When entering spirit stats for this past Sunday's games please look at the new way we are doing spirit scores. We are hoping to be able to determine which teams are the most spirited by changing our system.
The scale is now (0-4), vs the old scale of (1-5). And a score of 2 is the expected score per category. There are still 5 categories but they have changed slightly so take a close look at the link below. "There might be many times that nothing out of the ordinary occurred at a game. As such, each category should get 2 points. A final score of 10 points is considered Good Spirit."
Below I have included an example of the scoring sheet. This one is designed for a tournament but you can just use if for your first 4 games. Print out several copies and work through it with your team. For the first week you might just have to do it yourself since the game is already done. Please take the new spirit scoring system seriously. Read below to see how you are supposed to fill in the sheet.
sotg-sheet_2013.pdf
How to fill in the scores
Filling
in the scores is a team effort. This helps in educating your players too. While
this might take several minutes the first few times, it will take only a minute
after you get used to it.
It
is expected that teams display normal, good spirit. The system was designed in
accordance with this expectation. Therefore the baseline in each category is “Good”
which equals 2 Points. For each game, determine if the other team was better
than, worse than, or the same as just a regular game and
score accordingly.
Focus
on each question and answer that question only. Do not start with an
overall score in mind and work backwards to get that score.
There
might be many times that nothing out of the ordinary occurred at a game. As
such, each category should get 2 points. A final score of 10 points is
considered Good Spirit.
The
question: “How was our Spirit compared to theirs?” is included because Spirit
is also about your own behavior and allows you to reflect about it with your
team. If you feel your behavior was worse, give the other team more points.
Give
a real score that reflects the items detailed on the sheet; do not score
a team because you felt the team was ‘nice’ or because they made a funny game
in the circle.
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