But with the one-stop-shop of the Focus camera, the Cavaliers program can run and record multiple teams simultaneously and not lose out on the manpower. In previous years Coats described the Cavaliers utilizing film towers and video drones to record scrimmages or practices on fields that required extra manpower to operate, which equated to larger coach-to-player ratios at times. “But so far it’s been less hassle and less work on my plate, and with a tap of a button, I have everything I need to do my job. “We’ve had limited time to really put it to use, with only having three home games last year,” Coats said. They can additionally receive film from any game recorded through the Hudl app and Focus Exchange Network. The Cavaliers turned to the Hudl Focus camera, a fixed outdoor camera equipped with real-time player tracking that allows you to stream directly to YouTube for free, to solve both of their needs. “But we also do have people who want to see their kids.” “We needed a livestreaming option for our six football teams, but did we want to pay a company a bunch of money to produce one for our 9th-grade C team?” asked Jonathan Coats, assistant football coach at Lake Travis.
In addition to promoting competition among student-athletes looking to improve their Nike+ Football Rating, the Hudl Combine app will also include training videos from Nike athletes.During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21, Lake Travis not only needed a platform to host livestreaming access due to limited in-stadium crowds but software that can record practices, games, and be conveniently accessible. Hudl Combine will not only provide elite athletes the opportunity to compete at The Opening, but will help football players at all levels measure their performance and provide actionable feedback to help them improve.” “Helping athletes improve and showcase their skills is at the core of what we do,” Hudl CEO David Graff said in a statement. “We’re excited to partner with Nike in this shared mission to provide an amazing experience for the high school football athlete. Nike hopes to reach Hudl’s current audience of an estimated 1 million student-athletes who upload highlight videos. In previous years, the company has selected 166 players from a pool of roughly 17,000 competing at regional Opening competitions since 2007. Starting in 2017, Nike will begin using the rating system to determine who will be invited to The Opening in Beaverton, Ore. Once verified by Nike, high school football players can see their rating compared to others across the nation.
It’s one that we’ve used through high school, through college and in the NFL as well, so this is a really cool thing and it’s something we can really count on.” “The Nike Football Rating tells us some really concrete facts about the basic athleticism, speed and explosion that an athlete brings,” Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said in a promotional video on Nike’s website. The two companies launched the Hudl Combine application, on which student-athletes can record their 40-yard dash, vertical leap, 20-yard shuttle run and medicine ball performances to be verified and logged using a Nike+ Football Rating equivalent to the NFL Scouting Combine’s score. Nike and Hudl partnered on a football training app that will ultimately become the basis for invitations to the increasingly competitive annual Nike Football The Opening prep combine.