At Scopos our goal is to turn shooting into a spectator sport. As a company we can only do so much to achieve this goal. Scopos has built the tools, but Match Directors and Range Officers have to know how to use our tools to help popularize and publicize shooting as a sport. In this article we explore three simple steps, with the help of Scopos software, you can do at your next competition to make it more appealing to spectators.
It's true, a quiet range is a boring range.
Simply by drowning out the background noise, music brings an element of much-needed life to the range. For spectators and competitors alike background music can:
There are plenty of online services that offer streaming music. Amazon, Spotify, and Pandora, are three such examples. Find a service and playlist that has well-known, modern, and tempered music.
Playing music is both allowed and encouraged by the National Three-Position Air Rifle Council, CMP, and USAS rulebooks. Music is actually required under ISSF rules during Finals.
It is best to subscribe to a premium service without commercials; human voices in commercials can be distracting to competitors. It is also important to keep the volume of music to a reasonable and safe level. Range Officers shouldn’t ever have a problem speaking louder than the music to give range or safety commands.
By now, every match director knows the importance of turning on online results. Online results let spectators back home and on the range know how their favorite athletes and teams are doing throughout the match. Live, online results are simply a requirement for any modern competition.
However, turning on online results is only the first step; you must also make sure everyone knows how to find these results. On the range, spectators and athletes will want to view results on their phone. For this, the easiest and best way to share the location is with a QR Code, which can be generated from Orion or Rezults.
Finally, print your QR Code, possibly with multiple copies, to hang on the range in conspicuous locations. On the bulletin board, the door into the range, or even on the back of spectator seating. Spectators will be able to scan the QR code with their mobile phones and open the Rezults website directly to the results.
An example of a QR code printout. Go ahead and check the results of the Sporter League Pre-season!
Can you imagine going to a basketball game that doesn’t have a scoreboard? Sports would be exceptionally boring without competitors and spectators knowing who is winning and by how much every moment of the game. Given this obvious, important conclusion, shooting needs an easy-to-follow leaderboard.
Rezult’s Leaderboard is available when you enable online results for your match. It is designed to either be displayed on a large screen TV or projected against a screen. It is purposefully designed for spectators to let them know who’s playing, who’s winning, and by how much.
To open the leaderboard, migrate to your match on Rezults, and click the Leaderbord button.
Once opened, the Leaderboard will cycle through the primary results lists within your match. We also give you the ability to select a single specific list to display. The Leaderboard refreshes automatically as Orion receives scores either from ESTs or paper targets.
Cover photo credit: Webb City AJROTC
