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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 (8-part 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 (on-demand as a video and a podcast)
held Jan. 30: Men's lacrosse statistics and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)
held Feb. 26: Women's lacrosse statistics and stat rules (on demand as a video and a podcast, below)
Up next: Baseball & Softball statistics and stat rules (Tue., Feb. 27, 1 pm ET)
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Working with women's lacrosse statistics & stat rules
Learning more about the sport of women's lacrosse and producing accurate statistics.
Below, find the on-demand resources from the seventh CSC statistics/stat rules live webinar of the academic year: women's lacrosse statistics and stat rules.
Generating consistent statistics and consistent stat reporting are essential duties of each athletic communications department. The presenters reviewed the rules for women's lacrosse as they apply to statistics for 2024 and covered how to utilize proper scoring techniques to register accurate statistics. They also answered numerous questions from the audience.
This was a webinar for all divisional levels and levels of women's lacrosse statistics expertise.
Please note: This was NOT a training session on "how-to" work with Genius/NCAA Live Stats or Presto stats; rather, topics ccovered were to provide SIDs with a basic understanding of the rules of the games and an understanding on how to score plays.
The discussion focusd on:
- college women's lacrosse rules and how to score stats and plays correctly (vs. men's lacrosse rules)
- 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, etc.); 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
- discussion of difficult/unusual plays, ways to troubleshoot them and the way to accurate stat them during the game
- how to work effectively with your coaches if you are challenged to change/edit statistics in-match and post-match
- best practices and communications in editing game files and working with your fellow SIDs post-match
- reference to NCAA Statistics and Records webpage where SIDs can find numerous resources: https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2021/2/9/statistics.aspx
Panelists/Moderator
- Stephen Gorchov – Hofstra University Associate Director of Athletics for Communications
- Jill Guise – Johns Hopkins University Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
- Colena Roberts – Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Sports Information Director
- Moderator: Miles McQuiggan, Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Assistant Commissioner-Communications/CSC Professional Development and Continuing Education Committee member
Pre-webinar 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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