Technology in Today’s Football

 

    Technology in today’s football plays a huge roll and is essential to many facets to the game. Have you ever wondered why the coaches are wearing headsets or see players looking at tablets on the sidelines?1 It’s because they are getting a direct feed of information from the coaches in the press box and can pretty much see anything that goes on the field at any time and relay it down to the field. Technology has completely changed the way the game is played in that there are video systems such as Hudl2 that can give coaches a plethora of information. With these systems I can make scouting videos of opponents, practices and of past games that we have played. It gives us the advantage to build a strategy during a game week, improve on weaknesses from past games, correct mistakes made during practices.

Going into a game there shouldn’t be much guessing as to what our opponents will do because of the access to information we have now a days. We also have access to videos of high school and junior college players we want to recruit and get a first evaluation of them as a player. There are computer programs where we can create videos to display how great are program is to attract recruits and promote the university. Recruiting itself has evolved into another different animal because of the progress of technology. Social media itself gives coaches the access to almost every player because of the connections social media provides and again is another way to promote the program and the university. Football teams at the division I level have whole departments dedicated not only to filming practices/games, but also promotion of the program and university. Oh and by the way, they are willing to pay good money for those positions because coaches nowadays understand the importance technology can provide in giving their team the competitive edge. As a graduate assistant at Tarleton it is my job to learn as much as I can about the many different technological techniques that I can implement so I know i am giving my team the competitive edge!

1How the Tablet Is Changing Coaching in Football - SportTechie. (2014). Retrieved March 27, 2016, from http://www.sporttechie.com/2014/10/03/how-the-tablet-is-changing-coaching-in-football

2Record, Review, Improve | Hudl | Hudl. (n.d.). Retrieved March 27, 2016, from http://www.hudl.com/products