Great idea – now if only it really was “simple!” ;)

Building playmaking software is actually pretty involved (we don’t half-ass things around here!) so we’re considering how we can potentially fit this functionality into HomeField in the most functional way possible.

I am really intrigued by the idea to trade animated plays and I’m curious if other coaches agree. That sounds like an awesome idea for coaches who collaborate… Definitely keeping that in mind.

Thanks for the input. Keep more ideas coming…

Sloooooooowwww-mmmmmmooo…

Haha… Great idea!

As for the larger viewing screen, have you tried full-screen?! Mouse over a video and it’s in the bottom right corner!

UPDATE: We’re planning to adjust the default widths of the video player (wider) and the comments (narrower) in Discussions.

Video playback is more a function of individual internet connections than anything else. That being said, we don’t notice any real difference in playback time and functionality between our Free and Pro plans – what we do notice, is better quality!

Still, interesting idea to give it a test run, or at the very least, show off some HD vid on TeamHomeField.com as a demo.

Thanks!

These are solid ideas that we’ve been considering for a while. We’re currently focusing on HomeField’s overall user interface and internal architecture, but as we complete that we’ll start to think about what new features we should add.

If you’d like me to look at some other examples, shoot me an email with links to reece@teamhomefield.com

Thanks for the feedback!

We’ve got a feature in the works along these lines… Look for us to release a test version this Spring.

Interesting idea… Though we believe in the power of asynchronous collaboration, there is potential for some live video review. We’ll keep it in mind. Thanks!

Funny… we had this exact functionality in an earlier version, but we ultimately pulled it out. If we hear more requests for it, we’ll probably turn it back on.

Thanks!

This is a great idea and something we’ve been thinking about for a while. We know that a game film doesn’t always come in one file, so we’re thinking of how to incorporate this functionality so it works for HomeField as a whole. We’ll keep you posted!

Useful idea. One way to “hack” around this, would be to add that player as her own group. Then, ‘Start a Discussion’ around the video and only add her group. With the invite, you can add a message and she’ll be the only one who sees it.

I know it’s a work-around, but it should do the trick until we fix this.

Thanks for the feedback!

Ah… We hear ya, but we actually keep the discussion titles to a limited number of characters to allow room for the titles of multiple discussions around the same video. We’ll keep an eye on it and if it becomes a bigger problem, we’ll make a change…

You’re reading our minds! We’re fully aware that HomeField is focused almost entirely on game film, and that there is room for a lot more. The question is: what will help your team win?

Making a “team’s facebook account” might not be the best thing we can do for your team and we want to add features that make your experience – whether as a coach, a player, or a fan – as powerful as possible.

So, we are planning to include more info over time, and it is important to hear exactly what you think is relevant. If you have specific ideas, please share!

Thanks again.

Solid idea… in the meantime, I’ll suggest an alternative that just might do the trick:

As you can see now, HomeField videos are sorted by team name on the left hand side of your Chalkboard (the main page). If you make the “Team” in a video “Faceoff Unit” or “Extra Man Offense,” all the videos with that team name will appear together.

The best way to do that for your team would be to label them with your team name and the relevant unit. Ex: “Brown Bears” vs. “Defense” Even if it’s your own defense, it will still be organized enough for your players.

Try it and let me know how it goes. reece@teamhomefield.com

And thanks for the input!

You are a coach – the video coach! ;)

Right now we don’t have many users who aren’t coaches themselves, but if we see the need to create another type of account, we’ll definitely let you know how we handle it.

Thanks for the feedback!
Team HomeField

Totally with you on this one, Jordan, though we’re thinking a mobile application may be the way to go here (vs. downloads).

We don’t make any promises, but this is something we’d love to see in the app (eventually).

Take off the feedback button? But how did you know where to give us feedback? ;)

We know that on some screens with low resolution, the feedback tab can slightly interfere with your use of HomeField, but we feel it’s important to make it easy for our users to give us feedback on our product as it is still under development.

That being said, we hear you and we’ll think about ways we might be able to move it or make it less of an inconvenience to some.

Thanks for the feedback.
reece

Great idea! I see how that could be a pain. It’s not an easy move for us, so it may take some time but I’ll bring it up to the team for review and we’ll think of how we can fix this for you. Thanks for the feedback.

This one’s already in the works!

We’ve been working hard on the user interface to be cleaner and more organized and that includes how the editor will work as well.

Great idea… Keep an eye out for it later this summer.