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Varsity Player Stats Recording and Collection Approach Used

Posted by Donald Wilkerson on Dec 03 2008 at 04:00PM PST

PLAYER STATS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY. There are two sets of individual player stats (varsity only): player single game stats and cumulative composite stats for all games recorded to-date.


Navigating to the stats.

To navigate to the player composite stats, click on the PLAYER STATS on the menu.
To find single game stats, click on the SCHEDULES AND SCORES in the left column. You should be on the Varsity TAB, then click on the game you are interested in (if a final score has been recorded). In the far right side of the page there is a link to the single game stats for each player. If the stats are all zero, that game has not yet been recorded as well as any games which followed that game.

The stats will always be entered in the order the games are played. For composite stats, you can look at the page "DATES OF MOST RECENT PAGE UPDATES" on the Home Page or sometimes on the Falcon Flashes Page. That will tell you the last game for which the stats have been entered. An explanation of each column in the stats is provided in another article on Site Usage HINTS Page.

Source of stats
It is not uncommon for the final score to be recorded on the website but no stats will have been recorded yet. You should keep in mind that getting and transcribing the stats is a tedious, error prone, time consuming task.

In addition to keeping the Clear Lake stats myself, after each varsity game I attempt to get the official stats recorded by the team's scorekeeper and statistician but they must be finished before I can photograph the stats. Sometimes we are run out of the gym before they, and consequently I, can complete their summaries of the numbers. Sometimes their bus is leaving before they are done. Often I do not get their summarized numbers until the next game or even later.

The initial stats recorded on the website come from my scorebook (I have someone record the stats for the Clear Lake team and selected stats for the opposition). In addition I take a digital picture of the official stats and scorebook and compare them with mine.  I also video record each game to resolve any disputes which might arise over the stats.

The availability of the stats on the website will sometimes lag behind the games by several days for this reason. I often cross check each game's stats for accuracy with the official scorebook. My numbers may not agree with the official book when it is initially summarized. Sometimes, the official stats are modified by the coaches after reviewing the game video. I have no way of knowing this so my numbers never change because of this.

There are a couple of stats which Ms. Gshwind and Ms. Gordon record which I do not. For example, on offense I record bad passes and other turnovers; I do not record traveling, double dribbling, and lane violations separately. On defense I do not record "altered shots", only blocked shots so some variance will exist between the two sets of stats. In addition, I am sure there are mistakes made in the official books or mine once in awhile. Those mistakes may be carried over to the web site.

I will make every effort to assure the accuracy of the numbers once they are provided to me. Any discrepancies in the website stats should be brought to my attention via email. I know these stats are important to the players and their relatives.

Comments on the stats. The stats will sometimes be slow in coming to the web site. This is due to the logistics of the process and time constraints, not any lack of importance that I place on the numbers. If the stats are wrong, it is nothing personal or intentional.

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