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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4782939, member: 1329"] Yeah as [USER=6696]@husky429[/USER] says, I'm assuming it's somewhat different than a coaching scout. I'm usually trying to look for the most descriptive "what" (but a lot of possessions are just "Clingan oreb, Clingan putback."), whereas coaches are probably often more interested in "how". How did Clingan's get position to get the rebound, how did his defender guard him, etc. How often does he use his left, etc. My brain gets excited by analysis in general, so that helps. I split my screen and take quick notes on every noteworthy play both sides of the court, pausing and going back 10 sec if I need to unravel what happened or if I can't take my notes during normal play downtime. I've trained myself to watch all 5 guys and not just the ball (I have to stay focused on being unfocused, if that makes sense lol). The notes are a bit like a custom play-by-play where I have key words I use to make assigning the pos/neg later faster, but I will add more info for complicated series of events or unusual plays. Then at the end I ctrl+F my notes for the guy's name and go through and add it all up. Was actually an issue in this game because I usually use last names and I used Samson in 1st half and Johnson in 2nd lol. Thankfully I caught it. Watching the game live, then in detail in replay, and then going over the game log for tallying is essentially a 3rd time so it helps me to see patterns and gives a strong impression for when I'm typing up the quick summaries. And then I just know all the good stat sites and how to use them well from years of being really into specifically college hoop stats. That level of stat isn't available to the vast majority of HS coaches I'm guessing. [/QUOTE]

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