the heads of the crowd, which is great from the top of the bleachers. Look for one that extends well above eye level and has a phone clamp. Be courteous about where you set it up so you don’t block anyone’s view.

GameChanger Streaming Kit (Dick’s Sporting Goods)

GameChanger’s own kit, sold only at Dick’s Sporting Goods, combines all of the above:

• A padded carry case that clips to a chain-link fence or net with metal clips and Velcro straps, with a large clear window to shoot through
• Shade and rain protection for your phone, plus a drop-down pocket for a battery pack
• A phone mount and a universal camera mount (for cameras like Mevo or GoPro)
• A 51-inch aluminum tripod with a built-in level for fields where you can’t use the fence

When we checked in October 2026 it was listed at $99.99 and on sale for $79.99. Prices change, so check before you buy.

Want to keep your phone free? Dick’s also sells a GameChanger and GoPro bundle ($449.98 at launch) with a GoPro HERO13 Black, a pass-through door for external power, a memory card, a case, and the streaming kit. It streams through GameChanger, so you can watch the game instead of your screen.

Beat the Sun (and the Heat)

• Keep the sun behind the camera. Shooting into the sun washes out the picture and puts players in shadow. Baseball’s official rules recommend fields run from home plate toward second base in an east-northeast direction, which puts the afternoon sun behind a camera at home plate. Many youth fields follow that, but not all, so check before you set up.
• Shade the phone. Phones in direct sun can overheat, dim the screen, or shut down mid-game. A case with a sun cover, a small clamp-on umbrella, or a phone sun hood all help.
• Cut the glare. A hood around the lens or angling the phone slightly down keeps sun flare off the shot.
• Go light-colored. A white or light case stays cooler than a black one.
• Shade the battery too. Power banks don’t like heat any more than phones do.

Power and Connection

• Bring a power bank. One around 10,000 mAh or more will usually carry a phone through a full game, and plugging in from the start means you’re not chasing a dying battery in the sixth inning.
• Find the signal. Most fields don’t have Wi-Fi, so you’re streaming on cellular data. Before you mount the phone, check that you have a solid signal at that spot.
• Watch your data plan. Live video uses a lot of data. If you stream every weekend, check your plan.

More Help

• Our full article on the best setup for streaming baseball games through a fence, with videos of mounts and setups in action
• GameChanger’s official live stream tips
• GameChanger’s camera recommendation tool