From the August 2006 Edition of Coaching Management

Illinois Scores with LRSSports Software

There are many reasons why the University of Illinois has one of the premier basketball programs in the country, and a strong commitment to preparation is among them. One edge the Illini has over the competition is its scouting system, thanks to its relationship with LRSSports^® Software.

"They listen to us and ask for input on what they can do from a basketball coach's standpoint to help make a digital editing system operate better," says Gary Nottingham, Assistant to the Head Coach at Illinois.

"The LRS^® system has all of the video editing options on one screen," continues Nottingham. "You can make clips and all of the editing changes through one screen. All of the groupings, such as offense, defense, in-bounds plays, plays off traps, etc., are listed on the same screen, so you can jump from one area to the other.

"All of the games in the system are listed on the main search page, so you can easily move from one game to the next. You sort through clips are more defined levels than with other systems. For example, after pulling together the clips of an opponent's specific play, you can quickly get a percentage showing how often they run that play under defined settings and a percentage of how many times they scored on it."

"The LRS system saves me hours in getting opponent scouting clips ready for the coaching staff and players."