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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 (NOW COMPLETED)
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)
Today: Baseball & Softball statistics and stat rules (see below)
On-Demand WEBINAR
Working with baseball and softball statistics & stat rules
Learning more about the sports of baseball and softball and producing accurate statistics.
The eight and final session in the eight-part CSC statistics/stat rules webinar series focused on baseball and softball statistics, with the on-demand video and podcast links found here.
The series was produced to help CSC membrers generate consistent statistics and consistent stat reporting, essential duties of each athletic communications department. This webinar familiarized CSC members with a review of rules for both baseball and softball as they apply to statistics for 2024 and how to utilize proper scoring techniques to register accurate statistics.
Questions from the audience were answered throughout.
Please note: This was NOT a training session on "how-to" work with Genius/NCAA Live Stats or Presto stats; rather, attendees gained a basic understanding of the rules of the games and an understanding of how to score plays.
The discussion focused on:
- college women's softball and college baseball rules and how to score stats and plays correctly
- 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; in-game statistical how-to's; post-game reporting; working with your opponents' athletic communications sport contact(s)
- tips and strategies for SIDs who handle official scoring duties when they are questioned about a scoring decision; how best to work with coaches, press box personnel and SID colleagues to review/rectify/edit or keep a stat ruling
- encouraging the audience to join the private Facebook group SID Scoring Assistance
- 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 and scoring them (double plays, rundowns, batting out of order, illegal batter, softball Flex player, etc.)
- discussion of difficult/unusual plays, ways to troubleshoot them and the way to accurate stat them during the game
- best practices and communications in editing game files and working with your fellow SIDs post-match
Panelists/Moderator
- Ryan Gallant – University of Utah Associate Director, Athletic Communications
- Frank Mercogliano - University of New Mexico Assistant Athletics Director - Communications
- Bridgette Robles – University of Richmond Assistant Director of Athletics Public Relations
- Moderator: Robert McKinney, Willamette University Assistant Athletics Director, Communications
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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