Aimed at statisticians with at least two years experience in the senior national leagues who want to progress to Britain's professional leagues. The course gives you practical knowledge on game administration and being a statistician in games of a higher standard.
October 2023 to May 2024
The cost to enrol onto the course is £75.
You must hold the Introduction to Statistics qualification, and have experience statting live games in the NBL/WNBL or WBBL
You must be willing to commit to do Statistics within NBL/WNBL or W/BBL competition throughout the season
Should you be accepted on to the Advanced Statistics Award, you will be expected to stat at least four games per month in the senior national leagues or WBBL.
Statistician Coaches will be assigned to a number of your games and provide feedback, as well as completing game reviews to give you an accuracy rating which will be part of the decision whether to award you the Advanced Statistics Award.
Dependent on performance and the number of statisticians on the award, we may invite you to a number of events including and not limited to:
Sureshot Junior National Cup Finals - January 2023
Senior National Cup Finals - January 2023
Academy Finals - March 2023
Senior Playoff Finals - April 2023
Junior Final Fours - May 2023
Candidates will receive a number of education sessions during the season which will be delivered online.
You are also required to complete some course work throughout the course period.
You will also be provided with a personal Statistician Coach, who will support you and be your main point of contact throughout the course.
There will be an opportunity to self-evaluate your performances including reviewing your own stats against game footage.
You will receive an exam towards the end of the course period which will include:
At the end of the assessment period, the Delivery Manager will communicate with your Statistician Coach, and anyone else deemed necessary and make one of the following recommendations:
Award you the Advanced Statistics qualification
Extend your assessment period
Not competent, able to reapply when the course next opens
Should you wish to appeal this recommendation, you may do this within 10 business days of notification stating your reason(s). Your appeal will be reviewed by the Delivery Manager with any of the program lead(s).
