FastDraw alternative: Ball Coach vs FastDraw
Ball Coach and FastDraw side by side for drawing, organizing and sharing plays: what each shows, what's untested, and dated prices. Written by Ball Coach.
Try the same job freeWho this is for
High school coaches who draw plays in FastDraw today, or are choosing a playbook tool for their program.
How we compared
- FastDraw: we read its own public pages on September 29, 2026, signed out, in the US. We didn't buy, sign in to or run it, so nothing about FastDraw here is tested.
- Ball Coach: each statement names what our own tests show, and when they last ran.
- Prices are dated: Ball Coach's come from its billing catalog, FastDraw's from its own page on the day we read it.
The same job in both
The task: Create a play, add a counter, organize a printable game plan, and share it.
Ball Coach
TestedCreate the play: draw it on the court and save it to the program playbook.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedAdd a counter: draw the counter as its own play, or copy a Playbank series that comes with its counter and a second counter.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
TestedOrganize a printable game plan: sort plays into game situations on the call sheet, print it or download a PDF, and save it for the team.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
TestedShare it: send a read-only link to one play or the whole playbook, and revoke it when you like.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
FastDraw
Not testedNot tested: FastDraw on the representative task of creating a play, adding a counter, organizing a printable game plan and sharing it.
Checked September 29, 2026.
Side by side
What it is
Ball Coach
TestedA program playbook: draw plays, save them for the program, and copy plays from the Ball Coach Playbank.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedGame-day plans from those plays: a call sheet printed or saved for the team.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
FastDraw
Their page saysFastModel describes FastDraw as a tool to draw, organize, add video to and share digital playbooks.
From fastmodelsports.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
How you get it
Ball Coach
TestedBuy a plan directly; the plans and prices are below and on the pricing page.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
FastDraw
Their page saysHudl announced on March 11, 2025 that it had acquired FastModel, the maker of FastDraw, FastScout and FastRecruit.
From hudl.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Their page saysHudl's high school pricing page lists FastDraw only in the Athletic Department package, and shows that package as contact-for-pricing.
From hudl.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Their page saysHudl's FastModel product page shows no list price for FastDraw and points visitors to a sales contact form.
From hudl.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Limits of each
Ball Coach
TestedBall Coach does not link a counter to a play a coach drew: a counter is drawn as its own play, or comes inside a Playbank series.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
Not testedNot tested: how accurately and how quickly a photo of a play is converted into a diagram with a live vision provider.
Checked September 29, 2026.
FastDraw
Not testedNot tested: FastDraw on the representative task of creating a play, adding a counter, organizing a printable game plan and sharing it.
Checked September 29, 2026.
Not documentedNot documented: a FastDraw license for a single coach, on Hudl's or FastModel's own pages as of this check.
Looked for September 29, 2026.
What it costs
Ball Coach
| Plan | Covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | One coach; one team | $19/month, billed monthly or $15/month, $180 billed yearly |
| Program | Every coach on the program's staff; every team in one basketball program | $49/month, billed monthly or $39/month, $470 billed yearly |
Plan names, limits and prices come from Ball Coach's billing catalog when this page is built.
TestedSchools can buy Ball Coach by purchase order: the W-9 downloads with no account, and a coach can email the vendor packet to the district's business office.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
FastDraw
- Athletic Department package (includes FastDraw): listed as contact-for-pricing (no public price), as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Nothing recorded.
We don't work out savings: plans cover different things, and a quote-only price is never estimated.
Moving over, or using both
TestedBring plays over from a picture: upload an image of a play and Ball Coach makes an editable drawing you check and save.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
Not testedNot tested: how accurately and how quickly a photo of a play is converted into a diagram with a live vision provider.
Checked September 29, 2026.
TestedKeep Hudl for film: Ball Coach takes Hudl's CSV stat exports into self-scout and opponent scouting, so the two can work side by side.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.