The Planning Fallacy explains why human beings, including basketball coaches, are terrible at estimating how long something will take. In my work counseling coaches, my clients often ask how long I think it will take their teams to learn an offense, defense or engrain some fundamental habit. There is no way I can accurately answer…
Iowa Hawkeyes XsOs: Men’s and Women’s Teams Both Top-3 In Scoring
Both programs in Iowa City are lighting up opponents, scoring 85 and 88 PPG respectively. Here’s a look at some of the best Hawkeyes sets. It’s a good time to be a college basketball player or coach on the University of Iowa campus. The Hawkeyes men’s and women’s basketball teams are near the top of…
NCAAW XsOs Roundup: Teams Ready For A Deep Tourney Run
It’s March and tourney time is approaching fast. Let’s dive into some of the best #XsOs from Top 25 NCAAW teams, plus a few bonus contenders. The days of UConn and Tennessee battling it out every year for the NCAAW National Championship are becoming a distant memory. The popularity and skill in the women’s game…
Utah Jazz Arguably Run NBA’s Best ATO’s Under Quin Snyder
Head coach Quin Snyder has the Utah Jazz off to a red hot start this season, in part due to creative and aggressive After Time Out plays. At the time publication, head coach Quin Snyder has led the Utah Jazz to the best record in the entire NBA at 20-5. Snyder deservedly collected the NBA’s…
Breaking It Down: FastDraw Chalk Talk With Tony Miller
Coaches are loving our new Chalk Talk series on YouTube which breaks down plays from around the game using FastDraw in 60 seconds. Hopefully you’ve seen the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, and if you haven’t, you should because it’s excellent. Now, welcome to Basketball in 60 Seconds! FastDraw Chalk Talk, a YouTube series, is…
Plays Of The Week: Quick Hitter SLOBs From The NBA
Put your players in an immediate scoring position from a dead ball with these SLOBs that work from the game’s highest level. Let’s start with a question: Do you try to score from a sideline out of bounds (or is it sideline inbounds?) situation? Some coaches may and some may not — and neither is…
Tips On Maximizing Your COVID Season For Coaches & Programs
A list of helpful tips on navigating yourself and your program through this unusual COVID season from Radius Athletics and Tony Miller. Nothing gets us pumped up like seeing dedicated and passionate coaches talk about teaching the game of basketball and getting better at what they do. Even better when the discussion involves two individuals…
Defense Debate: Which Way Do You Force Opponents?
Last Sunday we asked a simple question on Twitter, and the coaching community turned up to debate forcing Middle vs Baseline on defense. As people tend to do at the start of a new year, we have been reflecting lately. We feel fortunate to have such a passionate base of coaches that are more than…
Playbank Recap: The Most Downloaded Drills of 2020
The most popular offensive, defensive, transition, conditioning and player development drills and SSG’s on the Playbank last year. Ok, so you know about the Playbank. Good. There isn’t much more to say about it than what we wrote in the Top Plays of 2020 blog post, which if you didn’t check out yet, definitely do…
Playbank Recap: The Most Downloaded Diagrams of 2020
It’s been a quite a year, but that didn’t stop basketball coaches from utilizing our one-of-a-kind resource, the Playbank. It’s no secret: The FastModel Sports Playbank is an incredibly valuable resource for coaches of all levels. We’re on the verge of surpassing 9,000 total diagrams for coaches to browse! Some more stats from this year:…