This morning I started practice by drawing up a drill on my coaching board. I do this regularly since 15 years now. Since the day I coached my very first close game. And lost it. I was coaching a U16…
The Pick-and-Roll situation is indisputably a key to any game at the highest level. Within a single game, teams use different coverages to stop this two-men action. Consequently, the best coaches prepare different counters to punish the different defenses. The…
More and more coaches use adjusted defensive schemes coming out of a time-out. At all levels some coaches opt for a zone defense to cancel a special play by the opponent. As a coach, you better come up with a…
Last week I wrote you about how Alba Berlin won a couple of games against all odds. How King Aito surprised several Euroleague teams with some of the best gambits seen around. You can read the whole story HERE. Today…
Did you ever go into a game as the undisputed underdog? What was the plan? Execute your “regular” gameplan as good as possible? Control the damage and walk out relieved with an acceptable 15 point loss? Since a while, I'm…
Last Euroleague season, teams averaged around 10 offensive rebounds per game. Even when more than half of them ends in a put-back, it’s easy to understand that it pays off to have a plan for these extra possessions of 14…
In today’s article I highlight how analytics helped Real Madrid to be successful in the Euroleague. After a rough start of the season, the mathematics behind the game whispered the winning playcall in Coach Laso’s ear! Ever since I spent…
These past few weeks I took you along on a little journey through analytics. This time I want to make the bridge to the basketball court. Where many statistical analysis stop, I want to make the connection with the X's…