I often ask myself why guys are so hooked in playing basketball. More often than not, they take the game seriously that whenever they end up losing a game, they would wallow in pity. Yes, the latter happened to one of my friends and I'd most likely pat his back and say, "Man up bro, it's just a game" then he would look at me in a dazzling manner.
I know I don't have that athletic bone in me but whenever I watch a basketball match I often find myself gratified into it. Not to mention, I'm one of those on the bench who'll cheer for the team I'm rooting for and would scream my lungs out once they've shot a goal.
Almost every individual knows how to play the sport but how I wish I could play it better or even just learn the simple dribbling skill or lay-up, but no, it's just not meant for me. Perhaps I'm more of a runner-type of person since I oftentimes get sort of compliments that I walk too fast! I'm actually unaware of it, maybe it's just innate in me.
Anyway, I know most of you watch the annual NBA match. I myself watch the prestigious game and whenever I witness well maneuvered alley hoops and artistic dunks, I can't help but get jaw dropped. You don't get that same exhilarating feeling from other sports like badminton and chess, don't you?
Everybody grew up with the popular game. Who wouldn't know Hanamichi Sakuragi of "Slam Dunk"? Who wouldn't recognize Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant? These dudes didn't fail to drive the audience off their seats whenever they shoot hoops. For some, basketball might be considered as a good pastime to get their mind off things but for many others, it can be seen as a passion. Indeed, basketball solidified its name almost all over the globe.
If you're an aspiring basketball player, learning the basketball fundamentals isn't just enough. You must also equip yourself with proper training and more importantly, you must be able to monitor your performance.
Now, get yourself ready boys and girls, let me be your coach and teach you how to expand your arsenal of tricks just like a professional basketball player.
To keep track of your players' performances and monitor stats of each player in a basketball game, simply avail this handy app that I'll be introducing to you. Get rid of the traditional pen and paper and use
Basketball Stat Tracker instead in your Android device. This app developed by Hachisoft Corporation provides an interface for real-time basketball stat tracking with a bevy of following features:
Track your Favorite Teams
‣ Record stats for one player, an entire team, or both teams
‣ Easily record makes, misses, and shot locations with the touch and drag Basketball Shot Chart system
‣ Intuitive recording of +/-, points, rebounds, offensive rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, deflections, turnovers and fouls
‣ Track games on official courts (HS, JHS, NCAA, WNCAA, NBA, WNBA, FIBA, FIBA 2009)
‣ Manage and save team and player data for quick starting future games
Game Stats at Your Fingertips
‣ On screen scoreboard provides live game score
‣ On screen stat feed lists game stats in consecutive order
‣ Undo events at any time using the stat feed list
‣ Easy drill-down of stats and shots by team, game & player
‣ Stat and shot automatically compiled for quick lookup by quarters and/or halves
Keep Fans in the Loop
‣ Share score reports on social media or via email
‣ Email box scores and Shot Charts
‣ Easily create data exports for Maxpreps.com
Designed for Usability
‣ No need to keep papers organized; stats and Shot Charts are always with you on your Android device
‣ Clean design means Basketball Stat Tracker is both powerful and a joy to use
‣ Optimized for use on phone, 7” and 10” tablets
This app is perfect for teams, managers, coaches, statistians, and others who would like to track their team's and players' statistics. To add and start a game, select your preferred "Home" team and "Away" team. Put in the "Contest Location" and choose what type of contest it is. You can also select your court type that has a distinguished size. Afterwards, you can then begin with the game. If ever you forgot to put your starters, you may still add them.
To create a new team, select "Manage Teams" then encode the name of the team, let's say Wild Cats (remember High School Musical?), and the mascot. Once you're done, you can add your players to your roasters and put necessary information such as their name and jersey number then select starters. To delete a player or a team, you basically have to swipe to the left and tap delete.
This app simply allows you to have a quick look on how players have performed in games you've tracked. You can also view all their stats over the course of a season. You may email box scores and shot charts to players so that they can track their performance and determine which skills to improve. Other than that, you can compile scouting reports in mere seconds just by utilizing the stat filters and even acquire all recorded stats from the opposing players and teams.
But of course, a basketball match won't be complete without the fans of your team. With this app, you're not the only one who's updated but as well as the avid supporters of your team. If you want to keep the fans in the loop, you may share the game scoreboard and statistics via social networks, email or text message during or after a match. And since it an offical MaxPreps partner, it also supports its exports.
All Stats At Your Fingertips
With it's user-friendly interface, you can easily keep up with a fast paced basketball game. Not only that, it's well-designed for quick entries and ensures accuracy as box scores often are updated, thus you can have an instant overview of stats at all times. The stat entry history on the other hand, lets you quickly undo erroneous entries. But the icing on the cake of this app is that game scoreboard updates along with the track of the game, making it easy to reconcile your recorded stats with the scoreboard.
Some of my gripes though are that it doesn't have a time tracker and an option to transfer information between devices. If it will be updated then I guess, this app's going to be perfect.
Basketball Stat Tracker is a great solution to your cluttered pile of paper stats. Basketball data can be comprehensive and sophisticated but this one definitely made it not overly complex but simple. Thus, even without the use of traditional stat book, one can easily track and analyze all game stats. This app actually integrates and expands on the shot tracking interface of Hachisoft’s other basketball app, Basketball Shot Chart, including additional stat tracking for assists, rebounds, turnovers, steals and even fouls.
This app has been available on
Google Play for $3.99. Download it now and keep your basketball stats more organized.
Now, are you ready to be the next Jeremy Lim?
