Scorekeeper Position - League Athletics
Scorekeeper Position You are the official scorekeeper for the game, so it is important to be objective and impartial. Your primary interaction will be with the field officials, your table timer, and your spotters, and you occasionally respond to game related questions from coaches. Refrain from making any comments regarding game play, and ask officials to intervene if you are unnecessarily distracted by outside influence. This is the position for volunteers who want to take the game experience one step further. At field level you can sense the ups and downs and emotions of each team as the game progresses. The field level experience is far more engaging than the stands. Long before game time, thoroughly read through these guidelines and be familiar with the attached score sheet and official hand signals. PRE-GAME PREPARATION: •
Arrive at least ½ hour before game time to setup. Collect team rosters, confer with officials, etc. If you rush this position, you will find it difficult to stay on top during the game.
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Set up your table. Have score sheets, pens/pencils with erasers, air horn (test), field paint, and tape (wind control) all nearby. Be prepared for cold weather, wind, rain, etc. Have plastic cover for score sheet, waterproof pens, canopy, and flip scorer if used – all at your disposal and as conditions dictate.
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Enter team names under Home Team / Visiting Team sides of the score sheet. Enter Sideline Manager (get from coaches). Enter Scorekeeper Name, Timekeeper Name, Date, and Field Location. Indicate Run/Stop time and enter Time per Quarter. The officials will complete the other information at the bottom prior to or immediately after the game (make sure they do).
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Get Home Team and Visiting Team rosters from each team coach. Enter the 1st names on the rosters in the 1st entry on the respective sides of the score sheet (“In Home” player): Jersey number, 1st initial first name, last name (note: In Home player takes penalty time if a coach gets called with a penalty).
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Proceed entering remaining players on score sheet the same way by (ideally) position and sequentially by jersey number – at minimum enter sequentially by number for quick reference later. Goalies always go on the bottom. If a player plays goalie and another position, enter that player twice - once among the other positions and again below as goalie.
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Introduce yourself and confer with officials to see if they have any special requirements. Also get the cell number of your scoreboard operator up in the announcer box so you (more likely your spotters) can communicate any issues. Sometimes you are privy to score changes by officials that the scoreboard operator cannot know about unless you communicate. Turn Over
Table personnel are neutral. No comments to players, either coach or officials regarding play. If there is an issue with a coach or player, ask the officials to intervene.
GAME TIME: •
Goal Scored: o At the top of the score sheet and sequentially per team left to right (do not skip cells), enter time on game clock and the number of the player who scored and number of the player who assisted, if applicable. Make sure you score the correct team. Ask your spotters or even the coach for help if needed. They often know who assisted as that stat is more difficult to track. You will learn how to ID an assist over time. o In the middle of the score sheet put a tick mark in the period box across from the player who scored the goal and enter a tick mark in the Assist column across from the player who provided the assist, if applicable. o Check the scoreboard (or flip scorer) to make sure it is accurate. It’s a good idea to get the cell number of your scoreboard operator so you can communicate any issues.
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Penalty: o You do not enter penalty information in the Penalties Column across from the player’s name - you enter sequentially from top down. Your timer will help with penalties. o For the penalized team, enter the Period (Per), Player No., penalty (official will tell you), the penalty minutes (again, official will tell you), and the time on the game clock when the penalty was called. o Inform officials when any player has 5 penalties or 5 minutes of personal foul time.
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Goal Saved: o Put a tick mark in the period and across from the name of the respective goalie. Ask the question if you are not sure whether it was a save or not (goalie must stop or deflect a shot that would have been a goal otherwise.
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Time Out: o Two time-outs per team per half. In OT, each team gets one time out per OT period. Record in the lower right section of the score sheet. Enter time on game clock and inform officials if a team has exceeded their allotted time outs.
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End of Period: o At the top of the score sheet, mark a vertical line to the right of the last goal scored for each team. o Tally and enter the total goals and saves for each team at the bottom of middle section of the score sheet. Match with the information in the top of the score sheet to verify accuracy.
POST GAME o Tally the total score in the top section of the score sheet in the far right corner. o Ensure officials sign the score sheet. Hand yellow copy of score sheet to visiting team coach and original white copy to home team coach.
Table personnel are neutral. No comments to players, either coach or officials regarding play. If there is an issue with a coach or player, ask the officials to intervene.
Referee Hand Signals and Cheat Sheet Types (T) (I=Procedural, P=Personal Foul, T=Technical Foul) Signal
Text Timeout: Discretionary or Injury. Follow with tapping on chest for my TO.
Penalty None RULE: 4-27 4-28
T I
Duration Up to 2 minutes. 4 per game. Max 2 per half.
Score
None
I
Made by Lead Official. Retrieve ball and place at X. Check the penalty box after a goal.
No Score
None
I
End of period horn, goal-crease violation, too many players, teams offside, whistle, head off stick, play on or foul by scoring team, timeout.
4-9
Face-Off
None
Comments Possession required if not a dead ball.
I
4-3
Alternate Possession
Possession
I
Must be recorded on the scorecard.
Attack/Defense must stay out of center area until called.
4-33
Ball in Possession on Face-off or start the clock at Half.
None
I
Ball has entered attack area.
None
I
Occurs within 10 seconds of crossing the midline.
4-14 4-15 3-3 Out of Bounds. Direction of Play.
Possession
I
Failure to Advance the Ball.
Possession
I
Loose Ball
I
Must stay in the attack area during the last 2 minutes of regulation play. ONLY IN 4TH QTR & TO TEAM THAT'S LEADING. Don’t forget to look to bench for sub opportunity. NOT ON ENDLINE.
20 seconds (including 4 second goalie count) to the midline 10 seconds to the goal area.
Player must be in contact with some part of the midline area. Airborne players do not count. A call is made and the ball is not in possession of a player.
Simultaneous Fouls
7-6
I
FOULS AGAINST BOTH TEAMS THAT OCCUR DURING A FLAG DOWN.
Non-releasable Penalty
7-2
I
FULL TIME SERVED. IF MULTIPLE FOULSNON-RELEASE SERVED FIRST. 7-2-e.
Counts
I
Stalling Warning
I
ALL REFS MUST AGREE TO CALL.
I
Ball awarded outside the offensive area.
Re-entry of the Crease
Possession 4-20
Play-on. Dead Ball or Dead Ball followed by Appropriate Foul Signal.
I
Inadvertent Whistle.
I
Disregard Flag.
I
Play-on count to 3 and call the foul unless possession is gained by the offended.
AWARD BALL TO TEAM IN POSSESSION OR USE ALTERNATING POSSESSION
Personal Foul
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
Illegal Body Check
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
P
1 to 3 minutes
5-3
Slashing
Time 5-6
LOOSE BALL TECHNICAL FOUL WHICH RESULTS IN AWARD OF POSSESSION.
A player fouls out after 5 fouls. Can be substituted for. Goals not meeting specs – 3 Minutes NonReleasable for Home Team. Spearing=1 minute non-releasable Violent Spearing=3 minutes nonreleasable. EJECTION. Must hit stick. Not neck/head or below the waist. Hand is part of the Crosse. Swinging with excessive viciousness or recklessness.
Cross Checking
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
Should be a visible thrust.
P
1 to 3 minutes
Obstructing an opponent at or below the waist with the Crosse, hands, feet, or legs.
P
1 to 3 minutes
Excessively violent, punching, or avoidable acts.
5-2
Tripping
Time 5-7
Unnecessary Roughness
Time 5-8
“Take-out” check Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
P
1 OR 3 minutes
P
1 minute
Deep Pocket – 1 Minute Non-Releasable. Stick may be fixed and return to game.
P
1 minute
Jewelry – 1 Minute Non-Releasable
P
3-minute non-releasable penalty. Remove coach from area. Student in school official charge.
2nd non-releasable, unsportsmanlike foul. Striking or attempting to strike, or leaving the bench during a fight. Tobacco.FLAGRANT FOUL.
5-9
Illegal Equipment (Crosse)
Time 5-4 5-5
Deep Pockets
Time 5-4
Illegal Equipment (Gloves)
Time
Non-releasable in FOLLOWING cases. Arguing with an official. Profane language or gestures. Taunting. Record on Scorecard, report to Assignor Altered Stick – 3 Minutes NonReleasable Stick out of game. Stick under table, no coach in section.
5-5
Expulsion Foul
Ejection 5-11
Technical Foul (Time Served)
Time or Possession
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Interference
Time or Possession
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Must allow free movement of the ball except when within 5 yards of a loose ball or in-flight.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Blocking a player from the man he is playing or obstructing with the Crosse. Must be stationary prior to contact.
6-7
Illegal Offensive Screening
Time or Possession 6-4
Holding
Time or Possession
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Pinning, stepping, grabbing an opponents Crosse, or holding with a free hand.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Using the free hand or arm to hold, push or control the movement of the Crosse or body of the player after applying a check.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Push or thrust from behind or outside the 5 yard area.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Lie on the ball, trap and hold longer than necessary. Repeated offenses are unsportsmanlike conduct.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Leaving the goal area after a team has been told to “keep it in” during the last 2 minutes of play.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Ball awarded on the offensive side of the center face-off X if committed by offense. Ball awarded at spot for slow whistle.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Award ball on offensive side of X IF COMMITTED WHEN DEFENSE IN POSSESSION
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Coach on field, personnel in the coaches area, no artificial aids for communication to players, object to official’s decision, artificial noise. Award ball on offensive side of X. Touching, no stick, stick in face, lateness, delay, illegal entry, >4 long sticks, failure to advance to goal area
Arrive at least ½ hour before game time to setup. Collect team rosters, confer with officials, etc. If you rush this position, you will find it difficult to stay on top during the game.
•
Set up your table. Have score sheets, pens/pencils with erasers, air horn (test), field paint, and tape (wind control) all nearby. Be prepared for cold weather, wind, rain, etc. Have plastic cover for score sheet, waterproof pens, canopy, and flip scorer if used – all at your disposal and as conditions dictate.
•
Enter team names under Home Team / Visiting Team sides of the score sheet. Enter Sideline Manager (get from coaches). Enter Scorekeeper Name, Timekeeper Name, Date, and Field Location. Indicate Run/Stop time and enter Time per Quarter. The officials will complete the other information at the bottom prior to or immediately after the game (make sure they do).
•
Get Home Team and Visiting Team rosters from each team coach. Enter the 1st names on the rosters in the 1st entry on the respective sides of the score sheet (“In Home” player): Jersey number, 1st initial first name, last name (note: In Home player takes penalty time if a coach gets called with a penalty).
•
Proceed entering remaining players on score sheet the same way by (ideally) position and sequentially by jersey number – at minimum enter sequentially by number for quick reference later. Goalies always go on the bottom. If a player plays goalie and another position, enter that player twice - once among the other positions and again below as goalie.
•
Introduce yourself and confer with officials to see if they have any special requirements. Also get the cell number of your scoreboard operator up in the announcer box so you (more likely your spotters) can communicate any issues. Sometimes you are privy to score changes by officials that the scoreboard operator cannot know about unless you communicate. Turn Over
Table personnel are neutral. No comments to players, either coach or officials regarding play. If there is an issue with a coach or player, ask the officials to intervene.
GAME TIME: •
Goal Scored: o At the top of the score sheet and sequentially per team left to right (do not skip cells), enter time on game clock and the number of the player who scored and number of the player who assisted, if applicable. Make sure you score the correct team. Ask your spotters or even the coach for help if needed. They often know who assisted as that stat is more difficult to track. You will learn how to ID an assist over time. o In the middle of the score sheet put a tick mark in the period box across from the player who scored the goal and enter a tick mark in the Assist column across from the player who provided the assist, if applicable. o Check the scoreboard (or flip scorer) to make sure it is accurate. It’s a good idea to get the cell number of your scoreboard operator so you can communicate any issues.
•
Penalty: o You do not enter penalty information in the Penalties Column across from the player’s name - you enter sequentially from top down. Your timer will help with penalties. o For the penalized team, enter the Period (Per), Player No., penalty (official will tell you), the penalty minutes (again, official will tell you), and the time on the game clock when the penalty was called. o Inform officials when any player has 5 penalties or 5 minutes of personal foul time.
•
Goal Saved: o Put a tick mark in the period and across from the name of the respective goalie. Ask the question if you are not sure whether it was a save or not (goalie must stop or deflect a shot that would have been a goal otherwise.
•
Time Out: o Two time-outs per team per half. In OT, each team gets one time out per OT period. Record in the lower right section of the score sheet. Enter time on game clock and inform officials if a team has exceeded their allotted time outs.
•
End of Period: o At the top of the score sheet, mark a vertical line to the right of the last goal scored for each team. o Tally and enter the total goals and saves for each team at the bottom of middle section of the score sheet. Match with the information in the top of the score sheet to verify accuracy.
POST GAME o Tally the total score in the top section of the score sheet in the far right corner. o Ensure officials sign the score sheet. Hand yellow copy of score sheet to visiting team coach and original white copy to home team coach.
Table personnel are neutral. No comments to players, either coach or officials regarding play. If there is an issue with a coach or player, ask the officials to intervene.
Referee Hand Signals and Cheat Sheet Types (T) (I=Procedural, P=Personal Foul, T=Technical Foul) Signal
Text Timeout: Discretionary or Injury. Follow with tapping on chest for my TO.
Penalty None RULE: 4-27 4-28
T I
Duration Up to 2 minutes. 4 per game. Max 2 per half.
Score
None
I
Made by Lead Official. Retrieve ball and place at X. Check the penalty box after a goal.
No Score
None
I
End of period horn, goal-crease violation, too many players, teams offside, whistle, head off stick, play on or foul by scoring team, timeout.
4-9
Face-Off
None
Comments Possession required if not a dead ball.
I
4-3
Alternate Possession
Possession
I
Must be recorded on the scorecard.
Attack/Defense must stay out of center area until called.
4-33
Ball in Possession on Face-off or start the clock at Half.
None
I
Ball has entered attack area.
None
I
Occurs within 10 seconds of crossing the midline.
4-14 4-15 3-3 Out of Bounds. Direction of Play.
Possession
I
Failure to Advance the Ball.
Possession
I
Loose Ball
I
Must stay in the attack area during the last 2 minutes of regulation play. ONLY IN 4TH QTR & TO TEAM THAT'S LEADING. Don’t forget to look to bench for sub opportunity. NOT ON ENDLINE.
20 seconds (including 4 second goalie count) to the midline 10 seconds to the goal area.
Player must be in contact with some part of the midline area. Airborne players do not count. A call is made and the ball is not in possession of a player.
Simultaneous Fouls
7-6
I
FOULS AGAINST BOTH TEAMS THAT OCCUR DURING A FLAG DOWN.
Non-releasable Penalty
7-2
I
FULL TIME SERVED. IF MULTIPLE FOULSNON-RELEASE SERVED FIRST. 7-2-e.
Counts
I
Stalling Warning
I
ALL REFS MUST AGREE TO CALL.
I
Ball awarded outside the offensive area.
Re-entry of the Crease
Possession 4-20
Play-on. Dead Ball or Dead Ball followed by Appropriate Foul Signal.
I
Inadvertent Whistle.
I
Disregard Flag.
I
Play-on count to 3 and call the foul unless possession is gained by the offended.
AWARD BALL TO TEAM IN POSSESSION OR USE ALTERNATING POSSESSION
Personal Foul
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
Illegal Body Check
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
P
1 to 3 minutes
5-3
Slashing
Time 5-6
LOOSE BALL TECHNICAL FOUL WHICH RESULTS IN AWARD OF POSSESSION.
A player fouls out after 5 fouls. Can be substituted for. Goals not meeting specs – 3 Minutes NonReleasable for Home Team. Spearing=1 minute non-releasable Violent Spearing=3 minutes nonreleasable. EJECTION. Must hit stick. Not neck/head or below the waist. Hand is part of the Crosse. Swinging with excessive viciousness or recklessness.
Cross Checking
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
Should be a visible thrust.
P
1 to 3 minutes
Obstructing an opponent at or below the waist with the Crosse, hands, feet, or legs.
P
1 to 3 minutes
Excessively violent, punching, or avoidable acts.
5-2
Tripping
Time 5-7
Unnecessary Roughness
Time 5-8
“Take-out” check Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Time
P
1 to 3 minutes
P
1 OR 3 minutes
P
1 minute
Deep Pocket – 1 Minute Non-Releasable. Stick may be fixed and return to game.
P
1 minute
Jewelry – 1 Minute Non-Releasable
P
3-minute non-releasable penalty. Remove coach from area. Student in school official charge.
2nd non-releasable, unsportsmanlike foul. Striking or attempting to strike, or leaving the bench during a fight. Tobacco.FLAGRANT FOUL.
5-9
Illegal Equipment (Crosse)
Time 5-4 5-5
Deep Pockets
Time 5-4
Illegal Equipment (Gloves)
Time
Non-releasable in FOLLOWING cases. Arguing with an official. Profane language or gestures. Taunting. Record on Scorecard, report to Assignor Altered Stick – 3 Minutes NonReleasable Stick out of game. Stick under table, no coach in section.
5-5
Expulsion Foul
Ejection 5-11
Technical Foul (Time Served)
Time or Possession
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Interference
Time or Possession
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Must allow free movement of the ball except when within 5 yards of a loose ball or in-flight.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Blocking a player from the man he is playing or obstructing with the Crosse. Must be stationary prior to contact.
6-7
Illegal Offensive Screening
Time or Possession 6-4
Holding
Time or Possession
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Pinning, stepping, grabbing an opponents Crosse, or holding with a free hand.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Using the free hand or arm to hold, push or control the movement of the Crosse or body of the player after applying a check.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Push or thrust from behind or outside the 5 yard area.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Lie on the ball, trap and hold longer than necessary. Repeated offenses are unsportsmanlike conduct.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Leaving the goal area after a team has been told to “keep it in” during the last 2 minutes of play.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Ball awarded on the offensive side of the center face-off X if committed by offense. Ball awarded at spot for slow whistle.
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Award ball on offensive side of X IF COMMITTED WHEN DEFENSE IN POSSESSION
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
T
AWARD OR 30 seconds
Coach on field, personnel in the coaches area, no artificial aids for communication to players, object to official’s decision, artificial noise. Award ball on offensive side of X. Touching, no stick, stick in face, lateness, delay, illegal entry, >4 long sticks, failure to advance to goal area
