I recently moved from my longtime high school gig to a volunteer position working for my old college coach. While I certainly miss running my own program I am really […]
Best Analytic? A Vote for “True Game Value” and “True Season Value”
(This article continues the thinking described in the recent “Is the Whole Truly Better than the Sum of the Parts?” article.) This past season we spent considerable time and several […]
Is the Whole Truly Greater Than the Sum of the Parts?
The cute, little aphorism of the “whole being greater than the sum of the parts” as it applies to basketball teams is usually meant to describe over-achieving teams whose personnel […]
Non-Traditional Stats to Motivate your Players
On the heels of our last article, NBA Hustle Stats, we’d like to offer some additional stats to consider tracking for your program-if you already don’t use some or all. […]
Are Your Players Ball-Movers or Black Holes?
Picking up where we left off on a past Hoop Coach post entitled, “Passes Per Possession-an Eye-Opening Metric”, we’re going to examine another aspect of that very topic. Choose a game […]
Quantifying Team Chemistry
Previous posts have dealt with grading one’s players’ intangible qualities as an add-on to any advanced stats evaluations one does. Certainly, putting a number on a character or personality trait […]