The Hoops Geek alternative, compared
Ball Coach and The Hoops Geek side by side for plays, practice, rotations, substitutions and team plans, with dated prices. Untested claims are marked. Written by Ball Coach.
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High school coaches and staffs comparing The Hoops Geek and Ball Coach for plays, rotations, practice and game preparation.
How we compared
- The Hoops Geek: 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 The Hoops Geek 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, The Hoops Geek's from its own page on the day we read it.
The same job in both
The task: Run a staff's week: keep the playbook, plan practice, plan the rotation, then track the game.
Ball Coach
TestedPlaybook: draw plays and save them for the program, or copy plays from the Playbank.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedPractice: create, edit, save and print a team practice plan.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedRotation: build, save, check and print a rotation for a team game.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedGame: change the lineup during live stat tracking; each substitution and every player's minutes are recorded.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Not testedNot tested: The Hoops Geek on the representative tasks (importing a FastDraw file, building a practice plan, recording live substitutions, inviting a team); only its public pages were read.
Checked September 29, 2026.
Side by side
Plays and playbooks
Ball Coach
TestedDraw plays, save them for the program, and copy plays from the Playbank.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedShare one play or the whole playbook with a read-only link you can revoke.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek's public pricing page lists play creation, rotations, practice plans and a substitution manager across its Free, Solo, Team and Org plans, with per-plan limits.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Practice plans
Ball Coach
TestedCreate, edit, save and print a team practice plan.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek says its practice planner combines library plays and drills, uploaded media and notes in a timed session, with shareable links and PDF export.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Rotations and substitutions
Ball Coach
TestedPlan a rotation for a team game before it starts.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
TestedRecord substitutions and each player's minutes during a live stat-tracked game.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek separates planning a rotation before a game from a substitution manager that records substitutions and minutes during the game.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Your team and staff
Ball Coach
TestedPlans are for one coach and one team, or every team and coach in one program; the plans are below.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 29, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek says its Team and Org plans add a shared team library, free player accounts, a calendar, attendance, messaging and assigned tasks.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Bringing plays in
Ball Coach
TestedUpload an image of a play for an editable drawing you check and save.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek says coaches can import FastDraw plays by uploading a .fdb file, and lists a FastDraw import row in its plan comparison.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Opponent scouting
Ball Coach
TestedA private scouting report for each opponent that your staff creates, saves and revises.
Tested by Ball Coach's automated tests, September 24, 2026.
The Hoops Geek
Not documentedNot documented: an opponent scouting report in The Hoops Geek, on the public pages read for this comparison.
Looked for September 29, 2026.
Limits of each
Ball Coach
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.
The Hoops Geek
Not testedNot tested: The Hoops Geek on the representative tasks (importing a FastDraw file, building a practice plan, recording live substitutions, inviting a team); only its public pages were read.
Checked 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.
The Hoops Geek
- Free: free, as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
- Solo: $120 per year, billed annually (One coach seat; the page's headline monthly figure is this divided by 12), US price as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
- Solo: $20 per month, billed monthly (One coach seat, billed month to month), US price as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
- Team: $180 per year, billed annually (Two coach seats and a shared team library), US price as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
- Team: $30 per month, billed monthly (Two coach seats and a shared team library, billed month to month), US price as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
- Org: $240 per year, billed annually (Starting price for four coach seats; more seats priced per seat), US price as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
- Org: $40 per month, billed monthly (Starting price for four coach seats, billed month to month), US price as of September 29, 2026. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek lists separate monthly-billed and annually-billed prices for Solo, Team and Org; its headline monthly figure is the annual-billing equivalent.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Their page saysThe Hoops Geek says it does not accept purchase orders and suggests a coach pay by card and ask the school to reimburse.
From app.thehoopsgeek.com, read September 29, 2026. Not tested by us. Source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
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.