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Technology Changing The Game
By Blaine Grisak
By the day, technology is becoming more apart of sports. This season Baseball has began to use a replay/challenge system for the first time, and the technology used in player’s equipment is astounding.
Technology certainly has the ability to change the game of football from all assets as it can be used for anything from player preparation for games and practices, to player safety, and coaches getting a better idea of what the players are seeing.
Player Preparation
One of the more popular ways in the NFL that technology is being used, is in game film, practice film, and the playbook. Instead of having to lug around a 500+ page playbook, teams are now able to store those play books and make it more portable and versatile for the player by using iPads.
Teams are able to upload game and practice film to the tablets and have developed apps to make preparation easier for the players, especially the younger generations. The NFL also allows teams to have them in the locker room right up until kickoff. Watching film is much easier than it used to be, and there is really no excuse for players not to be prepared in today’s game.
Vikings rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went as far as saying that he imported the entire Vikings playbook into the “Madden” video game made by EA Sports to help him prepare and get that one extra rep that could help him.
As crazy as it sounds, it might actually work. From a fans perspective, playing Madden can certainly help. Kids and young adults now have a better understanding as to what the difference is between a nickel and dime defense and the difference between a cover 3 and a cover 2 and when the two coverages should be used. Whether or not they ever played high school football or were ever taught how to read a football playbook, fans now have a better understanding of the game and Madden has helped in that aspect.
Although NFL defenses disguise a lot more and are much more complex, with how realistic the video game is becoming, this is something that might become more popular. There is no way to truly simulate an NFL defense, but what Bridgewater is doing, certainly can’t hurt.
Technology Helping Coaches and Player Safety...
Read more: http://www.thefootballeducator.com/technology-changing-gam/#ixzz37WLaHPJj
By Blaine Grisak
By the day, technology is becoming more apart of sports. This season Baseball has began to use a replay/challenge system for the first time, and the technology used in player’s equipment is astounding.
Technology certainly has the ability to change the game of football from all assets as it can be used for anything from player preparation for games and practices, to player safety, and coaches getting a better idea of what the players are seeing.
Player Preparation
One of the more popular ways in the NFL that technology is being used, is in game film, practice film, and the playbook. Instead of having to lug around a 500+ page playbook, teams are now able to store those play books and make it more portable and versatile for the player by using iPads.
Teams are able to upload game and practice film to the tablets and have developed apps to make preparation easier for the players, especially the younger generations. The NFL also allows teams to have them in the locker room right up until kickoff. Watching film is much easier than it used to be, and there is really no excuse for players not to be prepared in today’s game.
Vikings rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went as far as saying that he imported the entire Vikings playbook into the “Madden” video game made by EA Sports to help him prepare and get that one extra rep that could help him.
As crazy as it sounds, it might actually work. From a fans perspective, playing Madden can certainly help. Kids and young adults now have a better understanding as to what the difference is between a nickel and dime defense and the difference between a cover 3 and a cover 2 and when the two coverages should be used. Whether or not they ever played high school football or were ever taught how to read a football playbook, fans now have a better understanding of the game and Madden has helped in that aspect.
Although NFL defenses disguise a lot more and are much more complex, with how realistic the video game is becoming, this is something that might become more popular. There is no way to truly simulate an NFL defense, but what Bridgewater is doing, certainly can’t hurt.
Technology Helping Coaches and Player Safety...
Read more: http://www.thefootballeducator.com/technology-changing-gam/#ixzz37WLaHPJj
