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Basketball, minus the noise
Writing for coaches and players who'd rather have something they can use on Thursday than another list of five keys to success.
Players & Coaches
How the Coach Emailer works
Filter 1,092 colleges, build your profile once, score your email out of 100, and send it from your own inbox.
For Players
The first ten seconds of your email to a coach
Part 1 of 3 on emailing college coaches: the six facts, the subject line, and a body under 200 words.
For Players
Film and your schedule
Part 2 of 3: film coaches actually watch, and the schedule line that gets you seen in person.
For Players
Who to email, and when
Part 3 of 3: which staff to email, aiming at the right level, one honest follow-up, and five ways to get deleted.
For Coaches
How the Open Gym Map works
Fall high school and prep open gyms by date and distance, a route for your evaluation day, and reminders.
Why TST
Built for the gym, not the office
Why a free play designer, an open gym map, and a coach emailer beat another subscription film suite — and what TST deliberately doesn't do.
For Coaches
How coaches should actually use AI
Copy-paste prompts for practice critique, scouting sheets, and the parent email you don't want to write — plus three jobs to never hand it.
For Players
How players should actually use AI
Why coaches spot an AI-written recruiting email in four seconds, and how to use these tools for self-evaluation and workouts instead.
The tools these posts talk about
Play Diagrammer, Open Gym Map, Shot Chart, and the College Coach Emailer. Free.
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