Webinar: Working with volleyball stats & stat rules

College Sports Communicators

On-Demand College Sports Communicators Webinar Working with volleyball stats & stat rules Learning about the sport of volleyball, its rules, and and producing accurate statistics. Generating consistent statistics and consistent stat reporting are essential duties of each athletic communications department. From our 2023-24 CSC Statistics and Stat Rules Webinar Series, this webinar, with five leading pro and college volleyball statisticians, featured a discussion and insights on: • college volleyball rules and how to score them correctly • best practices for pregame preparation for statistics, setting up stat personnel, and post-game reporting; working with your opponents’ athletic communications volleyball contact(s) • the use of proper in-game volleyball scoring techniques to register accurate statistics, including: entering starters; what sources to use if unsure about a play; recording basic statistics • a review of the hand signals that volleyball officials use to determine a play and also how they signal player numbers/substitutions • 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 • Mindy Brauer – MIT Assistant Director of DAPER Communications, Promotions, and Marketing • Diane Nordstrom – University of Wisconsin Associate Director of Brand Communication / CSC Hall of Famer and CSC Professional Development and Education Committee member • Joe Reinsch – Pacific West Conference Assistant Commissioner • Shane White - Professional Association of Volleyball Officials (PAVO) & USA Volleyball official and national volleyball statistician • Moderator: Mark Albanese, Pacific Lutheran Director of Sports Communication / CSC Professional Development and Education Committee member