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Post by fballcoachg on Jan 9, 2020 8:34:09 GMT -6
Today I had a student come and offer to do hype/highlight videos for us. I’m pretty excited about bc we’ve had it done in the past, parents players and coaches all enjoyed it. The student is very reliable and is all in so that’s huge. We are going to meet to talk specifics but it should be a positive for our crew.
it got me thinking though about media presence as a whole. I’m a big twitter guy but kids are drifting further and further away from it. I’m also going to see if this student has any friends that can do graphics.
Here is the question, whats the downside to having a RELIABLE student run an Instagram account or whatever platform the use? How about downside to student managers that film and help with things you’d see SAs do in college?
I know these things don’t win games but if we have a good group willing...
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jaydub66
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Post by jaydub66 on Jan 9, 2020 9:00:54 GMT -6
It's just a thing you need to keep an eye on and try to improve upon. Just give the kid proper guidelines and lay out the expectations. It's better to enumerate everything than leave some stuff up for interpretation. You don't want the kid tweeting out something that can be taken the wrong way and get anyone is trouble.
We have a really good AV department that broadcasts games on local TV but we also have a teacher who is really good with photography so when a player makes a big play, we have a shot that goes out. We're trying to do .gifs for next year like some college teams
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Post by fkaboneyard on Jan 9, 2020 14:05:25 GMT -6
I was at a school that had two kids on the sidelines/courtsides of games making hype/highlight videos for football and basketball. These kids were VERY talented. They started doing it as sophomores and by the time they were seniors there was a huge demand for them. These kids did it for free for our school but they were widely requested by other schools and they made many thousands of dollars per month doing personal highlight reels.
We made sure that the kids did not tweet anything and anything that went onto the instagram was reviewed by a coach. We never had an issue. There was no downside for us. The players LOVED it and it created a lot of interest in non-players about the programs.
A good student assistant that will set up AV equipment, film games and ODK in hudl can be worth their weight in gold. A bad one can be a huge pain and is not worth it. Choose wisely.
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Post by tothehouse on Jan 9, 2020 20:55:27 GMT -6
I do this stuff at our place. I could do a lot more, but I'm currently not coaching.
We're about to even have more media presence on our campus with our students running things.
I don't let kids run the social media accounts, but I let them load to a Buffer account. Then I send them up. Search Buffer app on Google.
This was a student run live stream. I'm the play by play guy. Looking to start an actual play by play broadcasting class.
For various reasons this ended, but has a chance to come back soon.
We also have a video screen on the scoreboard. I have students do all the artwork for that.
Make the big time where you are.
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Post by veerwego on Jan 10, 2020 7:49:02 GMT -6
You do not want to have a student directly publishing anything to the internet, or anywhere else I suppose. I have a student editing some recruiting videos for us right now, but they will go through an adult/professional video guy and our coaching staff before they go out.
Even if you have a very trustworthy kid, who is to say that one of their friends won't figure out how to upload something they think is funny to one of your social media accounts as a classic high school prank. However, this would be very damaging to you and/or your program. All team social media should go through a coach, before going to the public.
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Post by fballcoachg on Jan 10, 2020 7:57:25 GMT -6
Definitely going to check out buffer app
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Post by tothehouse on Jan 10, 2020 10:31:04 GMT -6
Buffer basically allows you to schedule out your social media posts. You can do this in most apps already, but it's way easier with Buffer. Also, you get 3 social media accounts for FREE in Buffer.
Let's say you do some Photoshop work for your team for game day. Well...you can do the artwork in the summer (or whenever) and load those on Twitter or Instagram on your game day. Like a regular calendar. Then you don't have to worry about posting something that day. One less thing to worry about on game day. Preload all your stuff and then it'll launch by itself at the time you designate. It's a beautiful thing.
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