Resources for basketball coaches
In-depth articles on the things you end up learning the hard way: reading a box score, keeping stats on your own, drawing a playbook your players can actually read. Written for club and youth basketball, without needless jargon.
Statistics
Basketball efficiency ratings: formula, variants and limits
One number meant to sum up a player's game. How it is calculated, why two box scores can disagree on the same performance, and the three blind spots to know before showing it to a player. With a full worked example.
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Method
Tracking a game's stats on your own, while coaching
In club basketball nobody keeps the book for you. What to give up tracking, the four items that are enough to start, the moments in a game when you actually record, and the rule that saves a season of data.
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Tactics
Basketball play diagram symbols: a coach's guide
Dashed passes, wavy dribbles, screens ending in a bar with no arrowhead: the convention coaches share, the three most common drawing mistakes, and how to break a set into readable frames.
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