Coaches, take a hat off: Managing Coaching Responsibilities  

The phrase “wearing many hats” refers to a person with many responsibilities. It describes someone juggling a lot of tasks, or someone with multiple roles. For example, a small business owner is “wearing many hats” by simultaneously acting as CEO, marketing director, and sales manager.

Another example of many hats being worn: Coaches.

In addition to coaching duties such as organizing practices, creating gameplans, and acting as a leader during team activities, there are often many more responsibilities that get shoved onto a coach’s plate. Below, we’ll look at different ways Pixellot can make coaches lives easier.

Film, Video, and Scouting

Pixellot is enhancing a coach’s ability to build strategy/gameplans. The automatic breakdown of recorded games and practices saves hours of work. Also, rewatching our 1080p film can expose previously unseen observations.

At competitive levels, a key responsibility of a sports coach is helping players get noticed by recruiters and agents. A significant coaching duty is to effectively communicate players’ talent to these professionals to attract their interest. Create highlight reels, stat pages, and other materials to showcase the players’ skills. Pixellot’s player tracking video solutions, plus auto-generated statistics for each player, does the laborious tasks for you.

Having high-quality, well-made highlights is an edge for players in the recruitment process. Coaches constantly network and build relationships with recruiters/agents to stay informed about opportunities and get their players in front of the right people. Clips that do justice to the actual performance is important. Additionally, programs at the next level always value a player with good habits compiling film. 

Develop Yourself as a Coach

Coaches with good film habits are valued as well. Familiarity compiling film and stats is a notable skill. Since Pixellot’s technology improves strategy and performance, it can be harnessed to boost a coach’s portfolio. Showcase your victories/growth! If you’re a coach looking to make a leap, experience with professional-grade tools is big for ascending the coaching ladder and industry hierarchy. 

However, a coach shouldn’t need to sit behind a camera to achieve these results. Persuading a parent to help film is not ideal. Also, this is not 2015. Setting an iPad in the corner of the gym is not good enough either. Pixellot’s full AI-automation allows a coach to be up-and-down the sideline, locked into the game, and engaging with players in every moment.

Family-Oriented Coaching

Speaking of parents, communicating with parents/guardians is another hat. Although managing relationships with families is a universal coaching duty, it’s nonetheless an obligation that isn’t directly related to a coach’s coaching. Consider Pixellot as a mutually beneficial tool for this facet: 

• Parents that are unable to attend games can watch streams and recordings
• Post schedules, rosters, news, and team documents in our VidSwap platform
• Share clips from games and practices 
• Through analytics, help a player’s family understand coaching decisions

Power to the Players

While I’ve talked about Pixellot’s ability for coaches to take a hat off, another key element is the reallocation of hats. Pixellot’s technology brings power to your players. Athletes can access/re-watch footage mere hours after they return home. Our technology and film breakdowns give athletes with resources to study the game. Pixellot’s analytics make it easier than ever to improve a player’s craft. 

Through custom highlights, film sessions, or reference points to learn from others, Pixellot is helping sports at all levels. Fully automated, player tracking technology allows players from youth to professional tiers to easily improve their game. 

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With a large, versatile list of duties and responsibilities, operating as efficiently as possible is important for coaches. Pixellot’s automated production and end-to-end solutions simplify the duties of a coach. Win back your time, and bring high-tech resources to your team and players. Take some hats off, but leave the rally cap on.