Online Staff Meetings

Seems interesting and resembles today's society in the direction we are going especially in corporate America

Try Slack (https://slack.com). Video and regular calls/meetings with multiple people all in the app. Screen share (for paid version only but I think there are plugins for this). You can use this instead of email too because it's an organized text chat tool (offense channel, defense channel, game week channel). Works great on smartphones. There are free and paid plan options. I've used it at my last two jobs (I'm not a teacher).

This is one area I swear on. The day of forcing everyone into one room for a meeting is over -- at least among coaches. No reason it can't be done for coaching staffs when incredible apps are made all online like this and business meetings like this occur everyday.

It will keep coaches at home with their families and eliminate commute time. It can be very organized with the regular chat options too so you can continue the conversation without chatting one to one. You can even do a direct call with someone right in the app -- so if your OC and OL coaches need to talk to each other to clarify something, they can.

I encourage all staffs to try it.

Google Hangouts

How hard is this for those 'Un-online' types?

Really pretty easy. As long as everyone has a google account (free). It's like making a phone call or sending an email.

I got my dad to figure it out so it must be pretty easy.

The other great thing is I have some coaches that have Windows and some have Macs. One coach couldn't get his mic to work so he downloaded the Zoom app on his ipad and it worked perfectly. So its easily adaptable to whatever your coaches have available.  Two used their iphones, and the rest used computers.

We have used Google Hangouts in the past.  I also would do a screen cast w/ the app screencast-o-matic and basically do a 10-15 minute scouting report on our opponent as well as an AAR on our last game.  All coaches would be assigned a part of the opponent's gameplan to put together a scouting report and we'd curate a folder on Google Drive w/ all that information.  Between coaches putting together playlists on HUDL and sharing them, the Scouting Report folder on Drive and the screencast I shared with kids and coaches, we could have a pretty good online meeting and all be on the same page.

Its been tremendous for us..We use Zoom like coach Plaa above. We pay the $15 for unlimited meetings. We all have what we want to show and each coach can show his screen.. Weirdly, I think it has actually brought us closer together, the guys that have young kids don't have to leave home...We are usually having a couple of beers "together" too which make for a more relaxed atmosphere

coachplaa and jgordon1 how long are these meetings lasting?

We set up a shard Google Folder that our offensive staff works on during the weekend but the meeting idea sounds interesting because there are somethings that would be best discussed.

Thanks Coach, 90 pretty standard would you say? Covering both O & D

We go about 45 minutes on defense, then 15 minutes with everyone together, and another 30-40 minutes just offense. I have a gameplan checklist I go through to make sure everything gets covered.

Give a look at appear.in. You create a room (you choose the name) and then share the link. Everyone with a mic and camera on their computer can get right in. They also have apps that work great. You are limited to 8 users on the free plan. I find it to work great with users of any technical ability.

Sharing video over video conference is always going to have it's issues because of the way the technology works.

Are there apps out there that would allow a pretty large group to do a “clinic”? I know there isn’t a lot of 8 man clinics and I think this would allow for something like that if there was an app like these that would support a larger group for a clinic so to speak