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Program Building

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Just Getting Started: Hudl Focus Outdoor Will Continue to Improve

Hudl’s outdoor sports camera already simplifies the recording workflow with powerful features. But that’s only the beginning. Hudl Focus is already known for everything it can do: automatically record, clip and upload games; integrate with Hudl Sideline; provide flexible livestreaming and broadcasting options; and add context with scoreboard overlays. But we’re only getting started. What separates Hudl Focus ...

Delivering the Best Film Quality Possible

Hudl’s outdoor smart camera was engineered to provide teams with the highest quality video possible.   Coaches have told us time and time again that crystal clear video is key to staying a step ahead of the competition. With Hudl Focus Outdoor, our goal was simple: provide coaches and teams with excellent video, automatically. Unlike our indoor solution, ...

Football Coaching Personality: The Accountant

Banker by day, assistant football coach by afternoon, Jeremy Fisher first built his complex analytics database for this small Northern Kentucky program nearly two decades ago. And that intense dedication to data has had three-time defending state champ Beechwood punching above its weight class ever since. A vis­it to Pro Football Focus’ pala­tial Cincinnati mega-lab two ...

Football Coaching Personality: The Mad Scientist

From MIT to Halliburton to the Las Vegas Strip, everyone’s dying to get inside the mind of Kevin Kelley. His devotion to analytics and fabled never-punt, always-onside ethos has made him one of football’s most captivating idea men. Everybody wants a piece of Kevin Kelley. And we do mean everybody. It used to just be col­lege coach­es, com­ing in at first to ...

Football Coaching Personality: The Techie

Freezy Smalls’ infectious personality and unique (and elaborate) approach to game-day analysis has helped galvanize Pinecrest High School from also-ran to lead dog in North Carolina’s football hierarchy. Pinecrest High School’s foot­ball pro­gram had a rep­u­ta­tion to shake when Freezy Smalls arrived in the qui­et sub­urb of Southern Pines, North Carolina as the school’s newest defen­sive coor­di­na­tor. ...

The Best Camera for Recording Football Games

Looking for a smart camera with hands-free technology and complete Hudl integration? We’ve got you covered. Searching through football video camera options online is a pain, and it can be tough to know what’s right for your team. Plus, you want to make sure it works well with Hudl too. The good news? We’ve got an auto-tracking ...

The Analytics-Driven Call Sheet

Hart High School (CA) defensive coordinator David Padilla is one of the country’s most frequent users of Hudl’s What’s Next report. Here’s how he says he uses data to organize his game-day call sheet. Our game sheet for defensive calls is completely Hudl-driven. Since some of my assistants aren’t as Hudl-crazy as I am, it’s important ...

2022 Glazier Clinic Schedules are Live

2022 Glazier Clinic Schedule Atlanta, GA February 4–6, 2022 Atlantic City, NJ March 3–5, 2022 Boston, MA Feb 4–6, 2022 Charlotte, NC March 11–13, 2022 Chicago, IL – Football + Track February 3–5, 2022 Chicago, IL March 4–6, 2022 Cincinnati, OH February 11–13, 2022 Dallas, TX February 4–6, 2022 Denver, CO February 18–20, 2022 Detroit, MI February 11–13, 2022 Indianapolis, IN January 21–23, 2022 Kansas City, MO ...

Introducing the Focus Exchange Network

    No more away game film setup — teams using Focus cameras will auto­mat­i­cal­ly get a copy of their games played in Focus-equipped facilities. Whether you’re home or away, gain access to HD film recorded and uploaded automatically by Hudl Focus with the Focus Exchange Network—available with all Athletic Department Packages. How it Works To ensure you get a copy of your video on the ...

Five Ways to Speed Up Your Offensive Installs This Fall

  Ready to hit the ground running? We’ve got some tips for getting the most out of your limited prep time this season. There’s been several significant challenges for coaches during this pandemic, none bigger than the in-person time lost physically developing players. For the last four months, we’ve been left to our own imagination in planning for ...

The Most Overlooked Tendencies That Make a Difference in Scouting

With the ability to add your own custom columns to the Hudl Beta, consider tracking these under­uti­lized data points in your scouting workflow. The Hudl Beta is allowing coaches to work even quicker this season as we all hit the ground running. And now with the ability to add your own custom columns to this scouting ...

A Flawed Reality: When it’s Time to Reflect

Two years after landing the head coaching position he so badly desired, Coach Jones (not his real name) was quietly fired. The administrative staff realized they’d made a mistake hiring Jones. They weren’t quite sure why he didn’t work out. They did their homework. Well, enough to consider him a solution to their coaching needs. However, ...

Introducing the Focus Exchange Network

No more away game film setup — teams using Focus cameras will auto­mat­i­cal­ly get a copy of their games played in Focus-equipped facilities. Whether you’re home or away, gain access to HD film recorded and uploaded automatically by Hudl Focus with the Focus Exchange Network—available with all Athletic Department Packages. How it Works To ensure you get a copy of your video on the ...

Just Getting Started: Hudl Focus Outdoor Will Continue to Improve

Hudl’s outdoor sports camera already simplifies the recording workflow with powerful features. But that’s only the beginning.   Hudl Focus is already known for everything it can do: automatically record, clip and upload games; integrate with Hudl Sideline; provide flexible livestreaming and broadcasting options; and add context with scoreboard overlays. But we’re only getting started. What separates Hudl Focus ...

Delivering the Best Film Quality Possible

Hudl’s outdoor smart camera was engineered to provide teams with the highest quality video possible.   Coaches have told us time and time again that crystal clear video is key to staying a step ahead of the competition. With Hudl Focus Outdoor, our goal was simple: provide coaches and teams with excellent video, automatically. Unlike our indoor solution, ...

Training the Eye in the Sky

The Hudl Focus Outdoor camera uses cutting-edge technology to capture every moment auto­mat­i­cal­ly, so you can get back to coaching.   Getting reliable video for games is a big challenge for coaches and teams.  Hudl Focus Outdoor uses a powerful algorithm—trained over hundreds of games and thousands of hours of video—to pinpoint the ball, players, officials, the scoreboard, ...

The Formula for High Performance Team Building

THE FORMULA FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM BUILDING Dr. Cory Dobbs The Academy for Sport Leadership “Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will care.” -Your Student-Athlete Here’s a simple formula that should provide you a clear way to grasp high performance in the area of team leadership. High involvement plus ...

Leadership Lessons from John Wooden

Leadership Lessons from John Wooden Dr. Cory Dobbs, The Academy for Sport Leadership It’s Been Decades Since “Coach” was on the Sidelines but His Commitment to Character is as Relevant as it Ever Was March is known for its madness. A time when team greatness is revealed. March is also a time when the best baseball players in ...

External Team Communication

Pat Fox – Head Football Coach, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (MI) Coach Fox is a football coach. We believe that his message is applicable to all programs and all sports. The following content is provided by Glazier Drive

Internal Team Communication

The following content is provided by Glazier Drive Coach Adam Mathieson is a football coach and athletic director. We believe that his message is applicable to all programs and all sports.

How To Win Every Youth Football Game (8 Terrible Tactics)

This article was written by Coach Jason Hahnstadt of Pro Style Spread Offense. It is republished with his permission. The original article appears at How To Win Every Youth Football Game (8 Terrible Tactics), A few years back I had the opportunity to be the head football coach of a Freshman team. As a young ...

Approach for Success

This article was written by Björn Galjaardt and republished with permission. The original article appears at Approach for Success. The golden egg? Shortcut in becoming successful? A proven model everyone can use?Actually, a little bit of all. The sceptics will stop reading now, however I have to elaborate on the above. It’s an approach that is ...

How the 2018 Football State Champs Used Hudl to Dominate Their Season

Learn how video and analytics fit into the 2018 football state champs’ winning workflow. More than 400 state champion football teams used Hudl for video analysis in 2018. They all deserve a huge congratulations on their amazing seasons! Every one of these teams took advantage of film review, and some took their game to the next level ...

Offseason Competition

As coaches, we all strive for the ideal situation where upperclassmen, not coaches, are basically guiding our football program. The leadership isn’t coming from the coaches but rather the returning players, while we sit back and let the machine run. While I’m personally still trying to get to that dynamic (despite coming off a successful ...

Using Peers and Self-Reflection for Postseason Evaluation

As the football season draws to a close for most programs throughout the country, I find an essential part of your development lies in self- and peer-reflection. While this is easier said than done, thanks to the schedules of high school coaches who shuffle from sport to sport, it’s imperative to get to these tasks ...

Mattering and Marginality

A Pre-Season Note to the Student-Athlete Dr. Cory Dobbs, The Academy for Sport Leadership People want to matter.  Every member of your team has a yearning to matter.  Unfortunately it’s almost guaranteed that a teammate or two, on your team right now, feels like they don’t matter. Mattering is a motive.  When we feel that others depend on ...

Football Parent’s 10 Commandments

Parents please feel free at anytime to contact the Head Football Coach on the main Sr. Campus at the field house if you have any questions or concerns about your son and his involvement in the football program. Be positive with your son. Let him know how proud you of him by simply being part of ...

A Player’s Job Description

A coaches job is to get players to do their jobs well.  But just exactly what is a player’s job description. Here is a link to the original article (You can also access other coaching articles on her blog) A Player’s Job Description By Dawn Redd-Kelly, Head Volleyball Coach at Beloit College. Editor’s Note from Brian: This post is ...

Summer Program Organization in Football

Phase 3: Summer Program (Pre-season) Standards (players) 1. Improve strength, speed, agility and conditioning. A. Team members not participating in baseball will lift 3 times per week (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7am). B. Attendance is mandatory unless communicated to head coach and or position coach. C. Nutrition education and monitoring will be used through summer months. 2. Install basic ...

Expectations of an Assistant Coach

“A good coach makes better players out of border line athletes and often makes good players out of mediocre ones. A good coach emphasizes their abilities –enables them to make the most of their god given talents –gives them the best chance for success by putting the right player in the right place.”Robert Zuppke It is ...

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