How to track hurling and camogie stats from the sideline
What's worth recording during a game, how to do it on a phone without missing play, and what the numbers tell you.
Most clubs already know the score. The useful part is what's behind it: who's getting on the ball, where scores come from and where they're lost. Here's a way to keep stats during a game that one person can manage from the sideline.
Start with the scoreboard
Record every score and wide as it happens, against the player: goal, point or free. That alone tells you each player's scoring, your conversion rate, and when in the game you score.
Add one or two things you care about
Don't try to record everything. Pick what matches what you're working on:
- Puckouts won and lost if your restarts are a problem.
- Turnovers if you're giving the ball away under pressure.
- Frees conceded if discipline is costing you.
Keep the taps simple
On a phone, two taps per event is about the limit while watching play: who, then what. A big Undo button matters more than any other feature.
Use it after the game
Look at a few numbers across several games rather than one: scoring by player, wides per game, and where turnovers happen. Share the positives with players; keep the failures for the coaches.
In My Coaching App
Live Scoring records scores, wides, cards, subs and fouls in two taps, works with no signal, and builds the match report and season stats automatically. The Play tab adds actions such as restarts and turnovers. Try the demo to score a game yourself.
Related
- Adding players and parentsAdd players yourself or share the join link, and bring in parents for under-18s.
- How to track Gaelic football stats from the sidelineKick-outs, turnovers and scoring: what's worth recording at a Gaelic or ladies football game, and how one person can do it on a phone.
- Asking who's availableEvery session and game asks players (or parents) if they're coming, with one reminder.