The PlayBank is celebrating a major milestone having reached 10,000 total plays and drills! Join us for 10 days of 10K. #PlayBank10K There’s no other way to begin this post other than thanking all the coaches out there. We wouldn’t have gotten this far without our loyal coaching community and hard-working TeamFastModel contributors – the…
5 Out vs 4 Out, 1 In Debate + FREE Mini Playbook FastTrade
Continuing the 5 Out vs 4 Out, 1 In conversation with play diagrams + get your free copy of the Celtics 41 Series mini playbook via FastTrade! Sometimes (oftentimes) the simplest questions garner the most interesting responses. A week ago we posed a question to coaches on Twitter: 5 Out or 4 Out, 1 In?…
FMS & USA Basketball Partnership Enhances Info Sharing Among U.S. Teams
USA Basketball teams utilize FastModel Sports elite coaching products to distribute video and other data to players and coaches. by Tom Carothers From radio to television, pay phones to cell phones, typewriters to computers, technology has made the spread of information faster and better. The sport of basketball also has continued to innovate and advance…
The Playbank’s Top 21 Drills of 2021
The internet’s best basketball XsOs resource had a banner year. Check out the Top 21 Drills of 2021 & data on how coaches used the Playbank. You can read more about our yearly reflections in this Top 21 Plays of 2021 post. But suffice to say, it was a tremendous 365 days for us and…
FMS & Pixellot Team Up To Provide HS Coaches With VidSwap Integration
Our latest partnership with Pixellot’s VidSwap provides a seamless video and stats workflow to the High School basketball coaching market. Chicago and New York – December 15, 2021 – FastModel Sports, developer of basketball’s premier coaching software products, and Pixellot, the world’s leading provider of AI-Automated™ video and data solutions, today announced a key integration of…
The Playbank’s Top 21 Plays of 2021
The internet’s best basketball XsOs resource had a banner year. Check out the Top 21 Plays of 2021 & data on how coaches used the Playbank. Let’s start with a round of applause for our entire FastModel Family coaching community on another awesome year of growth and development. Thank you for giving us the opportunity…
Shootaround Drills: 6 Team & Individual Shooting Drills for Game Day
Fun and competitive shootaround drills designed to get plenty of shots up and get players’ bodies moving on game day. According to a 2014 article from SB Nation, Hall of Fame coach Bill Sharman “introduced the shootaround as a way to burn off nervous energy on game days and begin focusing on the task at…
[NCAAXsOs] 2021-22 Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 10 Preview
Game time! Our preview of the men’s college basketball preseason top 10 teams with plays to watch for. Which sets are you adding to FastDraw?! #NCAAXsOs “Started from November, now we in in New Orleans.” That’s what every men’s college basketball team will be hoping as the new season tips off. Certainly the top 10…
[ncaaWXsOs] 2021-22 Women’s College Basketball Preseason Top 10 Preview
A short and sweet rundown of the women’s college basketball preseason Top 10 with go-to sets from each team. #ncaaWXsOs Dubbed “The March to Minneapolis,” the 2021-22 women’s college basketball season looks to be a thrilling race from tip off this Tuesday all the way until the Final Four. Taking a peek at the preseason…
FastScout Success Story: Inside Oral Roberts’ Game Prep Process
Here’s how FastScout fueled a Sweet 16 run for the Oral Roberts men’s basketball program in the 2021 Men’s NCAA Tournament, plus Graduate Assistant Coach Dave Nedbalek shares his favorite features. During March Madness every edge matters, no matter how small. That’s why we built a company around helping coaches prepare their teams for success,…