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BASKETBALL STATISTICS MANAGER User's Guide 1995 BASKETBALL STATISTICS MANAGER IS PROVIDED AS SHAREWARE. THE CONCEPT IS EASY. WE ALLOW YOU TO USE OUR PROGRAM FREE OF CHARGE FOR A LIMITED TIME. IF YOU LIKE THE PROGRAM AND WANT TO USE IT ON A REGULAR BASES, THEN WE EXPECT YOU TO REGISTER YOUR COPY OF THE PROGRAM. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO UPDATE THE PROGRAM AND SUPPORT OUR USERS. IT WILL ALSO KEEP THE PRICE OF THE PROGRAM DOWN. BSM IS THE RESULT OF MANY HOURS OF PROGRAMMING. PLEASE GIVE THE AUTHOR HIS FARE SHARE AND REGISTER YOUR COPY IF YOU ARE USING THE PROGRAM ON A REGULAR BASIS. TO REGISTER SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ALONG WITH A $30.00 TO: SPORTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PO BOX 1853 AMES, IA 50010-1853 YOU WILL RECEIVE NOTICES OF PROGRAM UPDATES AND A HARD-COPY OF THE MANUAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. Table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................4 1.1. Basketball Statistics Manager Features .........4 1.2. Using this manual ..............................4 2. System Requirements ...................................5 3. Getting Started .......................................6 3.1. To get started: ................................6 3.2. To start the program: ..........................6 4. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ..................................7 4.1. Using the menus ................................7 4.2. Getting Help ...................................7 5. MAIN MENU .............................................8 5.1. Stats ..........................................8 5.2. Print ..........................................8 5.3. Team Roster ....................................8 5.4. Utilities ......................................8 6. Stats Menu ............................................9 6.1. Enter statistics of a game .....................9 6.2. Edit Statistics of a game ......................9 6.3. Delete Selected Statistics of a game ...........10 6.4. Delete entire Statistics of a game .............10 7. PRINT MENU ...........................................11 7.1. Game ...........................................11 7.2. Conference Accumulative ........................11 7.3. Conference Averages ............................11 7.4. Overall Accumulative ...........................11 7.5. Overall Averages ...............................11 7.6. Individual Performance .........................11 7.7. Season Summary .................................11 7.8. Printer Setup ..................................12 8. TEAM ROSTER ...........................................13 8.1. Add a team member ..............................13 8.2. Edit a team member .............................13 8.3. Delete a team member ...........................13 9. UTILITIES .............................................15 9.1. Begin a new season .............................15 9.2. Modify Team Title ..............................15 9.3. Modify season year .............................15 9.4. Records ........................................15 9.4.1. Modify Records ..........................16 9.4.2. Check Records ...........................17 9.4.3. Print Records ...........................17 9.5. Maintenance ....................................17 10. Making backup copies .................................18 10.1. If you have one floppy drive ..................18 10.2. If you have two floppy drives .................18 10.3. If you have one floppy drive and a hard disk ..18 11. Error codes ..........................................20 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for using Basketball Statistics Manager (BSM). This program will make the process of keeping basketball statistics easy and fast. 1.1. Basketball Statistics Manager Features Computerized handling of statistics add statistics of a game edit selected statistics delete statistics Produces a variety of reports game report conference averages conference accumulative season averages season averages individual season records season summary Computerized handling of the team roster add a team member edit a name delete a team member Miscelanous utilities team title season routine maintenance Computerized handling of records add, edit and delete records check data for tied or broken records print record sheets 1.2. Using this manual We have endeavored to make the command structure of Basketball Statistics Manager as user-friendly as possible. The best way to learn the capabilities of the program is to experiment with it and use the on-line help facility. Sample statistics and record files are provided for your use. This manual could be used as a reference. If you have any suggestions for making Basketball Statistics Manager easier to use or for improving the program in any way, please feel free to contact us. For suggestions, please contact us at the following address: Sports Management Systems PO BOX 1853 Ames, IA 50010-1853 2. System Requirements Basketball Statistics Manager requires the following minimum hardware configuration: IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 or compatible with minimum 640 KB RAM One 3 1/2" floppy drive DOS 3.1 or later IBM or EPSON compatible printer capable of printing 132 characters per line. You must include the following lines in the CONFIG.SYS file: FILES=20 BUFFERS=25 If you do not know about CONFIG.SYS, simply copy the sample CONFIG.SYS file (provided on the disk) to your boot up disk. 3. Getting Started 3.1. To get started: Make back-up copies of your original disk. For more information on how to make back-up copies refer to section 10. Start the program. If this is your first time, BSM will use the sample files. Feel free to experiment with the program. To enter your own statistics, select 'Utilities' from the main menu and select 'Begin a new season'. This sub-program will take you through the necessary steps to set up BSM for a new season. 3.2. To start the program: If you have a dual-floppy or single-floppy system, insert your disk in drive A and start the computer. Basketball statistics Manager will be automatically loaded. If you have a hard disk, after starting your computer, change to the Basketball Statistics Manager subdirectory and start the program by typing: BSM <enter> 4. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS After the introductory screen, the main menu is displayed. 4.1. Using the menus Basketball Statistics Manager menus are flexible and easy to use. To access any of the items on the menus, move the cursor to your selection with the arrow keys and press <Enter>. Typing the first letter of any item will also work. You can leave any menu by pressing the ESC key except the main menu. As a safeguard against accidental abortion of the program you must either press 'Q' or choose 'Quit' from the menu. 4.2. Getting Help You can get help anytime by simply pressing the F1 key. The help screen will give you specific information about the menu items. After you are done with the help screen, simply press ESC. 5. MAIN MENU 5.1. Stats This item will allow you to add, edit and delete statistics of a selected player in a selected game. 5.2. Print This item will give you a choice of 7 different reports and a Printer Setup utility. 5.3. Team Roster This option will allow you to add, edit and delete team roster members and keep an up to date roster list. 5.4. Utilities This option gives you a submenu from which you can Begin a new season Modify Team Title Modify season year Manipulate records Perform routine maintenance The following sections will give you a detail description of these items. 6. Stats Menu You probably will use this menu more than any other menus in the system. This is where you add, edit and delete statistics of a game. 6.1. Enter statistics of a game After selecting this option, you will be prompted to enter the name of the opponent. This name must be unique and is restricted to 18 characters. BSM will automatically convert the name into uppercase letters. The next prompt will ask you whether this game is a conference game or not. BSM needs this information for producing reports. If you don't wish to differentiate between Conference and Non-Conference games, then press 'Y' for Yes. Next, you will be given a list of players. Use the arrow keys and select the player for whom you wish to enter statistics. The Statistics-entry-screen will appear. It displays the name of the player, the name of the opponent and whether the game was a conference or non-conference game. You are prompted to enter the statistics. For example, the first item is FOULS. You will enter the number of fouls the player had, and then press <Enter>. You can move between fields by using PgUp and PgDn keys. This comes handy when you made a mistake. You can go back to that field and enter the correct value. Calculated fields, such as 'Field Goal Percentage' or 'Total Rebounds' are automatically handled by BSM. If you don't want to keep track of a particular stat, just leave it as zero. After you enter the values for the last item, BSM asks whether you want to 'Add more stats'. If you do, press <Enter>. The list of players appears again, with the highlight on the next player from the list. The name of the previous player will appear in a lighter color. This will help you remember which players you have entered statistics for. Once you enter stats for a player, the only way to change it is by selecting 'Edit' from the 'Stats' menu. NOTE: The evaluation copy of BSM is limited to ten games. 6.2. Edit Statistics of a game Select this item, when you need to correct previously- entered stats for a player. You select the game and the player for whom you wish to edit stats. The stats-entry- screen will appear. Use PgUp and PgDn keys to move among the fields and enter the correct values. After the last item, BSM asks whether you want to 'Edit more stats'. If you do, press <Enter>. The list of players appears again, with the highlight on the next player from the list. The same procedure repeats. If you wish to edit stats from a different game, you need to go back to the 'stats' menu and select 'Edit Statistics of a game'. Then select the correct game from the opponent list. The opponent list includes the name of the opponent followed by a 'Y' or a 'N'. A 'Y' will indicate that the game was a Conference game and a 'N' will indicate that the game was Non-Conference. 6.3. Delete Selected Statistics of a game Select this item, when you need to delete previously-entered stats for a player. You select the game and the player for whom you wish to delete stats. The stats-entry-screen will appear. You will be asked to confirm the deletion. Select 'Yes' to delete the stats and 'No' to keep them unchanged. BSM asks whether you want to 'Delete more stats'. If you do, press <Enter>. The list of players appears again, with the highlight on the next player from the list. The same procedure repeats. If you wish to delete stats from a different game, you need to go back to the 'stats' menu and select 'Delete Selected Statistics of a game'. Then select the correct game from the opponent list. The opponent list includes the name of the opponent followed by a 'Y' or a 'N'. A 'Y' will indicate that the game was a Conference game and a 'N' will indicate that the game was Non-Conference. 6.4. Delete entire Statistics of a game Select this item, when you want to delete all the stats that belong to a particular game. Unlike 'Delete Selected Statistics of a game', this item will not prompt you to select a particular player. BSM gives you a list of all the games. Select the game you want to delete. You will be asked to confirm the deletion. Select 'Yes' to delete the stats and 'No' to keep them unchanged. The opponent list includes the name of the opponent followed by a 'Y' or a 'N'. A 'Y' will indicate that the game was a Conference game and a 'N' will indicate that the game was Non-Conference. 7. PRINT MENU From this menu you select the kind of report you wish to print. You can also select the type of printer that you have. 7.1. Game This is the most widely used report. It will print the stats of all the players against a particular team. You probably want to print a 'game report' after you enter the stats of a game. 7.2. Conference Accumulative This report contains the names of the players followed by their performance in Conference games. It includes a team total at the bottom of the page. 7.3. Conference Averages This report contains the names of the players followed by their averages in the following categories: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Turnovers, Steals, Blocked Shots, Three- point Field Goals. The report only includes Conference games. It includes a team total at the bottom of the page. 7.4. Overall Accumulative This report contains the names of the players followed by their performance in Conference and Non-Conference games. It includes a team total at the bottom of the page. 7.5. Overall Averages This report contains the names of the players followed by their averages in the following categories: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Turnovers, Steals, Blocked Shots, Three-point Field Goals. The report includes Conference and Non-Conference games. It also includes a team total at the bottom of the page. 7.6. Individual Performance This report shows the performance of a player against difference opponents. You can select particular players to print the report for, or you can select all the players. This is a good report for the end-of-season handbook. 7.7. Season Summary This report will show a summary of the season. It lists the following: Our score, Opponent, Opponent's Score, Leading scorer, Points. This is a good report for the end-of-season handbook. 7.8. Printer Setup Some of the reports of BSM require the printer to print in condensed form. Each brand of printers has its own code for printing in condensed form. If you have difficulty getting your printer to print in condensed form, select the printer that most closely resembles your printer. Since we don't have access to every printer, our list is limited. We welcome any comments about the result you get on different printers using our printer selection. If you send us the proper codes for your printer, we will add that to our list and send you an updated copy of BSM with your printer included at no charge. For more information about the printing capabilities of your printer, consult your Printer's Manual. 8. TEAM ROSTER From this sub-program, you can keep your roster list up-to- date. You have a list of players. TEAM ROSTER will allow you to add, edit or delete names from this list. When you are done, press ESC to return to the main menu. 8.1. Add a team member Put the highlight on any player. Press F4. A box will appear on the right hand side of the screen. Enter the name of the player. This name is limited to 20 characters. Press <Enter> when you are done. 8.2. Edit a team member Put the highlight on the name you wish to edit. Press <Enter>. A box will appear on the right hand side of the screen with the name of the player in it. Correct the name and press <Enter> when you are done. BSM will then change all occurrences of this name in its main data file. 8.3. Delete a team member Put the highlight on the name you wish to delete. Press F3. You are asked to confirm the deletion. Select 'Yes' to delete the name, 'No' to keep it unchanged. If you select 'Yes', then BSM will delete all occurrences of this name in its main data file. NOTE: While we developed BSM, we made every effort to keep it adaptable to different situations. For example, we had to consider users who wanted to differentiate Conference and Non-Conference games. At the same time, we had to consider the users who just did the opposite. In the roster program, we have added two little extra features. 1) Sometimes, you can't attribute a particular stat to only one player. Rebounds are a good example of this situation. If team A shoot the ball and it hit the rim and went out of bounds, team B will get possession. But, who got the rebound? In this situation, you probably want to give the defensive rebound to team B as a whole. BSM will allow you to enter 'TEAM' as one of your roster members. It will treat it differently in only one manner: any names that you add to your list, will appear before 'TEAM' in the list. This way, 'TEAM' will always be the last name on your list. Remember, the word TEAM must be in all capital letters. 2) BSM will allow you to keep track of your opponent's totals for each game. This way, you can compare your team's totals, to the opponent's totals. If you wish to use this option, add the word 'OPPONENT' to your team members. BSM will treat 'OPPONENT' differently. Any names that you add to your list, will appear before 'OPPONENT' in the list. This way, 'OPPONENT' will always be the last name on your list. The special word TEAM will appear just before OPPONENT. Remember, the word OPPONENT must be in all capital letters. When, you print a report, BSM ignores the stats entered for OPPONENT when calculating team totals. It will print your opponent's totals, followed by your team's totals. 9. UTILITIES This menu allows you to go through the necessary steps to begin a new season, edit some vital values, manipulate records and perform maintenance routines. 9.1. Begin a new season At the beginning of each season, you need to set up BSM for a new season. This item allows you to perform the necessary steps. To begin a new season you must follow these steps in the order described: 1) Confirm the deletion of stats from the previous season 2) Enter a team title for your team 3) Enter a season year, for example: 1990-1991 4) Enter the names of your players using 'Team Roster' from the main menu. 5) Enter stats of your first game using 'Enter statistics of a game' from the 'Stats' menu. 9.2. Modify Team Title The team title will appear on most of your reports. If you need to edit or change this title, use this item. The change will not affect your statistical data. 9.3. Modify season year The season year will appear on most of your reports. If you need to edit or change this, use this item. If you change this item, in the middle of the season, your records might become corrupted. 9.4. Records The ability to keep track of records is what distinguishes BSM from most other programs. With BSM, you enter your current records once, and BSM will take of everything else. It will check to see if any records have been tied or broken. If so, it will inform you! BSM will keep track of four different records: 1) Individual season records. These are individual records taken from the performance of a player throughout the season. It includes the player's name and the season. 2) Team Season Records. These are team records taken from the performance of the entire team throughout the season. It only includes the season. 3) Individual Game Records. These are taken from the performance of each player during each game. It includes the name of the player, the opponent and the season. 4) Team Game Records. These are taken from the performance of the entire team during a game. It includes the name of the opponent and the season. All records include the name of the record and the numerical value associated with it. 9.4.1. Modify Records Before you can use the capabilities of BSM, you need to enter your current records. BSM will keep these data in files and if it finds any tied or broken records, it makes the necessary changes to the data. Select the kind of record you wish to modify. (Refer to section 9.4 for information on different kinds) You will see an entry screen. The names of the records appear on the left hand side. Put the highlight on the column next to the name of the record for which you want to enter a value and press <Enter>. Enter the necessary information and press <Enter> again. Follow the same procedure for all the other record names. Suppose your are modifying 'Individual Game Records' and the record for 'Most Field Goals Attempted' is 20. In order to enter this information, you put the highlight on the column next to 'Individual Game Records' and press <Enter>. Type 20 and press <Enter>. Enter the player's name, opponent's name and the season in the same manner. Any time that BSM finds a person attempting more field goals than 20, it will erase the old record and replaces it with the new record. If BSM finds a player who also attempted 20 field goals, it will add it to its data file. Now, you have two players holding the same record. If you have two players holding the same record, then put the highlight on that record's name. Press F4. Enter the proper information. Now you have two copied of the same record which indicates you have a tied record. You can edit any value on the screen by putting the highlight on it and pressing <Enter>. You could press F3 to delete records. If you don't wish to keep track of a certain record, enter 0 for its numerical value. The record will not appear on the printed reports. Note: BSM contains a list of record names for each record kind. These names are permanent and cannot be deleted or edited. If you attempt to edit a 'record name' you will get an error message. Also, you cannot delete a unique record. An example will make it clear: if you have more than one player holding the same record, you may delete all BUT ONE of them. If you have only one player holding a record, then that record cannot be deleted. 9.4.2. Check Records This item will allow you to check and update the records. Select the kind of record that you want to check (Refer to section 9.4 for information on different kinds). BSM will begin checking your records. If it finds that a record is tied or broken, it will inform you. It then asks you whether you want further processing. Select 'Yes' if you want the change to be stored in the data file. Select 'No' to keep the data file unchanged. There are situations in which you don't want to process a broken or tied record. Suppose that the record for the best field goal percentage is 90% (9 out of 10). A player shoots 1 out of 1 and gets a percentage of 100%. You certainly don't want to process the broken record in such a case. We suggest that you run these checks once at the end of the season, unless you periodically need to know whether records have been broken or not. 9.4.3. Print Records To print record sheets, select this item. Record sheets will have all the information about records. It is a good supplement to your end-of-season handbook. To print, select the kind of record you wish to print and press <Enter>. 9.5. Maintenance BSM uses several data files to store its information. For fast access to data, there are some index files that are used. All of these files must be kept updated periodically. A problem in one file, will very likely cause problems on other files. One of the most frequent problems concerns the index files. The technical term is 'corrupted index file'. It means that the index file and the data file don't match. This is a serious problem, but it could be easily corrected, if you rebuild the index files. This is one of the routines that this menu item will perform: it will update your index files. If you get unusual errors, or 'internal' errors, then simply select this item and your problem will most likely be solved. 10. Making backup copies We suggest frequent backup of your data. The easiest way is to copy all files to your backup disk. This way, you will have a disk from which you could run BSM. You could copy BSM to a new disk for each new season and label it with the season year. Using this method, you will have an archive of all your stats from previous seasons. 10.1. If you have one floppy drive 1) Place a DOS disk in drive A. 2) Type the following commands: FORMAT A: /S WARNING: MAKE SURE THE DISK IN DRIVE B IS EMPTY. THIS COMMAND WILL ERASE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE DISK. 3) Place your destination disk in drive A and follow the directions given.. 4) Place your BSM disk (source disk) in drive A. 5) Type the following command: COPY A:\*.* B:\ This will copy all the files. Each file is displayed as it is copied. You need to swap the disks when told. 10.2. If you have two floppy drives 1) Place a DOS disk in drive A. 2) Place your destination disk in drive B. 3) Type the following commands: FORMAT B: /S WARNING: MAKE SURE THE DISK IN DRIVE B IS EMPTY. THIS COMMAND WILL ERASE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE DISK. 4) Place your BSM disk (source disk) in drive A. 5) Type the following command: COPY A:\*.* B:\ This will copy all the files in drive A to drive B. Each file is displayed as it is copied. 10.3. If you have one floppy drive and a hard disk 1) Change to the directory containing your DOS files. 2) Place your destination disk in drive A. 3) Type the following commands: FORMAT A: /S WARNING: MAKE SURE THE DISK IN DRIVE B IS EMPTY. THIS COMMAND WILL ERASE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE DISK. 4) Change to the directory containing BSM files. 5) Type the following command: COPY *.* A:\ This will copy all the files in BSM directory to drive A. Each file is displayed as it is copied. 11. Error codes #2 THE STATS FILE IS EMPTY. This is a warning that will appear when you first use BSM or you have just started a new season. It warns you that your main data file (stats file) is empty and you cannot manipulate any statistics. After you enter stats, this message will no longer appear. #4 NAME ALREADY EXISTS. Such a name was already in the roster list. You cannot have duplicate names on the list. #5 THE ROSTER FILE DOES NOT EXIST. BSM was not able to locate its roster list. Make sure your disk contains all the files from the original disk. #6 THE STATS FILE DOES NOT EXIST. BSM was not able to locate its main data file. Make sure your disk contains all the files from the original disk. #7 THE HELP FILE DOES NOT EXIST. BSM was not able to locate its help file. Make sure your disk contains all the files from the original disk. #8 THE RECORDS DATA FILE DOES NOT EXIST. BSM was not able to locate the files containing record information. Make sure your disk contains all the files from the original disk. #9 THIS FILED CANNOT BE EDITED. You cannot edit a 'record name'. Please refer to section 9.4.1 for more information. #10 YOU MAY NOT DELETE THIS RECORD. You cannot delete a unique record. Please refer to section 9.4.1 for more information. #11 GAMES FILE DOES NOT EXIST. BSM was not able to locate its game file. Make sure your disk contains all the files from the original disk. #12 NO MORE NAMES TO ADD. You have reached the end of the names list. #13 DUPLICATE INFORMATION You cannot have two exact copies of the same record information. Notice that this is different from a tied record. Tied records will have the same numerical value, but DIFFERENT 'record holders'. #100 THE ROSTER FILE CONTAINS NO NAMES. This is a warning that will appear when you first use BSM or you have just started a new season. It warns you that your roster file is empty. After you enter the members of your team, this message will no longer appear. #105 DUPLICATE GAME. You have tried to enter stats for the same opponent twice. To resolve the problem, change the opponent's name and make it unique. For example, if you play team A twice, call the first game A1, and the second game A2. Refer to section 6.1 for more information. This manual is provided only to assist you in the use of the product. In no event shall Sports Management Systems or the author be liable for any special, incidental, or consequential damages from the usage of the product or the manual. All Rights Reserved.