Brief Data Visualization of the New Unified Points List
I finally had a chance to sit down and play with the new Unified Points List through USA Fencing. Immediately, I was drawn to how powerful the data could be - here, we can see just how many people have competed over the past year at different levels, per gender, per weapon, per Senior/Junior/Cadet categories.
Today, I am only going to go over some of the interesting things I found when exploring the data. I focus specifically on the Senior Unified Points Lists - I do not go into Junior or Cadet. While some portions show all six categories, I specifically dive into saber more often as we are a saber only club.
Where Are the Women Fencing Coaches?
Take a look around any large tournament and you’ll find a lack of women coaching fencers. In 2019-2020 fencing season, WFencing released a report card. The report card looked at a lot of different roles within USA Fencing, NCAA, and USFCA, among other groups, to see how women were represented in senior, professional roles. However, the report card did not take a look at individual clubs and how they were staffed. I was curious to take a snapshot of how clubs present themselves and their coaches through their websites to see how prevalent women were at the club level.