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Our fastpitch season is over but we start a new "roster year" in September with fall ball. Doing tryouts in August and will keep most of the same players but adding a few. What is the best way to end the season stat wise so that player stats don't continue to cumulate from this past season?

I'm thinking I can just create a new team name by adding the year after it but will the player cards continue to cumulate from last season for those players who are returning? Do I have to create new player names to avoid this?

BTW we used iscore for 77 travel games this spring and summer and LOVE IT!

You do not need to create new player names. Most people recommend starting a new team. If the player cards come from the team manager (rather than from the player manager) it will include stats from that team only and not include prior season games. Leagues are another way to manage stats, but since you have player turnover, I think a new team is the way to go.

But how do you get the new team to sync with the website without paying for it again.

That's the pickle I'm in. We have changed sponsors of the team so I'd like to create a new team, bring the few players who are staying and start fresh.

Seems like I may have to stay with the old team and rename it and axe the players who are no longer on it.

Websites must be renewed annually and they are tied to a specific team. You will need to pay for a new site for a new team. If you want to be able to access previous season stats, then you would need to go the league route. You can move all your old season games into a separate league. The problem with that is all players from old and new season will be on the website (unless you restrict players by league as well and turn that league off - but then you lose access to the old info anyway.) In either case, you will need to repay the $20 assuming that you bough the website last Fall at the beginning of your 1010-2011 season. You can remove players from the team, as you suggested, but not sure what that will do to stats for old games. If that is not a problem for you (you will not list old games anyway) then that is a way to keep the existing site.

If your existing website still has some time on it and you do not want to pay for a new site, then that is your best choice.

team mom is correct .. but will add my point of view also.

first i highly discourage folks from deleting any players in player manager on the device. (not even opponents). b/c when you remove a player, they disappear from historical games and can make those games meaningless if you ever want to look at them in detail later.

second, in my opinion, the simplest and cleanest way to start a new team like you describe is to buy a second site. create a new team, add in returning players, buy a new team site, (20$) and let the old site expire on its one year anniversary.

Yes you pay a bit extra, but over time will appreciate it ... All the historical data for the returning players will follow along and your new team site will not be cluttered with list of former players. You will also retain clean understandable historical data on your device for past teams/players/games, seasons/years. Yes you can "jury rig" with leagues and re use the old team site (I have done that too), but in doing so will loose some history and get confused on what the players did what with what team vs the other (even using well managed leagues) .... fast forward X months, to when the one year renewal anniversary comes up on original subscription, you will spend the 20$ to renew and have to live with the confusion. ... I have tested both ways re using web sites (with sophisticated leagues to separate) and buying a new site,.. and found accelerating payment of the extra subscription well worth the simplification and preservation of history.

i understand 20$ bills do not grow on trees, but if you are serious about maintaining any historical reference on past games and performance, and value simplicity ... I would spend the extra dollars upfront and start a new team with a new site.

Since you brought it up about the website, what happens to that site after it expires? Is the data still accessible but cannot be appended or does it totally get flushed?

You will get a message on the site saying it has expired and it will give you the option to renew. The data always exists on your device, so you would never lose it, but expired sites will be removed at some point (we currently have a very long grace period, but will be tightening that up in the future).

Ok so when I enter in the new team for this year, should I select the existing players from the already populated list or type their names in all over again even if they are the same with same jersey #?

If you are setting up a new team, you will pick your players from the total player list. You will need to assign new numbers. The team is created through team manager. If there are new players not on your device, they can be added from that menu as well.

Mad hornet.... Yes add existing players from the pick list so iscore knows it is the same person (the software assigns each player a unique id behind the scenes). ...When you add a player from the pick list, you get their historical performance (spray charts)...if you create them new and type in their name, you loose that historical association..