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I personally experienced the Power of Analytics during my senior year playing at Montana State University. Our newly appointed Head Coach needed to create a competitive culture to begin his tenure. So, he decided to redecorate our entire locker room with 15 brown wooden plaques, that look like they were made in some middle school woodshop class. Each plaque had the name of each basketball category, i.e Points, Assist, Steals, Rebounds..etc..etc. and during practice he had assistants record our daily performance.

 

I became fascinated at my name in every category and often found myself alone after each practice talking to myself on ways of how I can move up the leaderboard in each section. So I focused on winning every drill in practice in order for me to be Number#1. Each practice I challenged myself to be the bully on the block in every drill. As a result a pecking order was established, and the board confirmed because I was in the top 2in every category , and I secure a starting position. During my senior season and being fueled through statistics, and analytics in practice. I was now confident, relax and ready for battle.

I never worried about whom we were playing, or stressing myself out on whether I was going to play good or bad, all I had to do is just compete, and everything will take care of itself. That is exactly what I did, and I overachieve on the big stage.

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I was selected to the All-Tournament Team, with UtahJazz legend Carl Malone aka.(The Mailman) at University of Tennessee at Volunteer Classic, during the Christmas Break. At the end of the year I was voted by coaches and teammates, Best Defensive Player,Team MVP, and selected 2nd-Team All-Big-Sky Conference.

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I was a senior in college and looked what I accomplished in one year. Imagine if your child were exposed to this system at early in his basketball, the attitude and character that is develop from playing in a number driven culture.I believe playing 3on3 is more beneficial for young players skill development.