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Post by kylem56 on May 25, 2020 13:19:58 GMT -6
Despite all the craziness of the last couple of months, and how much I disliked zoom/google hangouts for education (I am a SPED teacher so it was another barrier they had to overcome, but thats a topic for another day), one of the positives of all this was the amount of online coaches clinic content available out there to learn from for free. It seemed as if on any given day, at pretty much any time throughout the day, you could log on and find a live coaches clinic via zoom. I know there was some great coaches out there who stepped up to provide these clinics and I know several state coaches associations eventually started holding their own, including mine (Michigan). Even though I'm cautiously optimistic that by next clinic season, that life will be closer to back to normal then it is now. That is of course bearing there is no 2nd wave of this crap that some doctors predict. I could see more colleges and even some of the clinic companies like Glazier using the online format more often (less overhead costs, more availability of speakers just to start). What do you guys think? Live in-person clinics with dinners, beers, play drawing on napkins etc. will always have their place in the coaching world but could this be the start of a trend in your opinion? And for those of you who did attend zoom clinics these past couple of months, did you enjoy them? If so, who were some of your favorite speakers you heard? Did you watch these live or on channels? I know our state association and I am sure most others will continue to hold their annual state clinic in person for the awards ceremonies, dinners, and just the opportunity to meet up with old friends after the grind of a season but I will be curious to if some of the clinic companies will start going this route? *Cheap plug disclaimer* I took on the project of creating a YouTube channel for the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association and recorded approximately 35+ clinics that will still be posting daily at 9am during the week with new ones. (you can view that channel here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCN65bnLrEWUvnZrT0tW6o4Q |
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Post by wolverine55 on May 25, 2020 13:35:12 GMT -6
As a general rule, I much preferred this spring's clinic season than previous years. Maybe it's just where I am in life now, but travelling to clinics is much more hassle than fun for me.
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Post by agap on May 26, 2020 8:54:46 GMT -6
At first I liked them, but it turned into too much and the topics seemed to be the same after a few weeks. Plus it was getting too time-consuming to keep watching clinics every day. I started either downloading clinics or watching the replay so I could skip through them quickly. At the same time, I've been able to talk to some coaches on Zoom that I wouldn't normally be able to talk to so that part has been good.
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Post by wolverine55 on May 26, 2020 9:08:29 GMT -6
At first I liked them, but it turned into too much and the topics seemed to be the same after a few weeks. Plus it was getting too time-consuming to keep watching clinics every day. I started either downloading clinics or watching the replay so I could skip through them quickly. At the same time, I've been able to talk to some coaches on Zoom that I wouldn't normally be able to talk to so that part has been good. The download and watch replay is actually one of the main reasons I enjoyed this clinic season better |
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Post by Coach.A on May 26, 2020 9:43:10 GMT -6
Loved all the free content. I live in a relatively remote area. Most years we are lucky to get our staff to one clinic and it usually involves at minimum a 5 hour drive each way. Being able to see all this content and learn from HIGH SCHOOL coaches in far away regions was awesome! Having the ability to re-watch my favorite presentations was a nice bonus. Also having the ability to screen shot important parts/notes/diagrams was great. I found that I rarely was able to log in a specific time to see a clinic. 98% of the clinics I've watched during this time were re-plays. I don't understand why some of the hosts would only allow viewers during a small window and not provide replays. Fortunately, the vast majority of hosts did provide replays. A major issue with the Zoom format was the choppiness of game film due to internet lag. Some coaches figured it out later and only played slow-mo clips of game/practice footage. But most of the film I saw on Zoom clinics was unwatchable. kylem56 just checked out your YouTube page. Watched 2 clinics so far and both were excellent! Thank you for sharing! |
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Post by rudyrude9 on May 26, 2020 11:41:00 GMT -6
Replays are where it's at. The ability to fast forward through all that worthless clinic talk and get to the meat quickly is a huge plus. Also being able to close the window when the guy really sucks is awesome. I have walked out of a bad speaker before but usually just suck it up.
The internet has always been a better way to gain football knowledge for me. But in person clinics are way to much fun to not do anymore. Probably two of my favorite weekends a year are going to clinics and getting after it for the weekend. Builds staff moral!
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Post by s73 on May 26, 2020 21:10:28 GMT -6
Despite all the craziness of the last couple of months, and how much I disliked zoom/google hangouts for education (I am a SPED teacher so it was another barrier they had to overcome, but thats a topic for another day), one of the positives of all this was the amount of online coaches clinic content available out there to learn from for free. It seemed as if on any given day, at pretty much any time throughout the day, you could log on and find a live coaches clinic via zoom. I know there was some great coaches out there who stepped up to provide these clinics and I know several state coaches associations eventually started holding their own, including mine (Michigan). Even though I'm cautiously optimistic that by next clinic season, that life will be closer to back to normal then it is now. That is of course bearing there is no 2nd wave of this crap that some doctors predict. I could see more colleges and even some of the clinic companies like Glazier using the online format more often (less overhead costs, more availability of speakers just to start). What do you guys think? Live in-person clinics with dinners, beers, play drawing on napkins etc. will always have their place in the coaching world but could this be the start of a trend in your opinion? And for those of you who did attend zoom clinics these past couple of months, did you enjoy them? If so, who were some of your favorite speakers you heard? Did you watch these live or on channels? I know our state association and I am sure most others will continue to hold their annual state clinic in person for the awards ceremonies, dinners, and just the opportunity to meet up with old friends after the grind of a season but I will be curious to if some of the clinic companies will start going this route? *Cheap plug disclaimer* I took on the project of creating a YouTube channel for the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association and recorded approximately 35+ clinics that will still be posting daily at 9am during the week with new ones. (you can view that channel here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCN65bnLrEWUvnZrT0tW6o4QCoach, not to hijack your thread, but I wanted to throw out a positive I took from this whole thing & maybe someone else has mentioned this already but one HUGE positive I'm going to take from this thing is that I am going to use zoom meetings as a regular coaching tool. In the past I used to bring kids in on Saturdays, then I felt like they weren't getting much out of it so I stopped. But then you always run into when can we watch film. So, I went the whole "they can watch it on hudl" mentality. But of course, as we all know they don't. So then we wen to having our shortened walk through on Thursday and then did film afterwards as a reinforcement for the week before playing the opponent, but it felt very shoe horned in there and also took away our shortened day that I think we all looked forward to. So, I am going to shorten practice times going forward and schedule a couple of 15-20 minute zoom meetings through out the week with kids in the evening. Just a simple touch base, practice pointers, etc while we can all be at home. TO ME it will almost be like a supervised hudl session and frankly, I think it can be done efficiently where kids won't feel like it's a HUGE extra, especially if I can shorten practice time in general to get it done. I'm thinking mayne an offensive meeting on Tuesday for 20, defense on Wed for 20 and 30 minutes on Sat (15 review precious game and 15 scout opponents). Still get to sleep in on Saturdays while coaches prep film, go back to shortened Thursdays again and still get film study done from comfort of our own homes. Sounds good in theory anyway. |
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Post by 42falcon on May 27, 2020 19:20:38 GMT -6
I've done my fair share of clinics from attending to presenting. I won't lie there is a a lot of fun that goes into getting on a plane, flying to a new city, seeing some cool local stuff before the clinic and then going to a full 48-72 hour football clinic experience. It is an experience for sure.
Now with that being said I actually much prefer the online clinic over the face to face session from the education piece.
-I can re-watch it over and over if need be
-I can pause it as I make notes or rewind it if I missed a diagram
-if I can't catch the live session I can watch the recorded version and do the above
-the recorded sessions in our area are coming with the speakers PPT slides so I can do a quick scan of that to see if I want to do the whole thing
-if the clinic sucks I can exit and not take anything away from the presenter. Side story we were in Seattle one year and we went to see the OL coach from the Seahawks talk pass pro well atleast that is what was on the program, he instead decided to talk run game. Our co-HC got up to leave to go to a different session and the presenter ripped he was a total douche. I think with the online clinic there is less BS
I wonder if it is cheaper for a company like glazier to put on clinics in an online format and then have a few key face to face clinics.
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Post by center on May 29, 2020 12:06:05 GMT -6
What has live attendance been like at Glazier Clinics the last few years? Up until this year?
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