Design, animate and share your complete game plan — from halftime adjustments to season-long scheme development. Athleon Tactics Studio is the only coaching platform that brings your plays to life with phase-by-phase animation and realistic defensive reads, built for coaches who prepare at the highest level.
Design, animate and share your complete game plan — from halftime adjustments to season-long scheme development. Athleon Tactics Studio is the only coaching platform that brings your plays to life with phase-by-phase animation and realistic defensive reads, built for coaches who prepare at the highest level.
Every set you design is stored in your shared playbook library, organized by category — Offense, Defense, Out-of-Bounds and Late-game. Assistant coaches open the library on any device: tablet courtside, phone in the locker room. When the opponent changes their press, the updated play goes live in the library within minutes.
Split any play into as many phases as required, set the tempo and step through individually or run the full animation. Assign Drop, Hedge, Switch or Trap to any defender — the animation shows exactly what your players face on the floor. Players who watch an animated pre-game brief execute significantly faster than those prepped with static diagrams.
Choose half or full court. Drag and drop players to their positions; color and number are assigned automatically.
Select Move, Pass, Cut, Screen or Shot; drag to draw arrows and running paths. Each movement can go into its own phase.
Assign Drop, Hedge, Switch or Trap behavior to opponent players. The defensive set mirrors real game scenarios.
Use "Add Step" to manage each phase of the play; adjust speed with the Tempo slider, play step-by-step or continuously.
Name the set, assign a category (Offense / Defense / OB / Late-game) and share with your team. Players open the link on their phone.
Place players on the court; drag and drop to draw movements. No code, no templates.
Build each phase separately, play back smoothly with tempo control. Step through player by player.
Drop, Hedge, Switch and Trap — assign 4 distinct defensive reactions to opponent players.
Categorize your plays (Offense / Defense / OB / Late-game) and share with your team.
Send sets to your assistant or players in one tap; open via link or QR.
Same account on tablet, phone and computer — work courtside on a tablet.
Show different movement types with solid or dashed lines; sprint and slow run have separate drawing styles.
Separate symbols for direct and long passes; pass direction is clarified with arrowheads.
Show backdoor, v-cut and basket cut with a distinct line style; draw the cut route relative to the defender position.
Mark on-ball and off-ball screens; standard symbols for pick-and-roll and pick-and-pop.
Mark the shot location on the court; different symbols for mid-range, 3-point or layup.
4 distinct screen defensive reactions: Drop (stay back), Hedge (show hard), Switch (swap), Trap (double-team).
Draw the opponent's press break set, split it into phases and share with your team. Players watch the animation on their devices and hit the court ready.
Animate Drop, Hedge and Switch as separate phases; players grasp each scenario visually and court time is reserved entirely for repetition.
Share OB sets and late-game scenarios with young players. After watching the animation before the game, they clarify their roles on the floor.
FIBA (28×15 m), NBA (28.65×15.24 m), NCAA (28.65×15.24 m, 3-pt 6.75 m) and Youth/Mini (26×14 m). Each format renders at the correct scale.
Free accounts store up to 3 custom sets; Pro accounts have unlimited storage. All sets are preserved in your categorized library.
Yes. Tactics Studio is fully optimised for tablet use. Your playbook library syncs across all devices in real time.
Yes. Any play or phase exports to PDF for printing. It also works as a shareable image for messaging apps.
Yes. Animate Drop coverage in Phase 1 and the Switch adjustment in Phase 2 — show multiple defensive scenarios within the same play.
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