Instructions for using PrestoStats Live Scoring mode
If you are a website client, log into your website and the app is available to you from each event information page. You can access that page by going to the Schedule tab in a sports season and clicking on the date of the game. If you are not a website client, please log here and navigate to the event information page to begin live scoring.
When using the app for the first time, your browser will give a message similar to this: "The page at URL.prestosports.com is asking to store data in your browser". You must click "Allow" on this message or else offline mode will not work, meaning the data will not get stored in your browser when there is not an internet connection available.
NOTE: This is a browser-based app. Do not click on your browser's back and forward buttons to change between screens on the app. This will cause you to log out from the app and move to a different website.
You will need to have the event entered in the schedule before you can launch PrestoStats for the game. You can enter the shared roster for the program before the game by following the instructions here or by importing a roster file in the Rosters tab within PrestoStats.
Game Setup
To start any game using PrestoStats Live Scoring you will click on the button on the event information screen that says “Launch PrestoStats”. Once you do that the program will ask you to select the scoring mode you wish to use, which you will then click Live Scoring. If another user has already launched PrestoStats for the game and chosen Scoresheet Entry mode you will have to reset the event to switch it to Live Scoring mode.
After you have chosen Live Scoring mode you must enter some basic information about the event before you can begin entering plays. Some of this information will be filled out already, and some needs to be done manually like:
The location of the contest
Each team's starters or starting lineup. For sports such as field hockey, hockey, lacrosse, and soccer that have goalkeepers you will need to also enter those players where it says choose starting goalkeeper.
You can now begin to add plays.
Click on the Add Play button at the top of the app to see the play entry buttons. You can control the clock by clicking it or using the space bar or F6 key to start and stop the clock.
For baseball and softball the Add Play button will take you to the field screen where you can begin entering pitches and plays.
Note: The app automatically sets the keystroke for the home and visitor team. The automatic setting is the first letter of each team name, except basketball where it's H and V. You can change this setting to anything you want in the Setup tab.
Changing between periods
At the end of each half, period, or quarter, click on Game Ctrl and then click on End Period.
To begin the next half, period, or quarter, click on Game Ctrl and then Start Period.
To start an overtime period, click on Game Ctrl at the end of the final regulation period or quarter. Then click on Game Ctrl and then Start Period.
Follow this same process for a second overtime period or to start a shootout.
Ending a Game
To end a game, click on Game Ctrl and then click on End Period after the final period of the game has been completed.
To finalize a game, click on Game Ctrl and then click on Wrap Up.
The first step is to confirm the score of the game. If the score is wrong, you can edit scoring plays.
From this menu, you also have the option to print box scores and play by play reports.
Add in weather, attendance, game duration and more in the Setup screen. Game duration must be entered for a game to be marked as final in the CMS.
Update the goalie records for each team's goalie or update pitching records
Finally, update the team records (This step will mark this game as "Final" in the PrestoSports Network.)
NOTE: Be sure to clear your browser storage (clear cache) periodically to ensure stats input continues saving after scoring several games. Here are instructions for clearing cache in different browsers:
Offline Mode
While connected to the Internet, sign in to PrestoStats using any supported internet browser through your PrestoSports website or here
Sign in using the same email account and password that you use to sign into the back end of your website or Game day.
Select the season you want to enter stats for.
Select the game.
Set the game up while connected to the Internet and keep the browser tab open once you move offline.
Score game and keep browser tab open while connecting back to the Internet to sync the stored plays. Make sure you see the green checkmark indicating that stats have been synced with the PrestoSports network before closing the tab with PrestoStats open.