***This post is the second of a series discussing the importance of shooting and developing a good shot. Read Part I explaining shooting’s value in modern basketball. The legs: shooting’s most important body part. [...]
If you are a coach, you definitely know how difficult it can be to identify the most important factors of the game you just played. Moreover, the data doesn't necessarily need to match your opinion [...]
***This post is Part I of a series discussing the importance of shooting and developing a good shot. The concept of scoring in basketball is quite simple. The closer you are to the basket, [...]
This question is maybe the most important one when it comes to coaching a basketball team. Coaches all around the world have definitely heard this sentence over and over again and even the best ones [...]
For many people their introduction to the world of sports analytics came from the Brad Pitt movie “MoneyBall”, based on the book of the same name. The story follows the growth of analytics in baseball, [...]
Coaches have long searched for certain aspects that affect winning. The best coaches know that raw statistics don't hold too much weight if the eye test doesn't match the numbers. However, one of the basic [...]
The problem with bad habits is how natural they feel. They are easy to rely on and hard to recognize. Bad basketball habits are no different. We know we are supposed to follow our [...]
All athletes train and practice. It is integral to high performance. But what distinguishes great athletes from good ones is how they train and practice. Kara Lawson - Head Coach of Duke’s Women’s Basketball [...]
People often confuse statistics and analytics as one concept that describes collection and interpretation of data. Although the fields are similar as they are working with data, the two sciences differ from one another. Statistics [...]
We all hate having flaws. We hide them or ignore them or object to them. Basketball players are no different. Can’t dribble? “I am a shooter”. Can’t shoot? “I am a slasher”. We get [...]
