Table of Contents Welcome
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What’s in the Box?
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Get Started with Your iPad
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Download the Hudl App
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Hudl App Tour
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Best Practices for Recording
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5 Candidates to Record Your Video
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Get into the Classroom
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Help Your Athletes Level Up
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Put Your Team in the Spotlight
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Dig Deeper with Reports
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Welcome to Hudl.
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Let’s get started. We’re excited you’ve chosen our products as your go-to for video and stats. Those things are important to your team, so they’re important to us as well. Here’s what you can expect from Hudl—not just as a product, but as a team.
We’re dedicated to your success. The people building our software and supporting the coaches who use it are in it for the long haul.
You’re part of our family. When we say “we’re a family,” we aren’t just referring to the internal Hudl team. It applies to our coaches, athletes, recruiters, analysts and fans, too. So you can bet we’re all in on ensuring your experience exceeds expectations on a regular basis.
We want to hear what you have to say. Not only do we want to make an amazing product and support your team as you use it, we truly value your input along the way—that’s why we set up the Hudl Forum. It’s an online community where you can chat with other coaches and tell our team what you want from the product. We promise we’ll hear you out. Feel free to hit us up anytime with questions and feedback.
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What’s in the Box? iPad The simplest way to record is through the Hudl app on your iPad. As long as you’re connected to Wi-Fi, you can upload your game as it’s being played. If you have to wait and upload at home, you’ll always have the option to watch your video on the bus ride back, or download previous games for more thorough review.
iOgrapher Case It’s important to protect your iPad—few things will keep it safer than a case from iOgrapher. The handles make for a smoother recording experience and prevent bumpy footage.
Tripod The tripod will ensure you have a smooth stream of video to review—and saves your recorder from having a sore arm. Check out our recording tips on page 12 to get the best video possible.
HDMI Cord & Adapter Easily connect your iPad to a bigger monitor with the HDMI cord and adapter to help the whole team review together on the sideline.
Stylus Use the stylus to create comments and drawings to share with the whole team or individual athletes.
Carrying Case Get everything from point A to point B.
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Get Started with Your iPad 1. Turn on your iPad. You should see a “Hello” message in a few different languages. Select the Home button (the main button at the bottom of your device) to unlock the iPad.
2. Select your language and country. These settings change how information like date and time appears on your iPad.
3. Choose a Wi-Fi network and decide on location services. You’ll need Wi-Fi to finish setting up your iPad. The Hudl app doesn’t use location services but you may want to use other apps that do.
4. Set up Touch ID or a passcode. Add a level of security on your iPad. Just make sure your other coaches, student managers and anyone recording your games has that information.
5. Select “Set Up as New iPad”. 6. Create an Apple ID. Your Apple ID is the personal login you use to access all of Apple’s products and services. If you already have one, sign in with that. If you don’t have one yet, select “Don’t have an Apple ID.”
7. Complete your setup. Activate Siri and choose your Home button and display settings. Now you’re ready to roll.
If you have any trouble setting up your iPad, check out the official iPad User Guide at help.apple.com/ipad.
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Download the Hudl App 1.
Go to the App Store
on your iPad.
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Search for Hudl
3.
Tap
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Once the download is complete, tap
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Log in with your Hudl email and password.
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Start recording your game or add your roster.
and tap GET .
. If asked, enter your Apple ID password.
OPEN
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Hudl App Tour
Home Messages Record Video Direct Exchanges GameDay Manage Team Reports
Video - Week 2
Video - Week 1
April 5, 2017 • Playlist
April 5, 2017 • Playlist
Vs. Washington
Vs. Valley North
Feb 27, 2017 • Game
Feb 08, 2017 • Game
Follow account activity and see top highlights in your area. Send messages to individual athletes, custom groups or the entire team. Easily record clips from practice or full games for review. Watch video, add comments and drawings, or tag highlights. Exchange video with other teams on Hudl. Record or tag events on your schedule, or add new events. Edit your roster and coaches. Access stats, box scores and season goals.
App Settings
Manage your notifications and upload settings.
Get Help
Check out our Help Center or contact Support.
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Best Practices for Recording Honing the perfect setup will leave you with video that’s not only easier to watch, but more beneficial to your team. And if you use Hudl Assist to break down your games, it also ensures the stats provided by our analysts are accurate.
Use the tripod. No one wants to watch shaky video, and the height of the tripod can help you reach that ideal vantage point.
Record the scoreboard. Take quick scoreboard shots throughout the game— especially at the end of each period. This will help our analysts as they tag and your team as they review. You can even try to include the scoreboard in your standard shot to make it easier to follow along.
Capture jersey numbers and referee signals. Jersey numbers are important if you want to track player stats. Angle your camera to capture the numbers and make sure the iPad is focused. Keep the referee in the frame too, so you can capture their signals.
Go easy on the zoom. Sit far enough away to get both teams without zooming in and out too often. Starting with a good vantage point can save you from overusing the zoom function.
Only pause at timeouts or between periods. To keep up with the flow of the game, you’ll only want to pause at timeouts or between halves or quarters. Even if there is a call in question, keep recording so you (and our analysts) can catch the outcome.
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Find the best vantage point.
Basketball
Lacrosse
Your best vantage point will be at mid-court. From that angle, the iPad will only have to rotate slightly depending on which half of the court the ball is on.
Setting up at a high point near the center of the field is the best way to analyze positioning. To record effectively from the sideline, have your device either far enough away to see both ends of the field or high enough to get the full field in frame.
Soccer
Volleyball
Get the highest angle you can for the best view of how play develops. If a high angle isn’t possible, try to set up where others won’t walk in front of the camera. Regardless of your elevation, record near the middle of the field.
Record behind the end line on your side of the net for the best opportunity to analyze positioning. Set up your device so it’s either far enough away to see both deep corners or high enough to get the full court in frame. And be sure to switch sides between sets—you want to see your players, not the net.
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5 Candidates to Record Your Video
It’s important to have quality video, but that doesn’t mean the job is reserved for a tech expert. If a person is comfortable with basic recording controls, they can capture the video you need. That being said, consistency is key. Find a go-to person or group of people and stick with them. This will make the stoppage consistent, help the recorder get a feel for when to move the iPad, and improve the overall quality—which makes for better analysis, too.
Friends and Family The AV Club Student Managers Aspiring Athletes Injured Reserve Players
Pro Tip:
Make your videographer feel like a part of your team. Give them a title to solidify the importance of their role, send them team gear and invite them to your team banquet— whatever you can do to help them feel valued.
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Get into the Classroom Whether you review with your team regularly or only as a coaching staff, Hudl’s tools make it easy to add video sessions to your workflow. Here are a few tips to make those sessions more efficient and impactful—and keep your athletes’ full attention.
Invite the right people.
Make the purpose clear.
Video review sessions work best when they’re focused. Keep the group small to communicate on a more personal level. Your message will also sink in better when targeting a select group of individuals.
Let players and coaches know what you’ll address beforehand. You can even send them pre-work in the form of playlists using filters to pinpoint exactly what needs work. If they know the topic, they can come to the meeting prepared with ideas of their own.
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Schedule video sessions before practice. Watching video can help players see exactly what they’re doing wrong—immediately putting that knowledge to work will increase their chances of retaining what you teach.
Keep team sessions short. Video sessions longer than 15 or 20 minutes can have diminishing returns. You could be providing valuable information, but most athletes’ eyes will eventually glaze over and their minds wander to other things. Boost their comprehension with quick sessions.
Use playlists to keep sessions focused. Be strategic with the clips you use to get athletes’ attention. Use filters to sift through the stats and find the best teaching moments from your video. Create playlists based on those filters, team goals and individual performance.
Ask questions to keep players engaged. Ask questions both during and after the video session to make sure players are paying attention and grasping the concepts you’re hitting on.
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Help Your Athletes Level Up
Watching video as a team can have a huge impact, but your time is limited—that’s where individual review comes in. Personalize comments and drawings. Show athletes exactly how to improve with comments and drawings for them to review on their own. These tools allow you to help players improve one-on-one, rather than only in team-wide review sessions. They can understand what went wrong without any embarrassment or shame.
Streamline your team’s review. With the ability to adjust who a video is shared with, you can share videos with only the athletes who need to see them. This means you can create and share a playlist of clips only relevant to a certain position group, rather than the entire team.
Review from anywhere. The best part of video being on Hudl is that it can be reviewed anytime, anywhere. Athletes can log in on any device and even download video to watch offline. Sharing playlists for them to review from home will help build trust between every member of the team.
Tailor your comments and playlists to fit your players’ tendencies.
Remember every player is different. Players consume video in different ways—some dive into the video, aggressively breaking down their own play, while others view video as a spectator, as if they were watching a pro game. Tailor your comments and playlists to fit your players’ tendencies. For the detailed analyzers, remind them not to obsess over the little things. And for the casual observers, leave more notes to help them focus on what matters most.
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Put Your Team in the Spotlight
Show off with a team profile. All team highlights will live on your profile, right alongside your season schedule and a roster with links to each athlete’s individual profile. It has everything you need to showcase your team.
Get your team hyped.
Celebrate the season.
Highlight videos are a great way to pump up your athletes. Create a highlight from your last matchup to view as a team, either in practice or right before the game. With the focus on what they’ve done well, they’ll have a new level of confidence going into the game.
Take time to remember top moments with a season highlight reel. You can even add team photos or slides with season stats and athlete awards—whatever information is most important to your team and its fans.
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Show your team colors.
Lead by example.
Customize your profile with your team’s details. Add your school or club logo as the team profile picture, which will be added to every team highlight. And be sure to include a tagline to share your team’s philosophy with fans.
The team profile includes links to your athletes’ individual profiles, and it’s just as important for those to stay updated. Current information, statistics and their top plays from each game are all important factors in getting noticed. Remind them to take advantage of the tools built exclusively for athletes after every game.
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Dig Deeper with Reports No matter how you track stats, Hudl will generate powerful, sport-specific reports to bring those numbers to life.
Stats Report This is the go-to for your cumulative statistics. Every stat links directly to video, allowing teams to quickly jump to the most important moments. Sort by season, game or individual athlete to analyze performance at every angle.
Box Score Get a clear view of every matchup—this is the hub for individual games. You’ll get a complete picture of the action with all the stats for both teams.
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Trends
Goals
The trends report is a visual representation of the highs and lows for each stat over the course of a season. You can track performance game-by-game and see how you stack up against opponents. Use these insights to work on exposed weaknesses during practice.
Determine the stats that matter most and create goals to incentivize your athletes. Evaluate your team against its opponents or against itself. Once a game is broken down by Hudl Assist, the goals report will automatically update— it’s easy to see whether you succeeded or came up short.
*Trends are only available to teams with a Gold or Platinum subscription.
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