What Is the New 6-8 Platform?
What is new in the 6-8 Mobile App, Dashboard, Scoreboard and Game Desk, part by part.
The new 6-8 brings the app, Game Desk, Dashboard and Scoreboard together in one updated platform, with a cleaner and faster experience for athletes, families and clubs. One family account holds a profile for every athlete in your household, and the same login works in the app, the Dashboard and the Game Desk.
| Part | Who it's for |
|---|---|
| 6-8 Mobile App | Athletes and parents |
| 6-8 Dashboard | Athletes, families and college coaches |
| 6-8 Scoreboard | Families and fans |
| 6-8 Game Desk | Clubs, teams, coaches and tournaments |
What is new in the 6-8 Mobile App. Rebuilt from the ground up.
- Score a game in two taps: pick the cap, then the stat, with the game clock on every event. Score a game is at the top of Games.
- Automatic goal highlights from your game video, with the scorer marked in each clip.
- Your +/- Performance Indicator, rankings, 6-8 Challenge results and the Athlete Profile in one place, with PI in this game on every game page.
- The 6-8 ID on the Home card, under the athlete's name, number and position.
- Every athlete in the family in one account with Add another athlete, and view-only sharing with Invite user by email.
- Follow your teams and get live scores and results.
- Opens the 6-8 Dashboard directly, with no second login.
- Follows the phone language, in 11 languages.
What is new on the 6-8 Dashboard. Where coaches, scouts and clubs look athletes up.
- Two profiles for each athlete: a Public Profile anyone can open from the Dashboard, and a College Profile that opens only from the family's coach link.
- Families choose Shown or Hidden for each item in Edit my College Profile.
- Skill profile: the athlete compared with players of the same age group and position.
- Athleticism, Production and Power scores, with strengths and a next step.
- Leaderboards for High School and Youth, College and Pro, filtered by gender, age, grad year, position and country.
- Details edited on the Dashboard are saved to the Athlete Profile in the app too.
What is new on the 6-8 Scoreboard (6-8 Scores). The public scoreboard for families and fans.
- Live scores, box scores and play-by-play for every game shared from the 6-8 Game Desk.
- Scheduled games show on their date before they start.
- Game times in Pacific time, or in your own time zone with My time.
- My teams: the same followed teams as in the app.
- Filter by league and game status, or search for a team.
- Team pages with roster and schedule.
What is new in the 6-8 Game Desk. Faster scoring at the table.
- Tap a cap, then the stat: Goal, Missed Shot, Exclusion, Steal, Assist, Field Block, Turnover, Penalty, Offensive and more.
- Game clock with Stop, Reset and Sprint; every event keeps its game time.
- Undo last and a full event list to fix mistakes on the spot, and Edit or undo stats after the game.
- In progress, Finished and Upcoming games in one list, with game times in PT.
- Tag athletes on a roster by 6-8 ID or name, with no approval step.
- Paper stat sheet: print it with the roster, mark it by hand, then take a photo to bring the stats in.
- Works in the iPad app and in Chrome on a computer.
And the 6-8 Help Center. Ask a question in plain words. The answer comes from the 6-8 help articles, with links to them, in the same 11 languages as the app.
Source: Sara's notes (Oct 20 and Oct 23) and the 6-8 platform overview.
Related articles
- How to Create Your Account and Athlete Profiles
- How the 6-8 Mobile App and 6-8 Dashboard Work Together
- What Is the 6-8 Game Desk?