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Football Officiating => National Federation Discussion => Topic started by: CK51 on October 24, 2018, 11:31:31 AM
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Does anybody watch game film for the upcoming teams (if they have any available)? If so, what kind of things are you looking for?
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Every week I watch my previous week's game to see how I performed, and then I always watch at least a game of each team for my next game. I am looking at type of offense ran, type of defense, any players that are game wreckers, weird formations, etc
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Our association has a subscription to HUDL and most of our schools post video. I find it very helpful for reviewing our performance in last week's game. The schools tend to start the film a few seconds prior to the snap and stop a few seconds after the whistle. Film is almost always from the press box, but we occasionally get an EZ view as well. It's best for viewing the HL, since the press box camera is pointed right at him. The U is often in the picture as well. The R, on passing plays, but not really after the ball is released. The BJ only on pass plays. The LJ is available sometimes, and buried behind the coaching staff and substitutes other times. So we can get an indication of hustle, and mechanics, during the live ball, but we get nothing on dead ball officiating or penalty administration. But it's still worth an hour or two of my time to look and point out things that any of us could improve on. When our HL joined our crew 3 years ago, this was invaluable. We looked at every single play and it was a fantastic teaching opportunity.
I don't spend much time scouting our upcoming teams. I quickly look for the obvious - is the QB right or left handed? Are the kickers right or left footed? But the level of competition varies greatly week-to-week, so I'm not trying to analyze or spot tendencies beyond "they threw more than they ran" or vice versa.
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Our association has a subscription to HUDL and most of our schools post video. I find it very helpful for reviewing our performance in last week's game. The schools tend to start the film a few seconds prior to the snap and stop a few seconds after the whistle. Film is almost always from the press box, but we occasionally get an EZ view as well. It's best for viewing the HL, since the press box camera is pointed right at him. The U is often in the picture as well. The R, on passing plays, but not really after the ball is released. The BJ only on pass plays. The LJ is available sometimes, and buried behind the coaching staff and substitutes other times. So we can get an indication of hustle, and mechanics, during the live ball, but we get nothing on dead ball officiating or penalty administration. But it's still worth an hour or two of my time to look and point out things that any of us could improve on. When our HL joined our crew 3 years ago, this was invaluable. We looked at every single play and it was a fantastic teaching opportunity.
I don't spend much time scouting our upcoming teams. I quickly look for the obvious - is the QB right or left handed? Are the kickers right or left footed? But the level of competition varies greatly week-to-week, so I'm not trying to analyze or spot tendencies beyond "they threw more than they ran" or vice versa.
Sounds very similar to what I do.
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thanks guys
I already use it for self review.
I wanted to start using it for upcoming games but the former coach in me started getting too in depth into "scouting" the teams. I'm going to keep it to are they run/pass heavy, basic offensive scheme, any unbalanced or other formations that we should know about, muddle huddle or not, any explosive player, and anything else that shows up that we need to discuss as a crew
thanks again
CK
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thanks guys
I already use it for self review.
I wanted to start using it for upcoming games but the former coach in me started getting too in depth into "scouting" the teams. I'm going to keep it to are they run/pass heavy, basic offensive scheme, any unbalanced or other formations that we should know about, muddle huddle or not, any explosive player, and anything else that shows up that we need to discuss as a crew
thanks again
CK
That is basically my approach. And it is actually an expectation set by our association.
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While I love high school officiating, it doesn't pay enough for me to spend anymore time away from my family, other hobbies, job, etc. than I already do watching film of games I didn't work.
When I have teams I don't know much about, we might discuss in pregame or I might ask someone who has had them, but I am certainly not going to watch their full games. Maybe other officials have time for that; I don't.
I still watch plenty of film, including my games, clips, and guys I try and emulate.