Daktronics DakStats Football Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 2)

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12 December 2012
Creating Games
1. Go to File > New Game.
2. Select the Season.
3. Select the Visiting Team and Home Team for the game.
4. Make sure the Date and Start Time are correct.
5. Select one of the following Entry Modes:
 Play-by-Play: Simple mode records each play as it happens
 Box Score: Game Totals records total game stats
 Box Score: Quarter by Quarter records stats for each quarter
6. Click Save Game, and then click Done when finished.
Note: Go to Configure > Games to edit a game’s information after it
has been created. Select the correct Season and Game ID to make the
appropriate changes.
Play-by-Play Entry
Daktronics recommends that at least two people operate the
DakStats software in Play-by-Play mode with one person acting as
the spotter and the other actually entering the stats.
1. Go to File > Open Game.
2. Select the Season and Play-by-Play (Pbp) game, and click OK.
Note: In Play-by-Play mode, you can use the [Space Bar] to start
and stop the game clock.
Kicking Off
1. When a new game is opened or after a touchdown, the Kick
Off tab is selected automatically for you.
2. Enter the jersey number of the player who is kicking off.
Note: Go to Game Control > Possession Home or Possession
Visitor to change the ball possession if necessary.
3. Select Kickoff or Onside, and if the kick off was Returned, a
Faircatch, a Touchback, or OutOfBounds.
4. Select the player who made the return and at what yard lines
the ball was kicked from and caught.
5. Fill in the kick off result (Tackle, Out of Bounds, etc.) along
with any necessary details, and then click or press Enter.