Considerations for real-time basketball coaching decisions

1. Fast Five:
In Game Assessment

2. Personnel
• Assess individual performances
• Analyze mismatches
• Foul considerations

4. Officiating
• How is the game being officiated?
• Are certain calls being emphasized?
• Advise team about both factors.

5. Strategy
• Are we conforming to our desired strategy?
• Are we ‘taking away’ opponent’s intent?
• “What does my team need NOW?”

6. Operations
• Are we controlling the tempo?
• What is working/not working?
• Controllables: attitude, decisions, effort
• Player and ball movement, rebounding

7. Special Considerations
• Substitution Patterns (Situation, Time, Score)
• Deployment of Timeouts
• Play sheets for Special/Close and Late Situations