How to Keep a Basketball Scorebook

Every basketball game requires someone to keep the scorebook. The scorebook is the official record of the game. After the scoreboard is turned off the only thing left is the scorebook. When you think about all the stats that you need to track to keep a basketball scorebook it is easy to get overwhelmed. However, once you learn how to do it you will not be so nervous. Read on to learn how to keep a basketball scorebook.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• A basketball scorebook

1. Enter in the teams and players. If you do not have the teams and players listed correctly you will not be able to keep a basketball scorebook accurately.
2. Keep track of individual fouls. When a foul is called, the official will signal to the individual keeping the basketball scorebook, the number of the player who committed the foul. Mark down each foul a player commits and then let the referee know when a player has fouled out.
3. Monitor team fouls as they are called. It is up to the official score keeper to track not only individual fouls, but team fouls. After a set number of team fouls the player that was fouled will get to shoot free throws. This is called being in the bonus. The scorekeeper must inform the referee when a team is in the bonus and should shoot free throws.
4. Follow the score of the game. When a team scores a basket you will have to keep track of the team's score by crossing out numbers at the top of the scorebook.
5. Track individual player's points. When you keep a basketball scorebook you will need to know how many points each player scores. There is a section for field goals and a section for free throws. You can develop your own system for differentiating between a two point field goal or a three-point field goal and free throws.
6. Ignore everything else. When you keep a basketball scorebook you do not have to worry about tracking rebounds, assists or turnovers.

Tips & Warnings

• You will usually have a partner who is running the scoreboard. Work together with the other scorekeeper to make sure that you both agree on the score and foul totals.