Technology Takes Next Step in Helping College Coaches
Picture this, Coach…
You have your eye on that star athlete whom you would really like to see wearing your team’s uniform next year. You have written letters, made a couple of calls, but are looking for that extra edge to put your school on top as their number one choice.
You decide to give the new dartfish.tv program a try. You find some great footage of several key moments on your team last year, your big comback to win the conference title, and even add some images of life at your school. You upload it to the dartfish.tv website and ask your targeted athlete to go and view it. And whatta-ya know…after they see it, they get a great feeling about your school and decide to sign on.
Sound like something like that is too good to be true? Think again.
That’s exactly why coaches in a variety of sports are raving about the Dartfish software and their new web-sharing platform, dartfish.tv. This platform will allow coaches to upload videos of their sports performances and include tags like thumbnails, comments, annotations, analyses and keywords.
Even more impressive is the fact that some of sport’s leading coaches and trainers have signed on to use the technology. For example, the national governing bodies at the Olympic level will be using it this summer in Beijing.
“When competing at the Olympics, every second counts,” says Ron Imbriale, Dartfish Senior Vice President, “and by using the Dartfish software and dartfish.tv platform, coaches can review recorded performances for training purposes, as well as share the videos with other coaches back home.”
With this new web sharing platform, college coaches can:
1. Communicate with your current athletes in a private, closed group by showing specific game situations and analyzing their performances. That helps coach through better visual feedback, improving their performance sooner.
2. Show videos to recruits you are targeting to attend your school by posting them on your website or blog. Giving your recruits a visual “inside” look at your program can make them feel more connected to you and your athletes.
3. Create an added service to parents, alumni, and fans by allowing them to view videos you want to share to the public by offering a subscription-type service.
Dartfish contends that coaches need to approach their program in the same way that a new corporate venture might approach their potential customers. “We have created dartfish.tv to help coaches build more of a business and a service”, says Imbriale.
With the new Dartfish technology, college coaches can allow their recruits to truly “experience” their athletic program by sharing memorable moments which will make them feel like they are experiencing it live. And, once they are a part of a program that uses Dartfish, they will learn faster, train better and have access to the same technology that Olympians have.
By Carrie Bigbie, Dan Tudor for dartfish.tv
Tags: Athlete, Beijing 2008, Coaching, College