Patrick O'Neill × ScoutRoom
Read the game
before it happens.
See your own team the way your next opponent does. Your first Self-Scout is free. Tell me your club and league and it's in your hands within 48 hours.
First Self-Scout free · no card · delivered within 48h. Or meet the coach.
The idea behind it
Model for breadth.
Scout for judgement.
"87th percentile from three." Good. Now what do you do with that on game day? A number handed to a bench with no context is trivia, not intelligence. ScoutRoom exists to turn the breadth into a decision, and to leave the decision with you.
Value and percentile, together
The rank tells you it matters. The raw number tells you how much. A percentile on its own is the most confident way to be wrong.
The sample, stamped
No percentile reaches you until the season means something, with a minimum-minutes floor and a "vs league, 13 games" stamp. If we cannot say what it is measured against, it does not go on the page.
A flag, not a verdict
A soft rebounding number says look here. It does not say why. That read is yours, and it is the part no model does for you.
The percentile points at the door. You decide whether to walk through it.
That is why every teardown ends with the one thing to do, not just the numbers. The evidence finds where they break. You decide whether it changes how you guard them.
Read the full piece →The Coach
25+ years turning film into decisions.
Today I'm assistant coach and the sole analytics and scouting lead at Geelong United in the NBL1 South Women's league.
I also coach Ireland and Northern Ireland 3x3 across the senior, U23 and Team NI squads.
From 2010 to 2024 I built the women's programme at Ulster University, from local league to the Irish Superleague: Northern Conference titles, National Cup finals, a Centre of Excellence. I coached the men's side to a Premier League title and back-to-back Intermediate Cups.
The thread through all of it: turning film and numbers into something a team can actually run on Saturday.
The Product
Your next opponent, decoded.
vs league · 13 games · sample data, your teardown uses the real numbers
What's inside
- Recent form, not averages. The lineup actually playing the last five.
- Who to attack, who to leave. Matchups mapped to your roster.
- One thing to take away. Bench-ready, not a data dump.
- A courtside app. The scout, live on your phone — see the Dashboard tab.
See it on your own team first.
Your free Self-Scout shows your team the way your next opponent sees you: tendencies, lineups, the weak spots to fix before they do. Tell me your club and league and it's in your hands within 48 hours.
The full breakdown
See it for real
The teardown, and the bench app it becomes.
The written teardown
One page your staff reads before tip-off: the one thing that decides the game, the matchups, the keys each end. Delivered 48 hours out.
The bench app — in motion
The same scout, live on the bench — scout read, live tracking, shooter chart. One tap, no laptop, works offline.
Matchday ScoutLight theme — on the roadmap
The app ships dark today (built for dim arenas). A light theme like this is on the roadmap — if a club prefers it, it's a setting, not a rebuild.
Demo data (fictional teams) — your build runs on your opponents.
Writing
Notes from the scout room.
5 tactical principles that separate elite 3x3
Jun 2026 · 5 min
What coaches learn from Canada's undefeated run
Jun 2026 · 6 min
The Netherlands defensive standard
Jun 2026 · 6 min
Why in-person scouting still matters
Jun 2026 · 5 min
Where women's 3x3 is heading
Jun 2026 · 6 min
How elite women's teams punish a late close-out
Jun 2026 · 6 min
What a percentile actually tells your bench
Jun 2026 · 4 min
The first five minutes: scripting your start
Jun 2026 · 5 min
Why the short shot clock rewards the brave
May 2026 · 4 min
ORtg, DRtg and the per-100 trap in lower leagues
May 2026 · 7 min
Why I built ScoutRoom
May 2026 · 5 min
FAQ
The questions clubs actually ask.
Contact
Let's talk hoops.
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