Shot Spotz

These are good quality floor spots, I have purchased these 5 times. I use them for laying down plays on the floor for my younger team. And for shot point drills. My first set is many years old, a little fades but still works. Still stays flat and for the most part stays put on the floor.

Loved this product to teach plays to a new 12 year old AAU team. Put the markers down on the floor and have players begin the play in the correct formation; i.e. 1-4 (UCLA sets), 5 out, 2 -3, etc. Great for when you have a lot of kids on the team. First 5 run the play ... then the next 5! Have the kids 'on deck' watch certain players and get ready to jump in! Totally accelerates adoption time for new plays and/or new players. I purchased 2 sets - one to show the original formation and the second set to show the cutting, screening, etc., called for on the play. I do not pay much attention to the numbers as I do not coach position by numbers; 1 = PG, 2 = SG, 3 = PF, 4 = SF, 5 = center) but rather have ball handlers, wings, and bigs. So I simply turn the discs over and teach the plays. Works great on putting in baseline/sideline out of bounds play as well. And since it's a relatively new teaching tool, parents haven't seen them before and are impressed (which is always a good thing when managing the often most difficult part of the team!) Suggest you start with 2 sets! As you can show precise details to cuts, spacing, etc. A great tool for teaching zone defenses as well. Two sets allow you to put in the first play, hand it over to assistant so the kids can get a few reps - perhaps at different positions, and then the head coach can go to the other end of the court to put in the next play. So rather than standing around listening to the coach, kids are getting reps. These are the most important tool in my coaching bag.

I was tasked with coaching a youth basketball team for the first time and have to say, I would not have survived without this training kit. The kit is portable and comes with a nice carrying case. Very durable, we used the kit inside and outside an entire season roughly 6 hours a week. Along with working great during drills it also helped the players know where they needed to be for their position (1PG, 2SG, 3SF, 4PF, 5C) The quality is great. After a season and off season Spotz has held up to the highest standard. Still looks new. Great non-skid material. The only thing I would like to see differently was that the Magnetic, all-weather digital timer came with an off/on button. Spotz is an affordable gem that will last a long time. I recommend all coaches and players utilize this tool.

Great product. Comes in very handy when I have been training my 10 year old son on some basketball drills. He responds better with the visual circles on the floor and I can see the competitive nature with the timer. However, one suggestion I would recommend to make this product better is that the circles come in a bigger size. They look fine in the pictures now, but they dwindle when placed on the court. Other than that, excellent product when teaching basketball drills.

I was looking for a nice, simple way to place markers on the gym floor without creating a slipping issue for any of the kids. These "Shot Spotz" were perfect, and saw plenty of use in drills and practices with my Pee Wee basketball team. The key is to keep them (and the floor) clean, and they stay in place firmly. The only time they ever moved was when the floor was dusty, which we could easily rectify. Cleaning them off is simple, as the rubbery surface can be wiped down with a damp cloth. We used them a lot to help identify spots for drills, locations for offensive cuts/positioning, and zone/defensive positions. The kids liked them, and when we eventually backed off on using them, the kids remembered their spots and hit them well. We even used them for some games during practice, so there are plenty of ways to get your money's worth.

They are nice and heavy and are great for their intended use (indoors on a basketball court). I purchased these to place on the tennis courts with my students outdoors, and they're great for that too. Unfortunately, because they are mostly black, they absorb sunlight, heat up much more so than other markers, and will deform if left under such conditions for too long. That's what happened to my set (I left them in my car during the summer months), and I'll be sure to not make that same mistake again.

I've used these for practice with 7/8 year olds and they really work great. Seem to grip the floor really well but I still try to keep the kids from stepped my on them. Not confident they won't slip. The numbers on them are great and make practice easy for the kids to understand. Overall it's a good product. Worth getting.

Rather than playing HORSE, my daughter and I love to play around the world. We pretty much both are experts at the five shots we have established to make it around the world. I purchased these to move those spots around and to make the game more challenging (i.e. give me a better chance a beating her). :-) Sure we could do the same with sidewalk chalk but these are more fun and she states these will help her with drills her school coaches use. I'm not a basketball coach but could see the benefit. None the less these make back yard basketball a little more fun and it comes with a timer and some suggested games and drills.