I have been a high school basketball coach in Texas for 26 years and during that time I have used every major scorebook out there. Although they are all functional, I always thought there were missing pieces, pieces that not only would make keeping the book easier, but also help me as a coach find information faster. Below are just a few thoughts I had with the other scorebooks.
- I used to have to use 2 scorebooks each year. Books only had room for 30 games.
- Coaches must sign the book prior to each game. Why is there not a designated place for this?
- Coach's warning, delay of game warning, Coaches tech, and bench tech are common occurrences in the games. They need quick and convenient places to be marked down.
- OT gets an additional time-outs, scorebooks did not have a place for them.
- After the game, I want to be able to quickly find the totals (score by quarter, score at the end of quarters, and totals)
- Color coding always makes it easier to read.
Here is how I addressed these issues.
The BMC basketball scorebook has:
- Room for 41 games.
- Designated area for coaches signature.The Better Basketball Book1 section with all the warning and techs.
- section for up to 3 OT time-outs
- Color coded pages.
- My team is on the left and is green
- Opponent is on the right and is blue
- Each page has totals in yellow.