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Here you will find a variety of documents that will assist with various aspects of game operations, P. A. announcing and music. These documents were either created by SportsAnnouncing.com, or found on the internet and provide useful information for game operations.
P. A. Announcer & Game Operations Assistance Files
Music Submission Sign
SportsAnnouncing.com Rules for Music Submission Sign (PDF) – This was designed to be printed, laminated and placed in areas in which athletes or fans may request music. This sets a standard to help the administration of the school or organization put a system in place to help with auditioning music. These signs can be customized with your school, organization or governing body’s logo. Please contact us for more information.
Baseball
Paul Smith Baseball Softball Scorecard (PDF) – Thank you Paul Smith for providing us this document, it allows all who get behind the microphone to follow along with the game they’re announcing. Paul prints these on 11×17 card stock and it provides plenty of space for information.
SportsAnnouncing.com Baseball & Softball In-Game Assistance Sheets (PDF) – These are designed to help keep track of defensive alignments, inning run-downs (flip flopped with the defense to allow you to fold the sheet in half width wise), and all of the necessary post-game information to announce to the fans.
Basketball
2015 NCAA D-III Basketball Championship Script (PDF) – This is the actual script used for the NCAA Division-III Basketball National Championship Game and gives you an idea of how to construct your script for halves-based basketball games.
SportsAnnouncing.com Blank Basketball Script (Word) – Create your own script using this template for halves-based basketball games.
Skills Competition Worksheet (PDF) – This worksheet will help you track participants in skills competitions. Use the sheet for different categories.
Home Run Derby Score Card (PDF) – Holding a home run derby? This score card will help you keep track of the outs and home runs hit by each player, along with the round and the team they play for. Print multiple copies for multiple rounds
Diving
FINA Table of Degree of Difficulties (Link) – USADiver.com has done a tremendous job of putting together a complete list of degrees of difficulty for various dives, along with their dive number and dive name. If you’re announcing a dive competition, you’ll want to print this out. It’s color coded, so you will want to print in color. There are charts for 1 & 3 meter springboard, along with tower dives.
Ice Hockey
ICE HOCKEY Running Time Rules – These rules have not been approved for use by any major governing body, but do provide an excellent guideline of clock operation during games that use running time. If you download and use these rules, please let us know.
SportsAnnouncing.com: Hockey Calculator 1.51 – For ice hockey announcers and off-ice personnel, useful for figuring out the time of goals and penalties, with an added box for time penalties should be released from the penalty box. This is an Excel file.
Skills Competition Worksheet (PDF) – This worksheet will help you track participants in skills competitions. Use the sheet for different categories.
Soccer
Soccer Time Conversion Chart – This chart was designed by Virginia-based P. A. announcer Blake Peddicord to help announcers convert the time remaining on the scoreboard to elapsed time to help SID’s, announcers and others figure out the correct time of goals, bookings, subs, etc. Includes extra time. Print out and take with you to any soccer match.
Wrestling
SportsAnnouncing.com: Wrestling Tracker 1.5 – For wrestling announcers and scorekeepers, useful for organizing your rosters and keeping score of each match as it’s going. Has tabs for high school & college duals & quads. Also has the ability to figure out pin time. This Excel file uses macros, you will need to enable the macros to get the full use out of this file.
Rules & Rule Books
Professional
Major League Baseball Rule Book
Major League Soccer Rules of Competition
National Basketball Association Rule Book
National Football League Rule Book
National Hockey League Interactive Rule Book (PDF)
College
NCAA Playing Rules All Sports – This link contains rules for all NCAA sports which includes rule books and other documents of interest.
Men’s Basketball Rules of the Game – This link contains all the updated rules and PDFs of the rule book, case book, and any rule changes.
Women’s Basketball Rules of the Game – This link contains all the updated rules and PDFs of the rule book, case book, and any rule changes.
High School
The Naitonal Federation of High Schools has published a link for sports they oversee with some rules and information for each that can be useful for P. A. announcers, including rule changes and signal charts. Each section does not include the actual rule book for each sport, but does include a lot of information that is useful for casual fans and announcers.
NFHS Baseball Rules with Signals Chart
NFHS Basketball Rules with Signals Chart
NFHS Field Hockey Rules with Signals Chart
NFHS Football Rules with Signals Chart
NFHS Gymnastics Boys Policies & Procedures / Girls Rules and Information
NFHS Ice Hockey Rules and Charts
NFHS Lacrosse Boys / Girls Rule Changes & Summary Chart
NFHS Softball Rules and Information
NFHS Soccer Rules with Signals Charts
NFHS Swimming & Diving Manuals & Information
NFHS Track & Field/Cross Country
NFHS Volleyball Rules & Signals Chart
NFHS Water Polo Rules & Signals Chart
NFHS Wrestling Rules with Signals Chart
Amateur
USA Hockey Rules All Levels – USA Hockey has provided a simple link to ALL of their rules, from youth and adult, to juniors and sled hockey, along with standards of play, measurements and rule comparisons with other hockey organizations.
Tournament Assistance