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,…
12 Basic Practice Drills For Youth Basketball Teams
Simple, fun and effective drills for youth basketball teams and players to develop shooting, dribbling, passing, rebounding and defending skills. We may not give youth basketball coaches (or youth coaches of any sport, for that matter) enough credit. It takes patience, positivity and plenty of energy to instruct young athletes. Did we mention patience? Coaching…
Top 12 Sets of the WNBA Finals: Chicago Sky & Phoenix Mercury
Here are the 12 best play designs from the WNBA Finals between the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury. Click a diagram to add to your FastDraw library! It was an exciting 2021 WNBA Playoffs that ended with an exceptional WNBA Finals. The Chicago Sky captured the franchise’s first ever championship, as a sixth seed nonetheless.…
NBAXsOs Season Preview: Play Designs From Projected Top 10 Teams (+ Sleepers)
We used FiveThirtyEight’s 2021-22 NBA season projections to share the best play designs from the top 10 teams plus some sleepers. NBAXsOs The data nerds over at FiveThirtyEight have released their annual NBA season predictions based on the firm’s statistical models. The chart predicts each team’s record, along with forecasting the chances of making the…
20 Basic Plays For Youth Basketball Teams
We put together 20 basic plays for youth basketball teams that are simple for coaches to teach and easy for players to execute. Download to your FastDraw library today! Coaching youth basketball can be extremely enjoyable, and it can be a true test of one’s patience. To all those coaching at the youth level, we…