Former Patriot's Coach Believes High School Football Programs Need Better Video Presentation Tools
Hall-of-Fame coach Steve Sidwell and his son Brad will use breakthrough video teaching technology to get players smarter this season.
Franklin, MA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) June 3, 2005 -- Head Coach Brad Sidwell of Franklin High School in
Franklin, Mass. recently fulfilled his dream to coach with his father, former
NFL Hall-of-Fame coach Steve Sidwell. As a defensive coordinator with the
Patriots, Saints, Packers, Colts and Oilers, Steve's defensive coaching skills,
coupled with the teaching capabilities of the Landro® play analyzer, have
encouraged head coach Brad Sidwell to believe next season will be Franklin's
best yet.
As head coach of the Franklin Panthers for the past 10 years,
Brad Sidwell reorganized his program to use his father Steve's talents after
Steve retired from the NFL. Influencing the coaching staff and the players Steve
helped raise the level of play on the whole, with the Panthers finishing the
season 7-4, a better record than the previous two seasons. Brad explained, "I
couldn't see having such a great defense resource and not taking advantage of
it. The players respect and revere him. They work extra hard just to keep him
happy."
Gearing up for his upcoming season, Brad began looking for a
video teaching tool as aggressive as his newfound defensive coordinator. All he
found were video editing systems. While helpful in newsrooms and in commercial
video production, these systems were impractical because he'd have to turn his
staff into technical editing specialists to make use of them. Brad explained,
"This winter, I seriously studied all our options for video analysis. Video
editors were obviously too expensive and complicated for my staff to use. Then
Landro came to my attention. It was unbelievable. It's made for true teaching
and presenting in front of your team, sort of a video PowerPoint but much easier
to use. I am amazed at how it works. It keeps the staff from wasting time doing
things that have nothing to do with coaching. The Landro staff has been
extremely helpful and their enthusiasm for helping kids get better is
contagious."
Brad continued, "The value in having quality coaches, NFL
or otherwise, is in using their coaching expertise in video sessions, not in
turning them into part-time video editors. Coaches know how to get in front of a
team to motivate and teach, but using video tape halts the process. NFL coaches
have tons of time, money and editing personnel to organize their video work.
Most high school football coaches are also teachers who have to squeeze video
review and practice in with everything else."
Steve agreed, adding,
"Coaching aside, Landro is a great teaching tool, period. It's a system which is
affordable and has many of the same qualities as the systems we used in the NFL.
But better still, using Landro is simple and it doesn't require hired staff to
complete."
The product, manufactured by IRIS Technologies of Greenburg
PA, was produced specifically for coaches to give them tape-less access to any
one of 100 games or any one of 20,000 plays. It's like having an Apple I-Pod
with 1000s of songs at your finger tips, except instead of music, it features
video of plays, training programs, play situations or "themes" like all third
downs inside the 25 yard line. With no video tape or DVDs to get in the way, the
Landro system is quickly becoming a fundamental tool in football gaming strategy
across America.
"Adding technology of this kind is just as big a deal as
adding great coaches to your staff," Brad claimed. "It's a whole new way to
think about getting better." He and his father both look forward to seeing how
their latest addition in technology will impact the season.
In the
meantime, even as they plan for the future the novelty of having a New Orleans
Saint's Hall-Of-Fame NFL coach hasn't all worn off. "I see him working with kids
who have never put pads on before, and can tell he's shocked about their
inexperience, but it never shows to the kids," says Brad. "The first time I told
him to go help pass out the jerseys; I can still remember the look on his face…
priceless."
About IRIS Technologies:
IRIS Technologies is a privately
held company that manufacturers and sells digital products that make video
easier to use. The Landro website www.landro.com is filled with testimonials from coaches around
the country who claim that Landro has helped them win more games and receive
more scholarships for their student athletes. The company is currently branching
out to other sports and educational markets. Landro play analyzer is being used
in colleges and universities for video analysis in counselor training and speech
pathology and has recently been installed at the Pentagon to analyze news
footage of the war in Iraq. Visit www.landro.com or www.iristech.com for more information about IRIS Technologies
and Landro® Play Analyzer.
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