Webinar: Working with baseball and softball statistics & stat rules

College Sports Communicators

On-Demand College Sports Communicators WebinarWorking with baseball and softball statistics & stat rulesLearning 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