FastScout Pro helps Africa’s South Sudan men’s national team maximize its resources, leading to unprecedented FIBA World Cup Qualifying success and world ranking. Look out basketball world, here comes South Sudan. The South Sudan men’s national team was established in 2011 and became an official member of FIBA in 2013, competing in the federation’s Africa…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Preview: Get To Know Medal Contenders
Enjoy our Tokyo 2020 Men’s Olympic Basketball preview with top plays from qualifying and exhibition games by nations with eyes on a medal. It was delayed a year, but the Olympics are here! There’s nothing like watching the world’s top athletes representing their countries, competing against one another for the ultimate prize: an Olympic Gold…
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…
Top Plays: FIBA U18 European Championship 2018
Plenty of creative and effective XsOs were showcased during the FIBA U18 Europe event – here are seven diagrams along with video. Many factors made the FIBA U18 European Championship 2018 in Latvia very exciting. This tournament was important for most youth European players, because the U18 event sees the largest gathering of NBA and EuroLeague scouts.…
The Evolution of Spain PNR in International Basketball
A look at the best Spain PNR actions from the first round of FIBA World Cup qualifying and how teams defended them. This coming NBA season, heralded international coach Sergio Scariolo will start his NBA career as an Assistant for Nick Nurse’s Toronto Raptors. His influence on the NBA however, was felt long before taking this…
Top Plays: FIBA U20 European Championship 2018
The talent at the FIBA U20 European Championship extended to the sidelines where coaches displayed some creative XsOs. The FIBA U20 European Championship is the final national youth competition before players jump to the professional level. It’s a tournament that displays great potential, tremendous skills and unbelievable energy as future stars are made! This was definitely the…
FIBA EuroBasket Horns Sets
Three “Horns” sets featuring Spain, Finland and Germany from an exciting FIBA EuroBasket 2017 competition The FIBA EuroBasket 2017 competition ended on September 17 with Slovenia taking the gold medal after besting Serbia 93-85 in the championship game. The Slovenians, lead by Miami Heat guard and Eurobasket MVP Goran Dragic, marched through the three-week competition undefeated.…
Plays of the Week: Australia Horns
The game of basketball is evolving. Every player at all levels is expected to be able to play on the perimeter. As the game has evolved, the horns formation has become a staple in playbooks across the world. By bringing the 4 and 5 near the top of the key, the defense has a number…
Elbow Series – EuroBasket 2017
As the 2017 NBA Finals concluded and the Golden State Warriors hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the second time in three years, basketball fans across the world looked to scratch that never ending basketball itch. EuroBasket Women 2017 provided that relief. An incredible tournament with great #XsOs, including a fantastic elbow series by the…
Plays of the Week – Croatia vs. Italy
(HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Croatia vs Italy by Wes Kosel first appeared on HoopDirt.com) Italy and Croatia faced off in one of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournament Championships with the winner earning a spot in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Croatia ended up winning in overtime and will now play…
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