Technology is a critical part of coaching success and will be even more important in the future.From the first time a football game was ever filmed, in 1903, to the invention of the first videotape recorder, in 1951, to the first-ever editing system in 1987 to the introduction of digital editing in 1994, technology has been influential in shaping how coaches prepare for opponents and communicate during games.Today, coaches have a wider variety of technology tools available to them than in any time in history. The advances in the last decade alone have been astounding and today’s younger tech-savvy coaches are poised to use technology to their advantage as they advance in the coaching ranks.But how will tomorrow’s technology be of even greater benefit to coaches? One thing is certain – the technological devices that we use today will someday become obsolete as faster, more
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