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Basketball Shot Charts are a very useful way to visualize the various scoring opportunities for you or your opponents. But compared to what they could be, traditional Shot Charts lack some very valuable information. At Hoopsalytics, we’ve created a better Shot Chart system that can uncover more valuable insights for basketball coaches, as well as […]
To help our coaches have a great historical record of their games, Hoopsalytics has a Game Notes feature. You can see how it looks in the image above. This is a great way to add pictures of the scorebook, the crowd, video clips, or any other historical record from the game. You can also format […]
Basketball is a team game, yet most stats focus on the individual player, rather than that player’s impact on the entire team’s performance. In addition, many coaches want to gauge chemistry – which groups of two or three players generate the best outcome for the team. With Hoopsalytics, we’ve introduced a Player Impact analysis. This […]
As we’re getting more and more top-level coaches to join Hoopsalytics, we continue to get great suggestions on how to make our customizable basketball analytics tool even more useful. One of the recurrent themes we’ve heard is the need for making it easy to track and measure custom events and actions, and to that end […]
Some of our coaches have requested the ability to use the stats and analytics available in Hoopsalytics to measure player performance in basketball practices as well. Hoopsalytics can be used to score practices in a similar way to games, while also keeping the game stats and practice stats separated. The above image is an example […]
Every basketball coach has their own set of criteria for evaluating each player’s performance. Some emphasize defense, some minimizing turnovers, some like “hustle” stats. But instead of a traditional box score, wouldn’t it be great to have your own personalized box score, with your own points of emphasis weighted accordingly? You can do this with […]
Most successful basketball coaches have a “secret sauce” – things they emphasize during practices and games. These actions typically are not tracked by traditional stats packages or services. Actions can be offensive actions like post entries or paint touches, or defensive actions like double teams or traps. With Hoopsalytics, you can track these events, and […]
Ever wonder which lineup combinations are your most effective? Maybe you need a defensive stop, or a score in the late game. How do you tell which group of five players gives you the greatest advantage? As a part of your basketball team’s stats in Hoopsalytics, you have the option to see individual player stats, […]
Do you ever wonder which player pairs are the most productive with each other in terms of assists and scoring? Hoopsalytics now has an “Assist Map” analytic which makes it easy to see this chemistry between players. When looking at a single game, or multiple games, use the Assists button. This opens the Assists Map. […]
Actions speak louder than words, especially when it comes to see who is putting forth the most effort to get better on your team. You can see who is hustling most in practice, but what about off the court? Which players are the most motivated to learn? Hoopsalytics has a way to measure that. From […]