This Month: In The Hudl

• Auto Cut DVDs with Scene Detection
• Create Team Highlights
• Improved Team Pages
• Faster Basketball Breakdown
• Get to Know the Hudl Support Team: Matt Mueller
• How Would You Improve Hudl?
• Map of Hudl Teams
• Text Messages + Email + Hudl = Uber Coaching Machine
• Pittsburg Girls Basketball Dominates with Hudl

Auto Cut DVDs with Scene Detection
When Hudl detects sharp or drastic changes in video (e.g. exactly what happens when you stop recording and start 10 seconds later), it's smart enough to auto-cut clips from that break.



For some sports, this feature doesn't apply. If you record the whole game as a continuous stream (only stopping for major breaks), we won't be able to detect individual scenes. But if the video has been stopped then restarted between each play, point, jump, etc., Hudl will do the work for you.

This will save you time. Focus on your upcoming opponent or catch up on yard work.

I had two scout DVDs to import into Hudl tonight. Was I surprised when a screen popped up telling me that Hudl was going to cut the video into clips for me! It worked like a charm. Now if you figure out a way to determine offense from defense, I would lose my job.

Mike Johnson
Asst. Football Coach
Lakeville North HS - Lakeville, Minn.

Create Team Highlights
We know that most teams create a team highlight at the end of a game or the end of the season. If you don't, you might consider it once you see how easy it is to do with Hudl. Create a team highlight with the same steps you use to create highlights for individuals.



In your Hudl library, click the star icon next to a great clip and choose Team Highlight. Hudl will add the clip your team highlight reel to your revamped team page. Show off your teams' best moments.

Improved Team Pages
Through your feedback, we learn what features coaches actually need rather than what features we think coaches need. Our initial version of the team page is a perfect example.

Your teams' highlights are now showcased right at the top of the page--right next to buttons for sharing your mad skills over Twitter, Facebook, or Email.



Your roster and schedule sections are much larger and easier to read. We added better links to help you reach your athletes' highlight pages quickly.

Faster Basketball Breakdown
We reworked our basketball quick breakdown in the Hudl Video Editor. Not only is everything clearer and easier to use, now coaches can enter each player's stats on the fly as they capture their games live into Hudl. Keyboard shortcuts help you keep up with the speed of the game.



After the game ends, generate shot charts and tendency reports from those stats--both of which are linked to your video.

If you are a Hudl user, learn more by checking out our tutorials on editing basketball data and creating basketball reports.

To learn more about other new features and changes check out the blog post from our lead Hudl developer, Jon Dokulil

Get to Know the Hudl Support Team: Matt Mueller
Our support team is working overtime to make sure you have the best possible experience with Hudl. The man leading the charge is our Client Support Manager Matt Mueller, and we are lucky to have him on board as an integral part of our team.



Born in East St. Louis, Matt's father established private high schools around the country and served as the dean for a number of years, a job that moved his family often. Before graduating high school, Matt had called four different states "home" - Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, and Nebraska.

Matt attended the University of Nebraska - Lincoln where he received his undergrad in Computer Science from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management in 2005 and his MBA in 2006.

Post-graduation, Matt accepted a position with National Instruments and moved to Austin, Texas. At NI, Matt managed the software technology support team. He accredits many of the training, teaching, and support fundamentals used with Agile Sports' support team to his days at NI as an Application Engineer. During this time, Matt also worked on marketing various products including several of NI's core software products.

In July 2007, Matt moved back to Nebraska to join the Agile Sports team, quickly transitioning from his role as a software developer to his current position as Client Support Manager.

In his free time, Matt enjoys hanging out with his seven-month-old son, Braylon and his wife, Andrea. He also enjoys watching sporting events and playing rec sports including basketball and football. Matt also serves as our "Master of the Mist", keeping us all up-to-speed on everything that happens on the internet.

How Would You Improve Hudl?
The man of the hour, Matt Mueller, blogged about our new feedback site for Hudl.



Stop by, vote on new features or post your own suggestion.

Map of Hudl Teams
It's easy to find teams in your area that use Hudl.

Text Messages + Email + Hudl = Uber Coaching Machine
We've heard of athletes watching the game together at Hudl pizza parties, texting coaches as soon as they get home asking when practice video will be on Hudl, and sharing their own video notes to teammates to highlight an opponent's weakness.

Some coaches go a step further, using text messages and email combined with Hudl video notes in pretty creative ways to get their athletes even more engaged in learning off the field.

Read how coaches are doing it.

Pittsburg Girls Basketball Dominates with Hudl
From 2005-2008, the Pittsburg State women's basketball team collected a total of 32 wins, averaging just over 10 wins per season. The 2008-09 campaign brought dramatic improvement for the Gorillas, as Head Coach Lane Lord and his squad rose from last place to third place in the MIAA Conference with the program's first 20-win campaign since 1995.

Lord credits a lot of their success to the team's use of Hudl.

Learn more about how Pittsburg Girls Basketball Dominates with Hudl.