Top 5 Basketball Coaching Apps

We know that basketball coaches are often juggling multiple responsibilities at once. While dealing with a large to-do list, it’s important to consider basketball software to help improve your coaching and save you time.

Whether creating practice plans, reviewing gameplay, improving player development, or evaluating players, the technology you need can often be obtained right from your smartphone.

This article shares our top picks for the best basketball coaching apps that will make your life a lot easier.

1. Basketball Blueprint

Build an unstoppable team with Basketball Blueprint’s drill library, playbook library, and practice schedules.

Drill library

Browse through 135+ drills, organized into easy-access categories (i.e., passing, footwork, shooting, etc..).

Playbook library

Discover the secrets to better spacing, ball movement, and higher percentage shots with 41+ play scenarios.

Practice schedules

Simply drag-and-drop drills from the drill library and even add your own custom drills (if applicable) to create your custom practice plan.

Cost: Free version available. Additional drill packs, playbooks, and coaching tools can be unlocked for a small fee.

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2. MaxOne

Take your coaching to new heights—beyond regular practices. Build custom skill development workouts and send them right to your athletes’ phones.

Build Individual Custom Workouts

Include drills for ball handling, shooting, or finishing moves (any drill that an athlete can practice individually).

Athletes can watch a video of how to properly perform each drill and then record their results in real time. Coaches can then track player development and recommend new practice workouts.

Other Features:

• Utilize leaderboards to show athletes how they stack up to their teammates.
• Streamline communication with text, email, and team chat functions.
• Share workouts, game practices, and events with parents & athletes through a built-in scheduler.

Cost: $24/player per year

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3.  SkillShark

SkillShark’s basketball evaluation app reduces the data entry & manpower typically associated with pen-and-paper evaluations: saving coaches an average of 30 to 50 hours per event.

SkillShark is completely customizable, allowing evaluators to score players right from their smartphone or tablet.

Instant results

By using SkillShark’s Evaluation App to evaluate basketball players, you will instantly have access to all your evaluation data in one place. Coaches can swiftly view player rankings and compare top athletes to efficiently draft teams.

Improved communication with players and parents

After each evaluation, you will have the ability to send or view individual performance reports. Report cards will display any video taken at the tryout, show athletes’ scores compared to the group average, and include written feedback left by evaluators. These reports are customizable, meaning you can easily show or hide any information you choose.

With SkillShark, you will have access to:

• Simple mobile scoring
• Customizable evaluation templates
• Auto-generated player reports
• Team drafting utility
• Registration integration
• Unlimited evaluation events & evaluators

Cost: Start for free. Plans start at $5/player annually

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4. Hoops Geek

Create basketball plays within seconds using an easy drag-and-drop interface and share them with your players.

Choose Templates

• Choose from a variety of templates (half-court or full-court).
• Half Court templates: traditional, 5 out, box, horns, flex, and more.
• Full Court templates: 1-4 press break, 1-3-1 press break, 1-1-2-1 press break.

Drop & Drop Content

Add actions (dribble, pass, screen, shot, handoff, and cut) and place your players appropriately on the court for each play. Additionally, make actions optional or synchronous.

Share Plays

Drag & drop plays from your library into a master Playbook. Export as a shareable link or PDF for your players to view.

Cost: Free trial available. Plans starting at $8.25/month

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5. iPractice Builder

Take a proactive approach with practice planning. Save hours building your practices and use your iPad or iPhone to create practices anytime from anywhere!

Add Drills

Browse through a library of basketball drills, adding your favorites to your library.

Customize your practices

Drag & drop drills from your library into your practice schedule. Customize the length of each practice segment by pinching or expanding each drill.

Share your practice plan

Email or print your practice plan for your team to view.

Cost: Unavailable

Learn more about iPractice Builder