How to Improve Your Shot Tracking with Basketball Data and Analytics
Author: Jonas Bohner
In basketball, shooting is not just about talent or luck. It is also about practice and technique. And data analytics is becoming a powerful tool for coaches and players to use. Here are three ways that sports data analytics can help you improve your shot tracking and become a better shooter.
Tracking shots in basketball used to be hard. Coaches used to have someone do it manually, but sports technology and basketball shot tracking apps are making the process much easier and saving coaches a lot of time.
What is Data Analytics in Basketball?
Data analytics is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to gain insights and make decisions. In basketball, data analytics can be used to measure various aspects of the game, such as player positioning, shot selection, defensive efficiency, and more.
But for shot tracking, you can actually use your practice video. You record your practice, then upload the video to a basketball shot tracking app. No wearables are ever needed. You can still track multiple players and balls, and the data you get in return improves your players’ shooting.
Learn how to organize a report from a basketball shot tracking app in just four simple steps.
How Shot Training Improves Shooting
One of the most important things a coach can do is to practice shots between games. Coaches that are collecting data and analytics are finding out that it can help improve shooting in several ways, including:
- Identifying your strengths and weaknesses as a shooter
- Creating personalized shot training basketball plans
- Helping practices feel like a game
Here’s a closer look at each.
Get a Sense of How Good a Shooter You Are
Data analytics in basketball can help you evaluate your shooting performances based on various factors, such as:
- Number of shots
- Shot Locations
- Shot Maps
- Shot Load (load at the moment of the shot)
- Shooting Timeline (how you perform over time)
You can use this data to find out which areas of shooting need improvement and which shots your players can knock down every time.
Find out how you can use shot maps to recreate the intensity of a real game during practice by downloading our free guide.
Develop a Basketball Shot Tracking Plan
Data analytics and shot tracking go hand in hand. Why? It helps you design a training plan that suits your needs and goals. You can use data to determine the optimal frequency, intensity, duration, and variety of your shooting drills and exercises.
You can also use data to set up dashboards like the ones you see used in the NBA and monitor your progress and adjust your plan accordingly. You can improve everything from your team’s ability to hit contested shots or wide-open 3‑pointers, and everything in-between.
Practice Game-Like Scenarios
Practicing with game-like scenarios and feedback. You can use the data you’re collecting to simulate game situations and provide real-time feedback on your shooting.
Then you can create shooting drills that mimic the pace, pressure, and complexity of actual games. You can also use data to get an idea of how accurate and consistent your shooters are, plus their range.
Create a Shot Training Basketball Program
Data analytics is a valuable tool for basketball coaches who want their players to improve their shooting. It can help you take your shooting to the next level and give you an edge over your competition.
KINEXON’s Compete Vision uses AI to provide feedback on the shots you’re taking in a game and practices — without wearable sensors. The days of tracking shots manually are over.
You can use a tool like COMPETE VISION to track your shots and improve your shooting. To find out more, feel free to download the COMPETE Vision brochure below.
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