When I was being recruited for D-I lacrosse – coaches said “D-I is bigger, faster, and stronger.” To compete at that level, you’ve got to be the biggest, fastest and strongest player on the field.
Well… we think software should be faster and stronger, but not necessarily bigger, that’s why the new HomeField 3.0 is faster and stronger than ever without adding any bulk.
It all starts with our revamped landing page. Clean and simple. You gotta love it.
Right away, you’ll notice a cleaner user interface. We also organized what you can do with your videos really well.
In the center column of the image above, you can see the Falmouth vs. Barnstable “video-basket.”
What’s great about HF3.0 is that you can do everything you want with this video right from that basket – see who’s editing and commenting on the video, trade it to other coaches, manage sharing with players and fans, etc. – so it’s way faster than loading new pages and the actions themselves are really snappy.
Editing game film doesn’t have to be hard… in fact, it shouldn’t be.
Some coaching software gets really complicated with all sorts of bells and whistles, but we believe in simple.
That’s why we took the essential elements out of your favorite editing software and built them right into HomeField – so you can take any game film in your library and start marking clips for your players to study.
Rather than talk about it, I’ll just show you. Watch this one minute video on the new HomeField online editor…
Bugs! They’re a part of life whether we like it or not.
Recently, we launched HomeField v3.0. It’s the best video platform for sports teams yet.
Though the launch was pretty smooth, there have been a couple bugs (you didn’t even notice did you!), one in particular had to deal with old videos not Archiving and Unarchiving properly for coaches and athletes.
The good news? It’s already fixed. But just in case, we wanted to get the word out so if you do notice anything funny with your archiving functionality, please let us know.
While I’m not a CrossFit expert, I am a huge fan. Since my junior year of college, I’ve been a huge proponent of CrossFit style training – essentially circuit training – as a way to get in and stay in shape for any and all sports.
See, I used to be a big boy – 6’2″ 225lbs at age 18 – all because my coaches and trainers said, get bigger. So I did.
But I was slow.
So after freshman year, I dropped 15lbs or so and came back to campus as one of the fastest guys on the team. I did it by blending my workouts together. First it was simply running and lifting back to back, but eventually it was lots of plyometrics mixed in with traditional lifts and later, some non-traditional stuff.
For a long time, most people who saw me in the gym thought I was a mad man. But nowadays, it’s the norm. Every time I’m at the gym, I’m amazed at the new exercises I see. I think CrossFit has a lot to do with it.
What I’m really curious about though, is whether or not traditional coaches/trainers at the university level are embracing it? Somehow I don’t think they are, but if it means your athletes are in shape like the pair in this video, wouldn’t you?
What do you say coaches?
P.S. – Joe and I are thinking of taking this to the extreme. We’ve had our eye on Gym Jones for some time now…
“We knew what to expect from England,” said Philipp Lahm, the Germany captain, speaking at their training ground Thursday. “We changed our tactics and were optimally prepared and that’s why we won.”
While soccer is little understood by the average American – it is a world away from American football with constant stoppages and set plays – there is still plenty of strategy in advancing the ball and creating scoring opportunities.
If anything, film analysis is more important in soccer where playing tendencies are not as clearly defined by standard statistics.
Ultimately, Germany lost a close game to Spain – the eventual Champions – and finished third, but I’m confident they would not have been as successful had they not spent time watching their opponents and preparing to win.
