
The Alternative To Hudl
It has been over a decade now that coaches have had the convenience of watching their games on the internet. Prior to that, games were burned to a DVD and then exchanged with other coaches. What a pain! I remember driving up to two hours on a Saturday morning to meet coaches to exchange film. Even before the world of DVDs, it was VHS tapes that were copied and exchanged. Even though it was a hassle to exchange game-film, the value of watching film was worth the traveling.
Online Video Storage
Times have changed! Now coaches can store all of their video online which makes life much easier for coaches, athletes, and college recruiters. Teams can access their video on any device connected to the internet. Mobile devices make up for over 50% of the logins on sports analysis systems.
How many companies offer a video platform for all sports? Is there an alternative to Hudl?
For the last 10 years Hudl has had a strong presence in the film analysis market, gobbling up other companies and schools. But if you take a closer look, there are alternatives.
The Features You Need
#1 –QwikCut offers flexible and more affordable storage. The one digital commodity that has dropped in price dramatically over the last 10 years is storage. It keeps getting cheaper and cheaper. To help coaches even more, we’ve added an archive tool to the platform. This allows you to archive past seasons of film so they won’t count against your storage limit, but they’re still safe and secure for when you need them. This will save customers money in the long run. Coaches can move entire seasons over to QwikCut or just a few games at a time. Our storage plans cost less, allowing you to keep practices, scout and game footage.
#2 – Get more with advanced stats! Football teams can upgrade to advanced stats and give their team the upper hand. Other stat providers may only provide up to 14 columns of data, while QwikCut’s advanced stats gives teams 40 stat categories to learn from! More data allows teams to analyze opponents, study tendencies, and run reports on 40+ columns of data. That gives QwikCut teams a BIG advantage.
#3 – Get direct access to recruiters with QwikCut’s recruiting module. Complete lists of college coaches for D1, D2, and D3 schools can be easily accessed for football, basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse teams. Coaches can quickly send highlights and prospect sheets over to recruiters, saving valuable time during a busy season.
#4 – The price of QwikCut is almost half of the competition. The football platform starts at $450 and other varsity sports are $300 each. Bundle sports together and save even more money with our Athletic Director packages. Most teams who make the switch to QwikCut save 50% or more.
#5 – Get excellent customer support when you need it with QwikCut. In the moments that count, technical issues can make or break your team. QwikCut is ready to help teams by phone, email, or live chat. And the best part is, unlike other systems, QwikCut provides unmatched support to all teams, at no additional price.
There are also similar features that you would expect from any online platform like:
- The ability to add athletes and assistant coaches
- Load game-film, share scout film and upload practice film
- Athletes and coaches can build highlights and post them on social media
- Stats of any competition can be added to the platform allow teams to filter a game’s stats, season stats, or individual stats
- Athletes can create a recruiting profile and add their highlights, get their measurable stats verified like height, weight, vertical, 40 yard, shuffle, bench, etc.
- Team messaging through the desktop or mobile app
- Mobile app to do everything that the desktop app can do
QwikCut offers the same features head to head as Hudl and therefore makes it a great alternative to Hudl.
A Better Platform | A Better Price
QwikCut has a platform for every sport and stat packages available for every major varsity sports. With packages to meet any school’s budget, your entire school can become a QwikCut School. Here are the sports available on QwikCut: Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Softball, Field Hockey, Water Polo, Track, and Tennis. We also have a platform for Marching Band, Cheer, and Dance. With a platform available for every team through QwikCut, this becomes the perfect alternative to Hudl.
Adding your stats has never been easier! We have coordinating stats for each sport so you can either do them yourself or let QwikCut’s statisticians breakdown your games for you. With a user-friendly interface, we have made it much more intuitive to add your stats. Once your games are broken-down, the platform will allow you to look at stats for individual games or season totals for a specific stat.
Get a free 15 day trial to upload film and try it out.
While not as common, you can also use game-film to teach your team by recording specific plays during practice to analyze. Record your team practicing whatever skill they are working on and allow them to review the video clips. This will help them clearly identify what they are doing right and what needs more help. If possible, it is better to not to tell them when you are filming so you can get a good view of what they would look like naturally.
Game-film resources are an excellent way to improve your team’s performance and to highlight what needs improving. Make sure that you don’t fall behind other teams and utilize your analysis software to its full potential.
Storing your game-film on your phone or computer takes up way too much space and can make them difficult to find. Host them with QwikCut for easy storage, sharing and analysis options that are perfect for you and your team!
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– Coach Gamel
Jacksonville, FL