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SCOREKEEPER [6 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports (General)
  • Various Sports (General)
  • Water Sports (General)
  • Combat Sports (General)
DEF

The person in charge of recording the score or points during a game or a competition; one of the officials under the direction of the chief official.

CONT

Scorers shall keep an accounting of team and trophy scores.

OBS

Distinguish between the "scorer," the player scoring goals or points, and the "scorer," the official recording them on the scoreboard or on the scoresheet.

OBS

"Score-keeper" was found as a general sports term and for racquetball, "marker" for squash, "scorekeeper" for roller sports among others, "scorer" for basketball, synchronized swimming, softball, archery, volleyball and sports in general, and "competitor secretary" for weightlifting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
  • Sports nautiques (Généralités)
  • Sports de combat (Généralités)
DEF

Personne chargée, au cours d'un match, d'inscrire les points sur le tableau ou sur la feuille des résultats.

CONT

Les marqueurs doivent tenir le pointage des équipes en vue de déterminer le gagnant d'un trophée.

OBS

Le terme s'applique à l'officiel qui, dans les sports individuels, enregistre les points obtenus (ou perdus) par les concurrents.

OBS

La fonction de marqueur en hockey diffère de celle de pointeur à l'escrime.

OBS

Distinguer entre le marqueur, le joueur qui marque des buts ou obtient des points pour lui ou son équipe, et le marqueur, l'officiel chargé de l'inscription des points au cours d'un match ou d'une compétition.

OBS

secrétaire aux notes : Terme de nage synchronisée.

OBS

marqueur : Terme de tir à l'arc, entre autres.

OBS

secrétaire de la compétition : Terme utilisé en haltérophilie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
  • Deportes diversos (Generalidades)
  • Deportes acuáticos y náuticos (Generalidades)
  • Deportes de lucha (Generalidades)
OBS

"Anotador" se encuentra para el raquetbol, el baloncesto, el nado sincronizado, el voleibol, el softbol y en general, "anotador de puntaje" para el nado sincronizado y los deportes sobre ruedas, "tanteador" para el tiro con arco, "juez marcador" para el squash, "marcador" para los deportes en general y "secretario de competencia" para el halterofilia.

Key term(s)
  • marcadores
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Record 3 2011-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A pitched ball not hit by the batter but dropped by the catcher while, as judged by the scorekeeper, he should have caught it and prevent a runner from advancing to the next base.

OBS

It is charged as an error to the catcher if the batter reaches first base because of a dropped third strike. There can be no passed ball charged unless there is an advance by a base runner.

OBS

The term is used in baseball and in fast pitch softball.

OBS

Distinguish from "wild pitch".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Balle, lancée normalement par le lanceur, qui échappe au receveur, permettant ainsi à un coureur d'avancer d'un but ou au frappeur d'atteindre le premier coussin.

OBS

Le receveur est alors débité d'une erreur.

OBS

Le terme est utilisé au baseball, et, au softball, à la balle rapide seulement.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
OBS

An official scorekeeper and a timer sit at a table alongside the court. The timer operates the clock according to the rules governing when time is "in"(ball in play) and when it is not.

Key term(s)
  • timeout clock
  • time out clock
  • time out watch
  • timeout watch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Básquetbol
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Record 6 2001-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

A person in charge of recovering dead balls that are outside or inside the playing area, in order to give a new ball to the server who will execute the next serve.

CONT

Six ball boys will be used who will be placed outside the playing area(about 8 m from the end lines and about 4/5 m from the side lines) in the following manner : a) one at each of the 4 angles(1)(3)(4) and(6) ;b) one behind the scorekeeper(2) ;c) one behind the first referee(5)(Each ball boy may use a chair).

CONT

At the start of the match, a ball will be placed on the scorekeeper’s table and others will be given to the ball boys (1) and (4) who are the only ones authorized to give the ball to the server.

Key term(s)
  • ballboy
  • ball-boy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Personne en charge de récupérer les ballons morts qui se trouvent à l'intérieur ou hors du terrain, afin d'acheminer un nouveau ballon au serveur devant effectuer le prochain service.

CONT

On utilise six ramasseurs de balles qui sont placés à l'extérieur du terrain de jeu (à 8 mètres environ des lignes de fond et 4/5 mètres des lignes latérales) [...]

CONT

Si le ballon se trouve hors du terrain, il sera récupéré par un des ramasseurs de balles et transmis au ramasseur qui aura auparavant remis le sien au joueur devant effectuer le prochain service.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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