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Post by abyrne44 on May 17, 2020 12:00:40 GMT -6
What is the best software for creating a playbook outside of Hudl?
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Post by buckeye7525 on May 17, 2020 12:35:03 GMT -6
What is the best software for creating a playbook outside of Hudl? I’ve really started to like Google Slides. It’s free and the templates for PowerPoint can be easily used for them. |
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Post by spos21ram on May 17, 2020 12:35:44 GMT -6
I use playmaker pro for the diagrams and insert them into a Word document.
Your most popular answer will probably be PowerPoint.
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Post by bluboy on May 17, 2020 12:48:54 GMT -6
I just finished doing a bunch of stuff on PowerPoint. Being able to group things and copy an entire slide (in one easy click) made life easy for me.
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Post by tommyfootball on May 17, 2020 13:19:28 GMT -6
I use Open Office Draw. Once you figure out the details of the program, you can make pretty much anything you want. I've used Power Point in the past as well and it works fine.
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Post by abyrne44 on May 17, 2020 13:46:41 GMT -6
I never thought of using power point. That would definitely make things easier.If any of you would be willing to send a photo to show what it looks like you can message me on twitter(profile), it would be great.
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Post by coachscdub on May 17, 2020 14:25:41 GMT -6
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Post by abyrne44 on May 17, 2020 15:36:35 GMT -6
I’ve heard some coaches use Visio. Is PowerPoint better?
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Post by mdunham on May 17, 2020 15:56:43 GMT -6
I never thought of using power point. That would definitely make things easier.If any of you would be willing to send a photo to show what it looks like you can message me on twitter(profile), it would be great. Cqmiller has posted samples of his ppt playbooks he’s one of the masters in that area! |
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Post by buckeye7525 on May 17, 2020 16:04:07 GMT -6
I’ve heard some coaches use Visio. Is PowerPoint better? Over the past few months I had the opportunity to get a crash course in Visio from a college coach and I will say if I was a Windows user and had the cash sitting around I’d take a leap. I do think you probably have the ability to be a little more precise on your drawings. One of the coolest things was how you can save shapes/diagrams/templates and do a drag/drop when you are diagramming they plays. |
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Post by bobgoodman on May 17, 2020 19:31:08 GMT -6
If you're considering PowerPoint, know also that OpenOffice and LibreOffice have their equivalent, called Impress, and it's free for both Linux and Windows.
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Post by CoachH on May 17, 2020 21:02:06 GMT -6
draw.io - If you're a mac user like I am, its a free alternative to visio and it works pretty well. I created a video showing how to draw basic things in the technology thread. I attached it here too. Here's just a quick example from one of the pages  Like I said, I really like it - moreso than powerpoint now and because I mostly use mac's, it's better for me than visio. Plus, it has a really nice feature where I can insert pages directly into google slides (and then export them to powerpoint if wanted) which gives me a good option for PDF or a presentation feature. It has an online version, but they also offer a free download to use on the computer. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions. 7.0.1 |
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Post by bobgoodman on May 18, 2020 9:20:48 GMT -6
Here's an example of what I do.The player figures I got years ago, from Ted Seay I think. At that time I was using OpenOffice but did a lot of the graphics manipulation of the elements via the GIMP (Graphic Image Manipulation Program), which I no longer need because OpenOffice and LibreOffice later incorporated those graphic manipulation tools. (GIMP still has more, but they're fancy things you won't need for diagrams.) So I use Draw to create the individual diagrams, export them as JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, or whatever, and them lay those out in a Writer document. To send that to others, I export as a PDF, which I did for this. I could use Impress to make a slide show format. I made a squiggly pre-snap motion line years ago by laying out a bit of circular arc, then inverting a copy and sticking it onto that, duplicating and reduplicating, and I've been using stretched, cropped, rotated, and otherwise manipulated versions of that ever since. I suppose some would find a spreadsheet format convenient for tables, such as assignments, calls, depth charts, etc. LibreOffice's spreadsheet program is Calc.
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Post by planck on May 18, 2020 13:02:21 GMT -6
I like to use Inkscape. It's basically a free version of Adobe illustrator. Then I put the images into Google slides or whatever. I'd like to use hudl's presentations more, but they're just not good enough.
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Post by junior6589 on May 18, 2020 17:28:23 GMT -6
I create a drawing in google docs. Very easy to use
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Post by kylem56 on May 23, 2020 13:38:02 GMT -6
I use google slides. We are a 1:1 ipad school and already use google classroom, gmail, google docs, etc. for everything. I have done some stuff on Hudl playbook and while I see the merits of it, I didn't like some of the controls, and especially found it more difficult to use when drawing up for kickoff and kickoff return. I found google slides easier to use. I also played around with visio and again, I can see why people love it, it looks great and if our school had a license for it I may use it otherwise I am good with google docs.
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Post by NC1974 on May 27, 2020 20:31:34 GMT -6
Okay,
I'm really showing my technological ignorance here but this is a safe space....regarding ppt and google slides.....how do you diagram everything? Do you use templates that already exist out there? Do you do them yourself? I am a new OC and have been using HUDL but don't love it.
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Post by bluboy on May 28, 2020 5:39:11 GMT -6
I use power point and create my ow stuff because I am a technological dinosaur. I create a slide template, then simply copy and paste it onto another slide. Once you draw a formation, you can group it so that when you copy/paste it, you do not have to re-draw the entire thing. It will copy/paste the "group" that you made.
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Post by agap on May 28, 2020 13:49:19 GMT -6
I like PowerPoint, mainly because that's where the playbook is now and it's easier to edit things on it instead of starting all over.
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Post by buckeye7525 on May 28, 2020 14:00:56 GMT -6
Okay, I'm really showing my technological ignorance here but this is a safe space....regarding ppt and google slides.....how do you diagram everything? Do you use templates that already exist out there? Do you do them yourself? I am a new OC and have been using HUDL but don't love it. Coach, no problem. To get started all you do is create shapes from the toolbars and space them out to set up formations. I’d also recommend Cody Alexander’s website for some really professional looking templates. When you draw stuff used the curve school and zoom in so you can make the line as detailed as possible. |
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Post by NC1974 on May 28, 2020 21:40:30 GMT -6
Thanks coach!
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Post by lmorris on May 29, 2020 7:16:31 GMT -6
A million years ago back in the dark ages before RPO's and Coach Huey had a playbook share page and several others had libraries free to access to your hearts desire.
I came across a beautiful powerpoint playbook design and I have attempted several times(and failed) to duplicate what I found. There may be some others here who remember it, but I may have been the lone wolf in how intricate it was. There was no wasted space on any slide, each page had a hundred clicks(maybe not quite that many) but each click unfolded another layer of the play. You would click and on the left PSG would appear with blocking rules, click again and it would draw out. click again and it would go through every lineman 1 by 1. Then move on to the receivers...it would show the route vs C2, then DB's would fade and pop up C3 adn the routes would fade and new routes or modifications to the routes were made. There was a ton of information on each slide.
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Post by bobgoodman on May 29, 2020 8:48:09 GMT -6
A million years ago back in the dark ages before RPO's and Coach Huey had a playbook share page and several others had libraries free to access to your hearts desire. I came across a beautiful powerpoint playbook design and I have attempted several times(and failed) to duplicate what I found. There may be some others here who remember it, but I may have been the lone wolf in how intricate it was. There was no wasted space on any slide, each page had a hundred clicks(maybe not quite that many) but each click unfolded another layer of the play. You would click and on the left PSG would appear with blocking rules, click again and it would draw out. click again and it would go through every lineman 1 by 1. Then move on to the receivers...it would show the route vs C2, then DB's would fade and pop up C3 adn the routes would fade and new routes or modifications to the routes were made. There was a ton of information on each slide. You may not be able to match artistry like that, but drawing programs like LibreOffice's let you insert links to files. So you could write up files in text or spreadsheet format with such things as assignments and then link them to the appropriate objects in the drawing. I'm sure the final product could be transferred to a slideshow format. However, without such a template it would be up to you to decide how to link the files in a tree format; it might be nice to be able to do them in a ring format, so for any related variant defense or complementary play you could get to it in an equal number of clicks, but you might run into a recursive loop problem, with the program not allowing you to insert a link to something that by a series of links gets back to itself. |
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Post by abyrne44 on Jun 1, 2020 14:58:26 GMT -6
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 1, 2020 22:33:53 GMT -6
A million years ago back in the dark ages before RPO's and Coach Huey had a playbook share page and several others had libraries free to access to your hearts desire. I came across a beautiful powerpoint playbook design and I have attempted several times(and failed) to duplicate what I found. There may be some others here who remember it, but I may have been the lone wolf in how intricate it was. There was no wasted space on any slide, each page had a hundred clicks(maybe not quite that many) but each click unfolded another layer of the play. You would click and on the left PSG would appear with blocking rules, click again and it would draw out. click again and it would go through every lineman 1 by 1. Then move on to the receivers...it would show the route vs C2, then DB's would fade and pop up C3 adn the routes would fade and new routes or modifications to the routes were made. There was a ton of information on each slide. had the most ridiculously sick playbook of all time in like... 2008? |
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Post by NC1974 on Jun 1, 2020 22:39:49 GMT -6
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Post by coachluey2 on Jun 2, 2020 19:48:13 GMT -6
That took some work! I currently use GoArmy Edge for diagramming. Its pretty cool, free, and gives you 3D of plays and formations. If I want to get a bunch of formations and defensive sets together then I use playmaker pro. My defensive install packet has been everything from word to powerpoint. playmaker goes into word well, i couldnt get it to fit right in powerpoint for whatever reason and at my current location word just fits better. GoArmy is going to be something I toy with this year during the season as a helper to film so they can see it from their perspective formationally. |
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Post by lmorris on Jun 2, 2020 20:49:12 GMT -6
What I love about GoArmy Edge is that you can add your kids to the account and they can watch it like video game clips, I have only put a couple of plays on there, but the kids really like it.
GREAT FIND ON TRINITY PLAYBOOK.
I had it in my mind that the teams name was cloverdale or something, but I guess that was the coach's name Andrew Coverdale. I love the step by step on the plays at the end of the powerpoint, has the rule out to the side then a drawing of the play on the next clip. So anyone can read the rule then watch what is going on, again I have tried to duplicate this many times and get way too bored before I finish the first 25 pages. Someday......
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Post by cqmiller on Jun 4, 2020 20:30:57 GMT -6
A million years ago back in the dark ages before RPO's and Coach Huey had a playbook share page and several others had libraries free to access to your hearts desire. I came across a beautiful powerpoint playbook design and I have attempted several times(and failed) to duplicate what I found. There may be some others here who remember it, but I may have been the lone wolf in how intricate it was. There was no wasted space on any slide, each page had a hundred clicks(maybe not quite that many) but each click unfolded another layer of the play. You would click and on the left PSG would appear with blocking rules, click again and it would draw out. click again and it would go through every lineman 1 by 1. Then move on to the receivers...it would show the route vs C2, then DB's would fade and pop up C3 adn the routes would fade and new routes or modifications to the routes were made. There was a ton of information on each slide. had the most ridiculously sick playbook of all time in like... 2008? That one sounds like mine... been out there for quite a while |
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Post by CoachH on Jun 5, 2020 13:16:46 GMT -6
The PowerPoint stuff that Andrew Coverdale does is very detailed and really, really, well done.
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