Mobile Greatness: View Notes on Your iPad

Posted August 31, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Features & Updates  • Technology

We know you love watching video on your iPad. Now your telestrations, spot shadows, and text notes won’t just live on your Hudl.com account.

View your coaching notes on the Hudl iPad app as soon as you make them on Hudl.com. To get started, update the Hudl app when you’re prompted and you’re set to have a really great video session from your iPad.

Build a Highlight Fit for SportsCenter: Introducing Top Play

Posted August 28, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Features & Updates  • Coaching & Athletics  • Technology

Your athletes work hard out on the field and we think they deserve to be recognized in a really sweet way. Hudl Top Play lets you highlight the single most awesome play from a game as soon as your video is uploaded to Hudl.com. It’s like giving out the game ball or a helmet sticker, but with the video to prove just how incredible the play was.

Choose a top play for each game, and you’ll have a full reel of your best plays at the end of the season to show off at your end-of-year banquet. Just click the star next to a clip the same way you would to make a highlight. Now you’ll also have the option to create a Top Play. Hudl will walk you through creating a professional-quality highlight complete with slow motion, spot shadows, and music. 

Get Started:

Football Season Awesomeness: Check Out Our New Features

Posted August 27, 2012 by Ann Moenius
Under  • Features & Updates  • Technology

It’s been a crazy few months around here. We’ve pushed out a bunch of exciting updates just in time for the beginning of football season. We’re excited to see coaches push Hudl this season and get the most out of all these new features and enhancements.

If you missed what’s new or just need a refresher, here’s a list of everything that’s new since last season:

Hudl Support: Common Questions We’ve Been Hearing

Posted August 23, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Technology

Last weekend kicked off our in-season support hours. We spoke with a lot of coaches who had some great questions.

Lucky for coaches who don’t start until this weekend, last week’s trailblazers were able to help us recognize a few questions we should answer for coaches.

Make your life a little easier this weekend and test these things out before your game:

New Feature: Tag a Football Game from Your iPhone or iPod Touch

Posted August 22, 2012 by Melissa Fabina
Under  • Features & Updates  • Technology

New camera technology is making it harder to live tag a game on Hudl. Finding the right hardware is tough, and even if you do, you’re locked behind your computer the entire game hoping no one trips on the cords. This season, stop being a prisoner of your own hardware: Use the Hudl iPhone app to tag a game with your basic breakdown data live during a game.

With the Tag a Game feature on the Hudl iPhone app, you can tag a game from anywhere on your iPhone or iPod touch. As you are tagging the game, the data will automatically upload to your Hudl account if you have a data connection. By the end of the 4th quarter, your data will be in your account ready for you to tweak and merge with your video.

Here’s how to get started with the Tag a Game feature:

Practice Scripts: Common Questions and New Enhancements

Posted August 20, 2012 by Jakob Mullins
Under  • Features & Updates  • Technology

Our Practice Scripts beta has been out for a couple weeks now, and just like we asked, coaches have been using the heck out of them to help us make them awesome for the 2013 season.

Currently (as of 8/14), the beta program is temporarily closed while we work out a few kinks and add a few more enhancements. You should still fill out our form, and we’ll activate Practice Scripts for your whole staff as soon as we re-open the beta.

We’ve been getting a few questions about using Practice Scripts and what we have coming down the pipe. We’ve got all that information covered in the post:

Hudl Camera Recommendations: Fall 2012

Posted August 16, 2012 by Bryant Bone
Under  • Technology

Coaches frequently ask us for advice on which camera they should use with Hudl. There are a lot of great options out there. Whether you’re looking for something affordable to get the job done, or want to invest in something that will give you awesome quality, we have a few recommendations that fit into different price ranges.

If you’re using a camera you love that we don’t have listed here, be sure to let us know in the comments.

Is Your Computer Ready for the Season?

Posted August 15, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Technology

Having the right computer can make or break your Hudl experience. Making sure your computer is up to par is the best way to make things run smooth after your games on Friday. As always, give Hudl support a call (402.817.0060) or email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) if something doesn’t seem right while you’re uploading your video.

You’ll be able to watch video on any computer with an internet connection. The specs really matter when it comes to your video upload.

Whether you’re in the market for a new computer or just need to make sure yours is good to go, we’ve got you covered.

New Hudl Tools: Create Practice Scripts and Draw Play Cards

Posted August 07, 2012 by Jakob Mullins
Under  • Features & Updates  • Technology

Put away your markers, colored pencils, Sharpies, and paper. We mean it.

With Hudl’s newest feature, you’ll no longer have to spend hours creating practice scripts and drawing play cards each week. Your video, practice scripts, and play cards will all be in one place: your Hudl account.

We’re rolling Hudl Practice Scripts out as a beta feature that will be free for 2012. Currently (as of 8/14), the beta program has been temporarily closed while we work out a few more of the kinks and add a few more enhancements, but you should still fill out our form and we’ll activate Practice Scripts for your whole staff as soon as we re-open the beta. In 2013, you’ll be able to add practice scripts as an a la carte feature to any package for $95/year.

Here’s what you need to know about Hudl Practice Scripts:

Domination Checklist: Get Your Video Workflow Down

Posted August 03, 2012 by Caitlin Donohoe
Under  • Coaching & Athletics  • Technology

This is the third installment of our Domination Checklist series, meant to get you in an awesome place to start the football season. This week: Get your staff and film crew up to speed with your cameras and video workflow. Taking a few minutes outside of practice to make sure you’re on the same page with your coaching staff and film crew will make your life easier on game day.

Here are five things we recommend:

New Tools: Edit Your Video and Intercut Multiple Angles Online

Posted August 03, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Features & Updates  • Technology

You love your camera guy, but let’s face it, occasionally he pays closer attention to the cheerleaders than the game and forgets to stop the camera between plays. If you didn’t have time to check before you uploaded to Hudl.com, you were stuck with that extra-long clip until you downloaded your video back to the Hudl Video Editor, split the clip, then re-published the video. A lot of hassle for one clip, huh?

Now all your basic editing tools are built into your Hudl.com library page. Quickly split or combine clips and intercut angles online.

Here are some sweet ways we see you using these new features:

Domination Checklist: Get Your Computer Up To Par

Posted July 20, 2012 by Caitlin Donohoe
Under  • Technology

Football season is looming on the horizon. We know that’s when your time is scarce. We want to help you tackle any issues you might be having with your computer or your Hudl account early, to avoid running into them on game night.  This is the first of our Domination Checklist series, meant to get you in an awesome place to start the football season.

First up, computer maintenance—If your machine isn’t running well, nothing is running well. Here’s what we recommend for the best Hudl experience:

Build Your Own Practice Camera: Summer 2012

Posted July 05, 2012 by Mike Johnson
Under  • Guest Post  • Coaching & Athletics  • Technology

In order for us to constantly improve as a team, we work to constantly improve our equipment. Adding a practice camera into the mix has been great. We get a better angle than a handheld camera or tripod mounted unit gives us, and adding the angle into film reviews is another way to reinforce what we’re teaching our athletes.

Coaches are constantly evolving the build for the PracticeCam—trying to make it more efficient and keep it affordable. Take a look at what we use and recommend, and let me know if you have ways we can improve. If you build your own, be sure to send pictures and let me know how you made it work.

APEX Transition Training Sessions

Posted June 08, 2012 by Sarah Armstrong
Under  • Technology

If you’re planning to transition to APEX before the season, or just want to see what Hudl is all about, hop on one of our free online training sessions. Sessions, held Monday - Thursday, will show you from start to finish how to get the most out of Hudl. You’ll be able to ask any questions you may have, and can get your whole staff involved.

See what might work for you and your staff: