Getting Started
How It Works
Set Up
Visit the desktop version to create your 6-8 Game Desk account. Verify your email and login with your credentials.
Build Rosters
Add athletes with their 6-8 IDs or generate quick rosters for any game.
Score Games
Record every game action in real-time -goals, assists, steals, blocks, ejections, turnovers, penalties, and more.
Analyze Data
Access detailed game, team, and individual player statistics. Export data and share game summaries.
Capabilities
Complete Game Management
Roster Management
Create and manage team rosters with ease.
Manage rosters for each age group, tag 6-8 Athlete ID numbers, mark rosters as official, and track your team’s game performance data.
Live Game Scoring
Record every action as it happens – sprint wins, goals, assists, steals, blocks, earned ejections, penalties, turnovers, timeouts, and cards. Add time stamps, shot types, and notes to each action.
Review, edit, and delete any action for a seamless compilation.
Analytics & Export
Generate in-depth game, team, and individual stats for all games across events and seasons, Create detailed team vs opponent reports to evaluate, produce PDF game sheets with verified referee signatures, and more!
Every Action, Tracked.
Game Desk records a comprehensive set of game actions to provide the most detailed analytics in water polo.
- Sprint Winner
- Sprint Loser
- Goal
- Missed Shot
- Assist
- Steal
- Block
- Earned Exclusion
- Exclusion
- Penalty
- Earned Penalty
- Turnover
- Offensive Foul
- Timeout
- Red Card
- Yellow Card
Seamlessly Connected
Game Desk is the engine that powers the entire 6-8 ecosystem. Every game scored feeds directly into the Mobile App, Dashboard, Scoreboard, and Performance Indicator — creating a unified data pipeline from the pool deck to the recruiting table.
Coaches score games on Game Desk, athletes view their stats on the Mobile App, venues display scores on the Scoreboard, and the Dashboard calculates power ratings from the data — all automatically.
Game Desk Features
- Offline & online scoring compatibility
- Store & edit team rosters for all age groups & divisions
- Share your games to the 6-8 Scoreboard for LIVE scoring!
- Generate data reports for any roster for tournaments, games, & seasons
- Post game editing for all statistics
- Livetime box score & team game performance side by side analysis
- Referee signature area
- Produce official game report sheets (PDF)
Post Game Team Snapshot
Live Box Score
Team Stats
From the Pool Deck
Coach Testimonials
Learn More About Scoring
Access our complete Game Desk – Scorer Guide for step-by-step instructions on creating, scoring, and finishing games. We recognize that our manual data input processes can result in errors or missed statistics. We’ve developed a Game Desk training program and the ability to request for updated stats.
Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
The 6-8 Game Desk is available for download as a FREE iPad app from the App Store and as a desktop web application accessible from the Chrome OS browser. Note – this application cannot be accessed on a cellular device, but it available on a computer, iPad, or Android tablet.
The 6-8 Game Desk allows users to score games and track their teams game performance data with or without internet! If you wish to utilize the live scoring capability for tournaments or games, internet connectivity (wifi, hotspot, or cellular data) is necessary.
Users can score games without wifi (‘offline mode’) and share their games after they are completed. To share a game, connect the device used to score to a stable internet connection, head to ‘Finished’, click on the game you wish to share, and click icon that resembles a box with an arrow, select ‘Share to public website’ to broadcast your games.
Athletes must be tagged in a roster on the 6-8 Game Desk with their 6-8 Athlete IDs. After the game is completed, their individual stats automatically sync to their 6-8 Mobile App accounts under ‘My Games’ and populate on the Dashboard.
We make customized packages that include roster upload, a dedicated link to your event on the 6-8 Scoreboard, live standings, athlete leaderboards, and much more! Please write sara@6-8sa.co.za to inquire further about pricing for your tournament or league!
Yes, you can review, edit, and delete any game action. Games can also be reviewed with referee signatures before final submission.