Our story

TalleyOOP began with a scrap of paper, and a desire to help my athlete work towards their goals. As a mom of three kids who all pursued basketball in junior high and high school, I was looking for a way to connect with and encourage them. At every game, I would loudly cheer the entire time. When my youngest started playing, I finally realized that all my cheering and ultimately hoarse voice wasn’t actually doing him any good! He couldn’t hear my “BOX OUT!” from the court, but all the parents next to me certainly could! YIKES! Although it was meant to be encouraging, I definitely can say, it wasn’t effective. With that in mind, I started taking a pencil and paper to his games. 

With each play, I made tally marks for shot attempts, free throws made, and rebounds secured. After the game, he was able to see the actual numbers he put up. In addition, I made notes about his teamwork, attitude and hustle-all intangible skills not reflected in stats alone. With this information, we were able to discuss his game after all the emotional highs and lows had passed. Having a record of game stats allowed us to talk productively about  his game. We started making game goals based on the stats I tallied from his previous games.  

After acquiring quite the collection of scrap papers full of stats, I began looking for an easier way to keep all my notes together. I looked into smart phone apps, which seemed overcomplicated and battery draining. I looked at online shops, but only found stat books that were intended to record the whole team’s stats, not for just for one athlete. So with nothing quite fitting what I was looking for, I decided to design my own.  With help from my athletes, we designed a template of the most important stats needed to help improve their game. We wanted it to be portable, sturdy, easy to use for even the newest of stat takers, and have room to record games for a full season. 

Our hope is for you to use the TalleyOOP stat workbook as a tool to encourage your athlete to work toward their goals, 

just like we have used it to encourage ours! 

Thank You, 

the TalleyOOP Team!

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