In this article, learn how to unlock time-saving, advanced basketball workflows by combining the video and data platforms of Instat and Hudl Sportscode.
Modern basketball teams who seek to compete at an elite level, need more than just highlight clips and basic statistics to achieve their goals.
What elite basketball teams need to achieve high performance, is custom video analysis and comprehensive data coverage.
In this article, we take a deep dive into how to implement a custom basketball analysis workflow that combines video and data under one connected platform, that will elevate your game analysis, player development and opposition scouting.
The Challenge of ‘Doing It All’ as a Basketball Coach
The successful modern basketball coach needs to be able to wear the hats of coach, analyst and strategist while also managing the players on a personal level as educator, mentor and psychological guide.
All of these roles are necessary, but ultimately time-consuming.
For example, coaches will commonly be time-poor between games, with only limited hours to prepare analysis reports post-game, in order to prepare for the next game in the schedule.
Also, not every team has a full-time Video Analyst, which squeezes time on the coach even further.
Basically, basketball coaches at an elite level need in-depth analysis - delivered fast! This is where Hudl Instat comes in.
What Hudl Instat Brings to the Court
As a coach, you only have so many hours in a day.
Hudl Instat is the comprehensive analysis and scouting platform that will take your basketball analysis to the next level and save you hours of time in your day. A brand new assistant to join your coaching staff, here’s a preview of what Instat will provide:
League-wide coverage and opponent data
Access game film and advanced statistics from not only your team, but teams across your league and beyond. Take the time-consumption and guesswork out of your analysis. Identify strengths and weaknesses and make data-driven decisions.
Automated statistics and video clip delivery - available within hours!
Fast, automated delivery of the game clips and statistics you need. Including team performance indicators, individual player statistics and clips of all of the key moments in the game. Get multiple hours of your day back by hiring Instat as one of your new Assistant Coaches.
A Powerful Scouting and Benchmarking Tool
Scout talent all over the world without leaving your office, using Instat. Simply search for the player you want to scout and track that player’s entire career history, including a full player profile and statistical breakdowns of individual games. This is the perfect platform for opponent scouting or to benchmark your own players against potential talent you wish to recruit.
Where Hudl Sportscode Takes You Deeper
While Instat provides best-in-class basketball statistics, its seamless integration with Hudl Sportscode allows an even deeper level of custom analysis - completely bespoke to the needs of your team.
Unlock new possibilities with this special integration between Instat and Sportscode.
Simply, download your clip playlists with attached event files from Instat and with a single click, import them into Sportscode for a comprehensive event timeline experience, including:
- Full control over tagging and code windows.
- Custom timelines to track your team’s unique style of play.
- Built-in telestration, scripting, and review tools.
- Collaborative coding.
“Sportscode allows you to pull up clips, and be able to sit down with our players and get them a better understanding of what we're doing offensively and defensively.”
Gavin Petersen, Associate Head Coach, Utah Women’s Basketball
Instat x Sportscode: The Real Power Is in the Workflow
Instat give your fast access to a global library of advanced basketball data. Sportscode gives you another layer of depth in terms of your team-specific analysis.
Combined together in a high-performance basketball workflow, Instat and Sportscode allow you to import Instat data into Sportscode to layer on custom tags, sync together your clips and team-specific insights.
Instat x Sportscode: Workflow Example:
- Download game data from Instat.
- Import into Sportscode.
- Add custom tags (e.g. play calls, off-ball movement, pick and roll, shot type).
- Share curated playlists with coaching staff and players.
Key Impact Areas You Will Notice After Implementing the Instat X Sportscode Workflow:
Enhanced Tactical Preparations
Understand what your opponents do and how you counter it by accessing the most comprehensive video and data library in basketball.
- Adjust datasets to fit your specific team needs
- Filter data by date or game
- Support your data with video integration
- Use the range of comparison tools within Instat to benchmark performance
Player Development
Supercharge your player development by benchmarking performance metrics across players and teams in your own league, or globally.
Hudl Instat offers advanced analytics, video analysis tools and scouting tools to empower your players and to provide coaches with the ability to make data-driven decisions, plus the ability to provide personalized statistical feedback that improves performance.
Take your player scouting from local to global
Scout players from all over the world with the Instat search tool and analyze their entire career history without leaving your office.
Have all the data you need and more, to ensure players on your scouting list fit your internal team benchmarks.
In conclusion, Instat and Hudl Sportscode will upgrade your basketball analysis with more speed, control, scale and depth.
In today’s game, modern basketball analysis requires more than one lens of vision, especially at the elite level of the game where margins of error are smaller.
The combination of Instat and Sportscode can be the extra lens you need to take your analysis, development and benchmarking to the next level. As well as saving you hours of labour each day.
Using a single lens or tool isn’t enough. Teams that combine tools get clearer answers, faster.
