Timely Information for Takedown Scoring and Stats Users
New Takedown Users — Welcome!
A sample of recent new Takedown users. Welcome to all!
Stanford University
Alvernia University
Anaheim High School
Andrada HS
Antioch High
Armada Tigers
Arvada High School
Bay High School
Bedford Middle School
Belton High
Berkeley High
Berne Union
Box Elder High School
Brandon High School
CRMS
Carson High School
Cass Tech
Castle Rock Middle School
Central Catholic
Chattooga High School
Cherryvale Wrestling
Clarke County High School
Conway High School
Cornerstone University
Cypress Park
Dove Creek High School
Dragons Lair WC
Durham Wrestling Club
Easton High School
Elkhorn Girls
Elkhorn High School
Elmore County High School
Fred T Foard
Fredericktown Oh Wrestling
Frisco Emerson
Frisco Wakeland
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
George Washington High School
Georgetown Middle
Goshen
Govenor Thomas Johnson High School
HCHS Wrestling
Hamilton Southeastern
Hargrave Military Academy
Hazelwood West High School
Hduehdueduh
Hunters Creek Middle School
Jackson County High School
John Hardin High School Bulldogs
LCHS Wrestling
Lake Belton
Lake Shore High School
Lakeland
Lassen college
Lemoore College
Linden High Wrestling
Logan High School
Mack’s Creek Highschool
Mat Demon Wrestling Club
Menlo College Wrestling
Michigan
Missouri Military Academy
Monroe Central High School
Mott Community College
Mt. Whitney High School
Norris
North Atlanta High school
North Harrison
Oklahoma State University
Pagosa Springs
Parrish
Pleasant Hill High School
Prairie Middle School
Preston High School
Providence Catholic
Reading High School
Redondo Union High School
Roane County
Roosevelt High School
Sahuaro
Sahuaro High School
San Antonio LEE
Schurr High School
Scott
Scranton High
Seguin High School
Selah High School Girls Wrestling
Shelbyville
Siena Heights University
Smith-Cotton Wrestling
Southridge
Springfield Middle School
Steinbrenner Wrestling
Strake Jesuit
Stratford
Sylvania Northview
Tecumseh High School
The Herd Wrestling
Timberline
UPRM WRESTLING
University Of Missouri
Vidalia High School
Wapahani Wrestling
Westside High School Augusta
Westwood High school
Westwood Middle School
White Swan High School
William Chrisman High School
Yale HS
Version 3.4.3
New release available for download.
The newest version of Takedown Scoring and Stats is 3.4.3
This release includes important bug fixes.
Highly recommended download for all users.
Version 3.4.2
New release available for download.
The newest version of Takedown Scoring and Stats is 3.4.2
This release includes bug fixes, mostly for college.
Highly recommended download for all users.
Game Day Checklist
Spend a few minutes making sure Takedown is configured to help you succeed.
Follow this Takedown checklist on game day. Be ready to go.
Takedown Checklist in PDF format
Takedown Checklist in MS Word format
New Features in Takedown 3.4
Get the lowdown on what’s new in Takedown this season.
If you missed the new features review, here’s what was covered:
Avoid the Season Start Blues
There’s always a hiccup at season start. Here’s how to smooth it out.
Here are the things that can be frustrating at season start and how to fix them before the referee blows the whistle.
Crash on Launch
For a variety of technical reasons, if the app hasn’t been launched for a few months it will often crash or simply close very quickly after launch. Delete the app, download from the App Store and log in.
YouTube Upload Limit
YouTube temporarily imposes upload limits on new YouTube accounts. You can fix this and it is a very good idea to do this prior to the season. See this support article.
Bad Email Address
Your Takedown login email isn’t accessible and you need it changed. See this support article.
Can’t Find Email Verification Message
Common problem especially if you use a school email address. See this support article.
Subscription Problems
Can be very frustrating for you and us, too. Common causes: (1) invalid payment method on your Apple ID so your purchase didn’t complete; (2) purchased the subscription(s) with an Apple ID that isn’t used on any of your Takedown iPads; and (3) you forgot that you cancelled auto-renewal.
We can’t fix these problems, but we can offer some help:
Make sure at least one of your Takedown iPads is registered to the Apple ID that purchased the subscription.
Use “Check for Active Subscriptions” to force Takedown to get your subscription status (Takedown>Settings>Takedown Store)
Use “Manage Subscriptions” to see if Apple thinks the Apple ID on the iPad has a valid Takedown subscription. (Takedown>Settings>Takedown Store). Again, only one of your Takedown iPads needs to be registered to the Apple ID that purchased the subscription.
These articles from our support site have more details.
Rosters
The process we use to gather rosters from Trackwrestling is very labor intensive and manual. Our database isn’t dynamically synchronized with Track. It can be a day or two out of date.
If you notice a Track roster that’s not in our online database, let us know here. We can fix this same day during the week (but not same minute).
Don’t wait for your hair to catch fire before fixing these typical season startup problems. Reach out to us if we can help.
3 Ways to Improve Your Team's Takedown LIVE Presentation
Avoid the “—-” and two other items that’ll improve your team’s look on Takedown LIVE.
Takedown LIVE is a great way to communicate with your fans. After setup in Takedown Scoring and Stats the content is automatically generated from the scoring activity so it doesn’t burden on the scorer.
Here are three ways to improve your team’s look on Takedown LIVE.
Add a Logo
If you don’t add a logo for your team in Takedown Scoring and Stats then Takedown LIVE will use a question mark (?) as a placeholder.
Add a logo in My Teams or in the Takedown LIVE section of Social.
Add theRound
In a tournament, Takedown doesn’t know whether a match is in the semis, finals or in round 1. If the round isn’t assigned in Takedown Scoring and Stats, then Takedown LIVE will only display the bracket — Championship or Consolations.
Add the round in Takedown Scoring and Stats in Pairings or in Scoring. This information will appear next to the bracket in Takedown LIVE.
Tutorial: Add Round in Pairings
Tutorial: Add Round in Scoring
Assign a Weight Class
In a tournament, Takedown Scoring and Stats doesn’t know the weight class at which your wrestler is competing. If you don’t enter this information, Takedown LIVE will use a triple dash (“—-”) as a placeholder.
Assign your wrestlers to a weight class and this information will appear to the left of the bracket.
In the Event, Weigh in Wrestlers to assign weight classes. Note that it isn’t required to enter the weigh in information in order to assign the athlete to a weight class.
It’s easy to improve your team’s Takedown LIVE presentation. Try these three items today!
Fall Training Schedule
Get your operator trained before the season starts.
The current Fall training schedule is available in Takedown Help.
These training sessions are intended for Takedown scoring and stats operators.
Major Fall Release -- Takedown Version 3.4
Major fall release with significant improvements to scoring.
The newest version of Takedown Scoring and Stats is 3.4.
Please download Takedown 3.4 from the App Store on all of your iOS 15+ iPads. Your iPad might require updating to the most recent supported iOS version.
Release 3.4 offers an re-engineered scoring interface with more convenient button placement, support for additional scoring types and improved scoring notation that complies with NFHS notation.
We also revised the scoreboard to be more informative, easier to view and read, and more engaging.
Scoring
Convenience
Scoring buttons are close to the iPad screen edges for convenient access. Thumb scorers will love this change.
Choice on restart is selected in the scoring grid making it obvious which wrestler has choice. It’s also easier to score.
Clocks
A paused match clock has a solid background, replacing the pulsing outline, for quicker detection. Also, we added the ‘Head, Neck and Cervical’ clock with associated scoring notation. Secondary clocks are revealed and hidden by tapping the new clock symbol adjacent to the scoring buttons.
Rules
Takedowns are now three match points in accordance with recent NFHS rules changes.
Added Flagrant Misconduct — Contestant, Illegal Hold and Unnecessary Roughness to the list of penalties. We changed the stalling notation to be consistent with the rules book notation which is Sw and S. Also, we added notation team point deduction (TPD) and blood time (BT).
Sticky Note
Need to take a note during a match? The new Notes feature supports taking notes during or in-between matches which are saved to the Match or Event, respectively. Use this feature to memorialize any information you want attached to the Event or Match. Examples include coaching prompts, the identity of an unknown wrestler at a tournament or the name of the coach assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
Pairings Selector
Pairings selector is represented by a new icon and moved to the left margin directly above the wrestler selection. This is a scrollable list with exhibitions at the bottom.
Also, in a tournament there’s a new selector for bracket assignment next to the pairing icon.
Scoreboard
The Scoreboard feature is revamped to be more informative, engaging and easier to read.
Pre-Event
Prior to entering Scoring and starting the first match, the scoreboard will display your team name and logo, and then rotate through two screens showing your social media handle (just ‘X’ currently) and Takedown LIVE.*
Match Status
The match status presentation contains all information relevant to the match currently being scored. All of the elements have been redesigned to improve readability and overall fan experience. For table-side scoreboard, all match details included are all clocks, a position indicator, a period indicator, ankle band color assignment, contestant names and, of course, the score.
Inter-Match
Between matches, the scoreboard displays team score (dual meet only), the last match result and upcoming contestants. If enabled and available, of photo of your wrestler is displayed
In addition, Takedown Settings offers some latitude regarding which content is displayed on the various Scoreboard screens. For example, you can suppress the wrestler photo if you’d like..
As before, Scoreboard can be transmitted to any digital display via a hardwired connection or wirelessly using Apple Airplay.
That’s a Wrap
Phew! Lots of fantastic stuff in this release. The engineers have been busy bees this past off-season.
Download Takedown 3.4 from the App Store today and try out some of these new and exciting capabilities!
* The Scoreboard screen content is fictional except for the school and wrestler names which are in the public domain.
NFHS Wrestling Rule Changes
This past spring the National Federation of High Schools announced changes to the high school wrestling rules. Read about those changes here.
These rules changes will be reflected in our major fall release scheduled for App Store availability on September 16th.