Ron wilson gave a talk at the 2009 USA Hockey Level 5 symposium and discussed his use of technology. I believe he does everything on a Apple MacBook Pro and has a staff that custom programs FileMaker Pro to hold all his data. it was very impressive the amount of information he held on that laptop. He also uses "smartboards" these are presentation whiteboards that can display computer graphics and video. He also mentioned using XO's video editing.
Technology today is amazing. When I left Hockey Canada and the National Team in the late 1990's, I was still using VCR's to cut tape. Two years later, everything was digital. Now I am behind the times a bit as I don't need to be on the cutting edge based on my current work in the skill academies (but I wish I had more time and $ to pursue it!) Sometimes I think that one needs to be a full-time pro coach to learn all the new programs.
I have played with XOS and STEVA and the like... it takes time to get used to any program. The more features and complicated it is, the more time it takes to learn. If a technology eventually saves time and makes my coaching life better, I am all for it. But I don't want to become a slave to the technology... or spend too much time learning it - time I could be using in other ways.
Nowadays, at the higher levels (sometimes even at Junior A Tier 2), the staffs include a specialty person for video editing. The coach just tells them what to look for to help support the team discussions.
The whole key to video is the footage itself - most programs don't have (1) a great location to shoot from; (2) multiple cameras / angles; (3) the money in the budget to pay for the hardware, software and people! Although the hardware and software budgets are coming down drastically in the last 10 years...
SMART Technologies has an office 10 minutes from my house. They did a presentation to the Flames in the summer but the Flames opted to stick with their current provider. I have a friend there who said he would demonstrate their products to me... I plan on taking him up on it; knowing I don't have a (perceived) need for anything right now - but I want to learn about their products. I think the school boards here use their stuff in the classrooms now... Man when I taught university, I was using overhead projectors and blackboards... whiteboards were just coming in! None of that Powerpoint stuff...!
Dean
M.Ed (Coaching)
Ch.P.C. (Chartered Professional Coach)
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