Hrlax Boys Hs Statistician's Quiz

A faceoff win is determined by clear possession of the ball, not by the subsequent offensive opportunity. Most often it is the team that has the ball when the referee signals possession, though sometimes statistical possession occurs before or after the referee's call.

True, his is the definition of a caused turnover. It is credited to the player who causes the turnover.

Assists are the most subjective of stats. The key point on awarding an assist is that it needs to appear as part of the play or be a pass that is direct reason a goal occurred. Here is the full published philosophy on awarding assists in men's lacrosse: An assist is not necessarily credited to a player who makes a pass before a goal. There should be conscious effort on the part of the passer to find an open player for a shot or to help a player work free for a shot. There should be no particular time frame for an assist (although the pass and shot should appear to be part of the same play) nor should there be any rigid distance factor in the play (the player scoring the goal could take one step, several steps, or even run a number of yards with the ball and still have the passer credited with an assist). An assist should not be credited on a play when the goal scorer dodges a defensive player after receiving the pass before shooting unless, in the opinion of the statistician, it was the pass itself and not the dodge that led directly to the shot.

The standard in faceoff stats is to award to the faceoff man the faceoff , whether he actually obtained possession or not. A teammate may have established possession but it is the faceoff man who is credited with the win. The other faceoff man is charged with the loss.

True, because in spite of there being a considerable move to score, the pass accorded A2 with an advantage that he did not previously have and because the shot was an immediate result of a pass with no essential fake to get free.

True. This is the definition of a turnover.

The number of spectators is not a player or team statistic kept by the statisticians. Ground Balls, Shots, Turnovers, Caused Turnovers, Goalie Saves, Faceoffs Taken and Won, are all individual player statistics defined in the NCAA Statisticians manual. Games Played, Goals, and Assists are recorded by the scorekeeper in the official scorebook. Clears and Extra-Man Offense and Defense are team stats that can also be recorded.

The ball must be contested: If it is just one the ground and player runs by and picks it up, it is not credited as a ground ball. The player must have real possession of the ball, meaning he can cradle, pass or shoot. If a player just drops the ball and then picks it up, it is not credited as a ground ball even if it was contested when he picked it up.

False, because intent matters, and the pass was not intended to assist A3 with scoring a goal.

True. If a player is credited with a goal, he took a shot. It is important to record every shot taken, including the shots that result in a goal.

The Home Team and Visiting Team may each provide statisticians to track their own team's stats and assist when needed at the table.

In a faceoff situation, a ground ball should be credited to the player who gains clear possession regardless of whether or not the player gaining possession is being contested at that time. Example would be when the ball is shot loose from the faceoff guys and it rolls toward a player who simply picks it up. Even though the player was uncontested, in the faceoff, the ball is, by definition, contested.

Not entering player stats puts the player at a disadvantage for post-season awards selection, but falsifying a players stats is dishonest and may put him at an advantage. So the League-imposed penalty for falsifying stats is all individual player stats are voided and the team is ineligible for post-season awards.

If the game is tied or still in the first three quarters, then the game will be picked up where it left off when it is rescheduled. All stats will be continued when the game continues.

False, Do not credit an assist on the play because A2 had to fake a defender who was not the goalie.

The goalie in this case should be credited with a ground ball because it was contested. The goalie would be credited with a save and a ground ball. However, if the ball had not been contested after a clocked shot, it would not be credited as a ground ball.

True, because if he hadn't picked it up it would have gone out of bounds. However, if the same uncontested rolling ball would not have gone out of bounds then it would not be credited as a ground ball. " A loose ball that is not contested and would not reach the midline or go out of bounds should not result in a ground ball."

A clear is when the team is able to move the ball from their defensive zone to over the offensive restraining line. When a team gains possession of the ball in their defensive end, they have 20 seconds to get it over the center line and then 10 more seconds to get it over the offensive restraining line. If they fail to do so, then a team or individual turnover is charged.

If a player puts the ball into the goal he is defending, the goal is recorded as a team goal for the other team. It does not get attributed to an individual player, but instead "OG" fr Own Goal is entered for the player number. (some may write TG for Team Goal, but because the G can easily look like a 6 we recommend using OG - the T can look like a 1 and be mistaken for player #16, but 06 is not a legal jersey number)

All caused turnovers (CT) result in a turnover (TO), but not all turnovers are caused by another player. So there are usually more TO than CTs and never more TOs than CTs.

There can only be one assist awarded per goal. Many goals are unassisted, and none have two assists.

The in-home serves the team penalties and penalties on coaches, but they do not get recorded on his personal player statistics.

An interception is credited as both a ground ball (think "gained ball" ) and a caused turnover.

In this case it would be the pass itself, not the dodge that would have led directly the shot. This is a good example of the subjectivity involved in awarding assists. If it was an incidental "step-around-the-defenseman" dodge, then it was the pass more than the dodge that led to the goal. If the dodge came because, after receiving the pass, the shooter was held up or trapped and was required to fake and dodge to escape for an open shot, then it would have been the dodge, not the pass that led to the shot, so there would be no assist awarded..

It must be contested, but sometimes an opposing player isn't close. An example is an interception. An interceptions are credited as a ground ball but the nearest player could be many yards away. Another way to think of a ground ball is a gained ball: the team gains possession of a contested ball during live play.

True, because there is supposed to be a goalie in the crease and sometimes a fake will be necessary to score.

Scores must be entered within 24 hours, but keeping and reporting individual player stats, while highly encouraged, is not an HRLax League requirement.