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High School Football’s Rule 1.6.1.2 in Action

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It’s halftime, the home team is down by ten, and they need an advantage—a way to exploit the opposing team’s weaknesses and win the game. In the locker room, coaches are analyzing video clips of the opposing team’s defensive line to find ways to get the ground game into gear. The quarterback is reviewing patterns …

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7 Benefits of Creating More Competition in Your Football Program

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Implementing a competitive high school sports program is proven to have positive psychological and physical benefits for students. Here are some of the ways creating more competition in your football program can help your players. Understanding the Importance of Hard Work Kirk Mango introduced the CDSPH Principle in his book, Becoming a True Champion. This …

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The Role of Big Data in High School Sports

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We already know that big data has been integrated across many, if not most, business industries, particularly in the finance and tech spaces. But what is really interesting is its new integration into pro sports. Pro teams today use analytics to determine optimum game length, predictive analytics to anticipate plays, and data mining to determine …

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Video as a Teaching and Coaching Tool in Football

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Technology has long been an important tool for coaching in sports. Since the inception of video recording, teams and individuals have been able to revisit moments on the field and strategize to improve their game. In high school football, for example, developments in the past few years have had a huge impact on the quality …

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Level the Field with Reveal: Captain Shreve High School

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When we launched our Level the Field program in May of this year, it was with a view toward finding and helping high schools with average budgets and/or who have faced some kind of adversity throughout the year. We wanted to help them level the playing field by having access to our Reveal Sideline Replay system. The response …

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Frontend Hero Wanted

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About you You like to create software that has a real impact on the people that use it. Users are delighted with simple and effective UI elements, well thought out work flows, and great attention to detail. Your toolbox is neatly stocked with the latest open source projects, open web standards, and core web tools. …

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Level the field with Reveal Sideline Replay

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High school football has become really expensive. Turf fields, safer helmets, better uniforms, training equipment, off-season camps and training, etc, etc, … and then there’s all the new technology. We know all about the latest sports technology “must haves”. To help level the playing field for teams with “average” budgets, we are giving away one …

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Tech in Sports: Reactive Materials

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High-speed sports are risky and athletes are often put in scenarios that could cause them harm and protective clothing that can protect them is often too restrictive or bulky. Thanks to new materials such as U.K.-based d30 and Dow Corning’s Active Protection System, athletes can wear clothing that are flexible and move with the body …

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The Strange Origin of Football

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It is said that Football comes from a Norse legend where a legion of men came upon a citadel. They politely knocked on its walls to be let in and were driven away by the barbarians inside. This made the legion angry, so they besieged the citadel and conquered it. They then decapitated its leader …

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