Coaches Lisa
Bluder and Steve Pikiell Join GameChanger as Ambassadors to
Emphasize the Impact of Film on Coaching and Athlete
Development
NEW YORK, Oct. 22,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GameChanger, the #1-rated youth
sports app for live streaming, scheduling, statistics, and
scorekeeping and part of the DICK'S Sporting Goods family, has
announced the launch of Film Room, an AI-powered video analysis
tool for youth basketball and volleyball. The feature is now
available within the GameChanger App on both iOS and Android.
Film Room automatically eliminates downtime in game footage,
condensing hours of video into coachable moments. This allows users
to save time and focus solely on the most impactful plays without
wading through unnecessary footage. Whether reviewing key
possessions and volleys or assessing areas for improvement, Film
Room allows coaches to mark, annotate, and share game footage with
athletes, their families, and staff — all at no cost to
coaches.
"By using AI and computer vision to identify key moments in game
action, we're taking another big step toward our vision of
automating the most time-consuming parts of the youth sports
experience," said Sameer Ahuja,
GameChanger president and DICK'S Sporting Goods senior vice
president. "Film Room gives every youth basketball and
volleyball coach their own personal film coordinator, a benefit
typically reserved for the most high-level teams. With this
feature, we're leveling the playing field and making these valuable
insights gleaned from film review accessible to youth sports
communities everywhere."
Film Room builds on the success of AutoStream — another AI
feature introduced ahead of the 2023 season that allows users on
iOS to set up a stationary, mobile device that automatically
follows the action on the court. AutoStream powered nearly 25% of
all GameChanger basketball streams last winter.
To help drive the launch of Film Room for basketball,
GameChanger has partnered with two respected voices: Lisa Bluder, the recently retired head coach of
The University of Iowa Women's
Basketball Team, and Steve Pikiell,
head coach of Rutgers University Men's
Basketball. Both coaches bring decades of experience and are
passionate about the role film review plays in helping athletes
refine their skills and elevate their game.
Bluder famously led Iowa to
back-to-back NCAA Championship Finals in 2022 and 2023. Through her
40-year coaching career, Bluder amassed 889 wins and only 394
losses at three universities: St. Ambrose
University, Drake University,
and Iowa.
Pikiell has been Rutgers' head coach
since 2016 after leading the men's basketball program at
Stony Brook University for 11
years. This year, he will welcome one of the nation's top
recruiting classes, adding several high school standouts, including
two McDonald's All-Americans.
Additionally, GameChanger has introduced a new written series on
GC.com, focused on the technical aspects of the company's work with
AI and computer vision. The first edition, which dives into the
development of Film Room and the technology powering it, is now
available at GC.com/content-hub.
Already the top-rated youth sports app for baseball and softball
with more than 570,000 reviews averaging 4.9 stars in the App
Store, GameChanger released deep analytics, scorekeeping, and
streaming services for basketball in 2020. Since its launch, more
basketball games have been covered on GameChanger than have been
played in the NBA over the last decade. With the launch of Film
Room, the company continues to expand its basketball
capabilities.
Film Room is available on the GameChanger App on both iOS and
Android platforms. For more information about Film Room, visit
gc.com/basketball.
About GameChanger
GameChanger empowers athletes, coaches, and families to stay
connected through live streaming, scheduling, statistics, and
scorekeeping. Available on iOS, Android, and the web, GameChanger
covers over 7MM+ games annually and 1M+ teams a year. The live
streaming and scheduling technology is available for all youth
sports, with deep stats and scorekeeping capability for baseball,
softball and basketball. GameChanger is based in New York City and is owned and operated by
DICK'S Sporting Goods.
Contact: Zack Yohman -
zachary.yohman@gc.com
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