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• CSC Professional Development & Continuing Education
CSC webinars are free to attend in 2023-24 with advance registration required. Visit
CollegeSportsCommunicators/ProfessionalDevelopment for a complete list of available sessions and registration links. Selected sessions may later be available on-demand in the hub and on CSC channels such as
YouTube and
podcasts.
From the 2023-24 CSC Statistical and Stat Rules Webinar Series
held Sept. 27: Football statistics and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)
held Oct. 3: Volleyball statistics and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)
held Oct. 18: Soccer statistics and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)
held Nov. 14: Basketball statistics and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)
held Jan. 24: Ice hockey statistics and stat rules (below)
Up Next- Jan. 30: Men's lacrosse statistics and stat rules (2 pm ET)
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Working with ice hockey statistics & stat rules
Learning more about the sport of ice hockey and producing accurate statistics.
This webinar, held Jan. 24, was our fifth in the 2023-24 CSC statistics/stat rules webinar series.
Generating consistent statistics and consistent stat reporting are essential duties of each athletic communications department. Presenters in this ice hockey webinar familiarized CSC members with a review of ice hockey rules - for both men and women's hockey - as they apply to statistics for 2023-24 and how to utilize proper scoring techniques to register accurate statistics.
Please note: This was NOT a training session on "how-to" work with Genius/NCAA Live Stats or Presto stats; rather, it was held to give athletic communicators and statisticians a basic understanding of the rules of the games and an understanding on how to score ice hockey plays and staff contests.
The discussion focused on:
- best practices for pregame preparation for statistics, setting up stat personnel and job duties of that personnel, and how to effectively work with your opponent SID; setting up rosters, line charts (NCAA only); in-game statistical how-to's; post-game reporting; working with your opponents' athletic communications sport contact(s)
- the use of proper in-game scoring techniques to register accurate statistics, including: entering starters; what sources to use if unsure about a play; recording basic statistics
- a review of stat definitions (icing, offsides, shots vs. shots on goal, assists, power plays, penalty types)
- discussion of difficult/unusual plays, ways to troubleshoot them and the way to accurate stat them during the game
- using assist trackers (use an extra person or use the video stream if you didn't see it live)
- wrapping up the game - what are the best practices in checking final stats and working with your fellow SIDs post-match
Panelists
- Elisa Mitton – University of Windsor Sports Information Coordinator & Home Event Manager
- Tim Volkmann – Rochester Institute of Technology Director of Athletic Communications
- Earl Zukerman – McGill University Communications Officer
- Moderator: Jenna Jorgensen, Stillwater (Minn.) Area Public Schools Communications and Public Relations Coordinator / former Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Assistant Commissiowrner
Resources and statistical training materials:
From CSC 360 September issue: Accurate statistics are important; resources are available
- For sports that utilize NCAA LiveStats (football, soccer, volleyball and ice hockey), the NCAA Manager is a terrific resource filled with training videos and a FAQ page for each sport.
- Live training webinars for fall sports have passed, but recordings of the sessions remain available online.
- Be sure to sign up for the NCAA LiveStats newsletter to receive product updates and register for upcoming webinars.
- On game day, if you incur any issues, contact NCAA LiveStats help desk at (877) 542-7282 or email NCAASupport@geniussports.com. We encourage you to CC the corresponding NCAA staff member (more on that below!) so that we are aware of the issue.
For those in the NAIA utilizing Presto Sports statistics software:
YouTube Presto Training Playlist
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