hudl Software to help Coaches and Athletes improve.

▪ “In this day and age it is impossible to imagine a life without smartphones. They follow us everywhere and enable us to track and measure just about any activity we can imagine. Around 50 million people used mobile apps to track their fitness activity” (Scoutee).

Athletic Director ▪ Athletics is now becoming a huge science these days. It is not the same as it used to be where you just rolled the balls out and played ▪ There is now a lot of technical terms that goes along with each sport ▪ Video analysis has become a huge thing across the sports world ▪ Striving to be an athletic director looking at different software’s availability is huge to helping our student athletes and coaches grow to be the best they can be – My ultimate goal is to be a competitive well-respected athletic department that helps coaches and players succeed at the highest level

About hudl ▪ hudl is a leading software company revolutionizing the way coaches and athletes prepare for and stay ahead of the competition ▪ The whole experience is available online, giving coaches and athletes secure access at home and on the go ▪ Hudl is also available through smart phones on their app. They just recently partnered with Nike to make a new an improved app ▪ Hudl is available for most sports. These sports include: – Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling, Baseball/Softball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Hockey, Golf, and Track & Field

hudl for Coaches ▪ hudl allows coaches the ability to send clips and film to the players so they can watch it. ▪ hudl allows you to do this at your home as long as you have internet access. ▪ It allows coaches to teach different techniques to student. ▪ Coaches are able to draw on the video so students can see the correct posture they need to be in.

Stakeholders ▪ Coaches ▪ Players ▪ Parents ▪ Hudl employees ▪ Coaches Quote: “It’s all for you: the Hudl coach, the Hudl athlete, the individual looking to improve for him or herself and their team”- Coach Jeff Mielcarek Toledo Central Catholic (Ohio) ▪ Players Quote: “There’s no such thing as too much video, especially when it comes to tracking my own improvement.”- Steve Miller Olmstead Falls (Ohio)

The student athletes have access 24/7 to make them into a better player and see competition from their point of view All you need is internet service Works on all devices including smartphones This program is easy to use If having difficulty: They have a department that is called “coach relations team” this is a team that answers all the questions related to the software that you might be experiencing difficulties with as a player or coach.

▪ The cost of this software varies. They have three different packages available: – Silver Package: No cost – Gold Package: $700 – Platinum Package: $3000

▪ This program is very useful in an athletic/school setting. It can be access and available across the building using multiple devices. Instruction can be sent from coaches to players and easy to read and understand. There are instructional videos on YouTube and also hudl’s website. This program allows the coached to teach the athletes by showing them different clips of data analysis and films of opponents.

▪ This program has a very positive mindset for players. Allowing the opportunity to get their name out there to college coaches is a great tool. This program can be used as athletes from youth sports all the way through professional sports. It can easily be accessed again! The program fosters cooperation and communication from coach to player, player to player, and coach to coach. It motivates the coach and player in a positive, yet competitive way in order to get better at what they do.

▪ With this such program as a coach and player you can be creative as you want. As a coach having access to film all the time and multiple, multiple games is very simple. As a player putting highlight clips and film up for college coaches to view. When doing data analysis you can draw on the video for posture purposes or where you should be on the court. We use this for baseball with awing patterns that they need to be striving for.

▪ Hudl has a wide range of people that work for them that are able to help you in any way possible. Whenever I have had a problem with a technical issue their team of advisors was able to help me right away. The telephone service is excellent and you are able to understand them completely. They come up with new and improved areas of expertise to help you right away with what you need.

▪ Hudl is definitely a tool that can be very easy and accessible for both coach and player. This is a tool that I would want to incorporate in my athletic program. It gives the coaches and players new ways to learn and compete to be the best. Like I said the goal is to compete to the best of our ability with a competitive mindset. Making sure our student athletes graduate and hopefully go on to play collegiately. The software hudl should get them on the right track and mindset to take the program and their individual status to some new heights they never thought was possible.