An update to our global network of coaches on how to properly feature content created with FastDraw and FastScout to grow the game. Read Full Press Release If you’ve followed FastModel Sports as a company over the years, you’ll know that we’re all about growing the game of basketball. That is our ultimate goal and…
BCL Coverage Recap: How We Spread European Hoops to a Global Audience
The 2021 BCL competition presented the perfect opportunity for FMS to share elite European basketball with our passionate coaching community. As the global standard for basketball coaching software, we’ve made a commitment to serve coaches everywhere. And that means covering basketball everywhere, including at the recent Basketball Champions League Final 8 competition. We employed a…
All-Star Weekend Hackathon Chicago Style
NBA All-Star 2020 in Chicago was one for the ages, with the skills competition, three-point competition, dunk contest, and even the All-Star Game all coming down to the final seconds. Chicago’s frigid temperatures did not keep the best basketball players away from the United Center and didn’t keep aspiring and passionate engineers away from FastModel…
Observations on the Rise of Basketball in China
Any idea how many countries there are in the world? It’s ok, most people don’t know. The current answer is 195. Now, any idea how many of those 195 consider basketball to be its most popular sport? Go ahead and think about that one for a minute. You probably were only able to count them on…
9 Steps to Transforming Your Team Culture
Lenny Krebs has been coaching high school basketball for nearly 20 years. Last year was the first time he made team culture king. What he learned has had such a profound impact on his players and his coaching philosophy that he will never go back to his former ways. I met Lenny at the PGC/Glazier…
Thankful for Teachers, Coaches, and Leaders in Our Lives
The posts I wrote in November revolved around the concept of things we have to be thankful for. This post is one of those. I am asking you to consider a group of people in your life who I believe you should be thankful for. I want you to consider the teachers, coaches, and leaders who…
The Camp Tour – Day 9
(This is part 9 of a 35 part Camp Tour. Check out the rest of the tour here) Today happened to be one of the two days off I have during the tour. In other words, I could sleep in and devote the entire day towards driving to my next destination; I definitely did both.…
NCAA Tournament X’s & O’s – Kansas
We are seeing some great zone quick hitters from Bill Self in this game. In this play, Kansas runs a guard across the floor to the ball-side corner. With this cut, the bottom outside zone defender moves out to the corner to protect against the shot. 5 screens in on the middle zone defender as…