Synergy Stats app update is released with key enhancements and expected functionalities for users across the globe. Among them are a number of free throws detection based on foul location and team bonus, introducing shooting foul, redesigned main UI menu, game confirmation change and more.

Synergy Stats 1.36.0 brings into existence the Synergy Stats Lite (Stats Lite) product - a simplified basketball stats court-side collecting tool for the needs of grassroots basketball and events. Workflows have been simplified with the focus being that a single user can record statistics for a match without losing the quality of data.  More information grassroots version of Synergy Stats will be provided in a separate article. 

SHOOTING FOUL BUTTON

Foul types modal now includes a shooting foul separate button, which replaces the ticking of the 'shooting' box in the bottom right corner of the modal, which was previously marking the personal foul as such. 

The existing PERSONAL FOUL in the modal refers to a non-shooting foul resulting in no free throws unless the team is in bonus. The non-shooting foul is never called by the officials while a player is attempting a shot. 

Adding the SHOOTING FOUL button will save the user some clicks. This change will also remove the rarely used LOOSE BALL tick box option from the workflow, as well as the OK button for confirming and closing the workflow.

The only foul type option that still requires the OK button to be selected is the OFFENSIVE FOUL as some users need to select if the offensive foul is charging or blocking such. All other FOUL options, when clicked, take the user to the next player select modal.

In addition, based on the court location selection, the user will have the number of free throws predefined and will not need to click on the number of free throws option as a step when adding a shooting foul. This will also remove selecting the free throws number when a personal foul is in place, and will save more clicks. 

SHOOTING vs NON-SHOOTING FOUL 

A shooting foul is any foul called by the officials as a foul "in the act of shooting". A foul resulting in FTs only because of team fouls (bonus) is a non-shooting foul. 

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTS 

(FOUL LOCATION WITH SHOOTING FOUL + BONUS WITH NON-SHOOTING FOUL)

The workflow for defining free throws attempts number is a major change for the 1.36.0 release as off now the user will use court location selection to detect the number of free throws about to be attempted when shooting foul is in place. When the committed foul's location is inside the 3 pts arc, 2 free throws will be prompted, while clicking outside will give the user 3 free throws attempts. 

In addition, when a team is in bonus (reached foulsBeforeBonus number set for fixture in Match Profile in CMAN) and a foul occurs that is a personal non-shooting foul but the player will shoot FTs because of the bonus, Synergy Stats understands the scenario, and once the foul committed and foul drawn are registered the app displays automatically FTs window with the shooter - the player who received the foul. 2 FTs will be prompted after every non-shooting personal foul when bonus and the user do not select number of FTs anymore.

MAIN MENU REARRANGED + ATTENDANCE 

A Game Settings tab is introduced in the main menu with the current Synergy Stats release, which accommodates Game Details, Team Setup, and Attendance (new) buttons. 

To add the number of spectators for a game, the user must select ATTENDANCE from GAME SETTINGS and add the number in the pop-up modal. Upon selecting CONFIRM, the attendance option in the fixture setup message is updated.

Thus, the 'ATTENDANCE' field is removed from the Game Details screen.

COMPLETE GAME CONFIRMATION

At the end of a game, when complete, the user is allowed to end the game and confirm it or not. Ending the game marks it as complete for the viewers, but the user can still review and edit (if needed), while confirming the game will allow no further edits and modifications to the fixture.  

It also allows the user to END only or END & CONFIRM, ensuring the CONFIRM option is in front of the statistician so they don't miss it, which was happening in the past. 

Key part of this process is that when a user attempts to close the browser or log out of the application without CONFIRMING the match, the prompt will appear: "You are about to navigate away from this page without confirming the match. Please confirm the match before exiting". OK button is present to be selected, which returns the user to the game screen UI.

VALUE AND SHOT LOCATION FOR MISSED SHOTS

When editing a missed shot action or play, Synergy Stats now allows the user to modify the shot location and its value.

MORE ENHANCEMENTS

• Cancel CANCELLATION workflow 

• The application crash message is updated to allow the user to return to the game.  Selecting the 'Back to Fixture' button will download the log files. 

The size of the log files is reduced to simplify and facilitate the user. The file size is now between 3-6 Mb.

• Space bar shifting the UI interface down the screen when smaller size screens are used is fixed, and the space bar usage for stopping/starting the game clock should not bother the UI interface    
• TIPIN MISSED + FOULED option added to the TIPIN screen workflows 

The users have the chance to add, with less click a scenario where a missed shot followed by tipin missed involves a foul while a shooter is in the act of shooting. 

FIXED BUGS

• 'event unidentified' for event that is part of CANCELLATION foul types workflow is not displayed in the actions log anymore