Short Time Scoring a new stat report in Takedown Scoring and Stats Release 1.1. This is the first of many advanced stats we intend to implement.

Short Time Scoring is More Important than First Takedown

One of the reasons we created Takedown was to uncover the coaching insights that are hidden inside paper scorebooks.

Coaches are always wondering "how does my wrestler do in short time?" The reason is simple: points scored in short time are difficult to make up because a time-out will occur soon as the clock expires. Short time scoring is similar to edge scoring in this sense (though the time out is less certain in edge scoring and, in fact, can be avoided entirely if action migrates away from edge).

Many coaches feel that scoring the first takedown as being the most reliable indicator of match outcome (win or loss). However, after reviewing thousands of match outcomes we believe that short-time scoring is a better predictor of match outcome. This isn’t a feeling — it’s data driven.

Implementation in Takedown Scoring and Stats

This new report can be found in the Reports section of the app.

Recognizing that ‘short time’ means different things to different coaches, Takedown allows you to set a short time value of 5, 10, 15 or 20 seconds. The report displays for each wrestler the number of points scored and conceded within this short time ‘bucket’. As with all reports, narrow or expand the scope over which short time scoring is calculated by using report filters.

The report also provides a ratio - Average Point Differential (APD) - that allows you to quickly evaluate a wrestler's short time performance.

APD is simply the difference of points scored and conceded divided by the total number of periods.

If the APD value is positive, then your wrestler is scoring more points than conceded. A positive APD can be an unassailable competitive advantage.

If the APD is negative then the opposite would be true. This wrestler will be far less likely, on average, to win matches.

As a coach that's what you want to know.

Here's a real-world example of the Short Time Scoring report:

The accuracy of the Short Time Report depends on your having scored the match live because the stat requires an accurate match clock.. If the match has been marked as “transcribed” then the match will be excluded from the Short Time scoring stats.

Check out the Short Time Scoring report in the current release, available on the App Store