In Charting Defensive Accountability: Part I earlier we promised further thoughts on charting defensive accountability. If you open the Sample Game file we can begin: The team in question gave […]
Charting Defensive Accountability
In a previous post (Overlooked Old School Advanced Stat-Matchup+/-) we discussed the simplicity and timeliness of the old school thinking of the goal of having each player outscore the opponent […]
Ball Reversals and the Positive Correlation with Points per Possession
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. […]