Score Keeper Training (2) Kansas City Youth Lacrosse Assn. Prepared by Jack Yates

The Score Sheet Form Three Part Form o Original for league, copy for each team Information limited to what league needs to capture o Names of bench officials o Names of teams, including program, age/grade, names and numbers of players, who scored goals, personal fouls, running score o Score verification by bench and field officials. o Accurate copies require firm pressure with ball point pens provided. o Keep forms dry if at all possible. Umbrella, laundry bag, whatever you can do. o No objection to collecting other information (ground balls, nature of foul, saves, shots attempted, face off wins, etc.), but that must be done by someone else on another form. Full stats require at least one spotter, and better captured by others in the stands.

Who Are the Score Keepers? KCYLL bylaws require the home team to provide the scorekeeper and the visiting team, the clock operator. They are both table officials, and report to and work with the game officials. It is good practice to have all table officials to be cross trained so they can work together with knowledge of what the other person’s responsibilities are.

Job 1: Rosters Report to Table 15 minutes before game starts. Collect Rosters from head coaches or field manager. o If not available, advise officials roster(s) not received. This will result in a delay of game penalty. o Obtain from coaches the names/numbers of InHome (must be a starting attackman), and Goalie. Enter InHome’s name and number on top line and Goalie’s name and number on bottom line. Enter information on top lines: Date, Field name, Scorer’s Name, Time Keeper’s Name, Home Team and Visiting Team. o Please identify the team by organization (Brookside=BS, Blue Valley=BV, Lawrence=LAW, Leawood=LW, Lees Summit=LS, Mill Valley=MV, Northland=NL, Olathe=OL, Overland Park South=OPS, Pembroke Hill=PH, Pembroke Hill/St. Paul’s=PHSP, Prairie Village=PV, coach’s last name, uniform color and division (U-11, U-13A, U-13B, U-15A, U-15B). Example: PV U-13B Red.

Suggestions on Roster Entries Enter remaining player information. o Except for InHome, it is helpful to list players by ascending jersey number as it makes it easier to locate the proper line when scoring. o The InHome is the first listed person on the team’s roster and must be a starting attack. The InHome is who serves penalties against a coach, fans, or where the culprit cannot be identified. Should InHome not be available to serve a penalty for any reason, the second person on the roster is the new InHome. o If short on time, do just numbers, and come back during stoppage of play to enter last name and at least first letter of first name.

Job 2: Keeping Score Goal Scored: Put tally mark (|) next to name in Goals column, and a slash mark (\) on the running score line below player names. o Be sure number of tally marks is the same as the running score line. o If Own Goal, e.g. goalie drops ball into goal, or accidently kicked into goal by defensive player, add a player name “Own Goal” and put tally mark next to that and record on running score line. o If unsure who scored the goal, ask the coach of the offensive team as they always know. o Do not score goal until the officials are ready to start play or if there is a flag down on the play, as goals can be waved off if shooter in the crease, ball did not go in and the official made a mistake when calling it a goal, or ball had not crossed goal line before time expired in the period and many other reasons (15 listed in Rule 4.9.2).

Job 3 Recording Penalties Fouls Assessed. Applies only to Personal Fouls, most easily defined as those called where the assessed penalty if 1minute or more. o If any question that the foul was a personal foul, ask the official before play resumes. o These are tracked by slash mark through the number in the PFouls column. o When player is assessed second personal foul, advise player’s coach that he has three fouls, and that he will foul out with fourth foul. o If player fouls out, put a line through players name and entries to indicate he is out of the game and put F.O. in space adjacent to player’s line. Player Ejection: If a player is ejected from a game, put a line through his name, with an “E” next to his line and write a brief description in space at bottom of his team’s portion of the score sheet.

Job 3: Verifying Entries Your score sheet is the official record of the game. o At the end of every quarter, confer with the timekeeper who is from the other team, that your sheet accurately reflects the score to that point in the game. o The officials will often check with you between periods and at the end of the game to make sure their tallies and yours match. Yours is the official score. Obtain signatures of two officials, time keeper and you. This is the final verification that the score sheet is accurate.

Job 4: Distributing Copies Each score sheet is in three parts: Original, and two copies. o Original is given to field manager/bench official, who will retain the original as the official record of the game. o Deliver one of the copies to each of the coaches. If they leave before then, give the copies to the field manager or bench official.

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