{"id":6255,"date":"2023-07-27T19:26:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachandcoordinator.com\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2023-12-20T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T16:22:17","slug":"communicate-better-play-faster-headset-technology-reimagined-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachandcoordinator.com\/?p=6255","title":{"rendered":"Communicate Better, Play Faster: Headset Technology Reimagined at a Fraction of the Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Concordia University Head Coach Patrick Daberkow spearheads an innovation that improves communication and offensive tempo, while freeing up budget to spend more on coaches.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Jared Frank\n
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Clear, concise communication is critical to stay ahead of the competition. To ensure clean game day and practice operations, coaches spend tens of thousands of dollars on headset systems. And in addition to being expensive, traditional headset systems can also be a hassle to setup, teardown, and lug around everywhere.<\/p>\n\n

In Seward, Nebraska, Patrick Daberkow, head coach at Concordia University, thought there must be a better way.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cYou have so much technology in your pocket as you walk around every day between AirPods and your cell phone,\u201d says Daberkow. \u201cI figured there probably could be a solution out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

After two years of development and prototyping, that solution became The Headset App. This new technology delivers ultra-HD audio at a fraction of the cost with the security of an online bank transaction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Being a first-time head coach is a baptism by fire. Suddenly, you\u2019re in charge of everything, many things that you have no previous experience managing, such as budgets.<\/p>\n\n

When Daberkow ascended to the head coaching role at Concordia, the program was due to buy a new headset system. He recalls getting quotes ranging from $20,000 to $40,000.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI was shocked at how much of my budget I would have to commit to buying a new headset system,\u201d Daberkow remembers. \u201cThen I had refurbishing fees that I never knew existed\u2026 I told our staff, with the amount it was going to cost us, \u2018you guys better have that much information to share from the booth to make it worth it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Coach Daberkow bit the bullet that first year, but he started wondering if an alternative solution was possible.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt just didn\u2019t make sense that technology couldn\u2019t catch up.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPatrick Daberkow, Head Coach, Concordia University<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTweet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Now deploying The Headset App, Daberkow can allocate that $40,000 towards other resources, including human resources.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe can spend our money on more people and coaches who help make our program better,\u201d says Daberkow. \u201cAnd it\u2019s really benefited us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThink of the value of that [cost savings] to a program,\u201d adds Keith Grabowski, host of Coach and Coordinator Podcast. \u201cNow you don\u2019t have to make a decision on adding two more guys who will be with you all year long because you need a headset on game day.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Any investment a program makes must serve its main objective of competing to win games. At Concordia, in part by optimizing communications, the Bulldogs became a dangerous team on the offensive side of the ball. They were a top-ten passing offense in the country last season and gained more yards per game of total offense than any team in school history.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe started out pretty slow offensively,\u201d admits Daberkow. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t perform at a high enough level offensively to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

By week four, the Bulldogs had lost their fourth offensive lineman to injury and let a ten-point halftime lead slip away to eventual national champion Northwestern College.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe said, \u2018alright, we\u2019re going to scrap Coach Daberkow\u2019s plan of calling the perfect play every time, and we\u2019re going to go fast,\u2019\u201d Daberkow says. \u201cWe took off after that.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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To achieve success with tempo, coaches must streamline communications. Grabowski recalls his own implementation of tempo while at Baldwin Wallace University. After studying a six-game sample, he determined that with the way the conference was officiating games, he had less than 12 seconds to call a play, have the signalers relay the call to the players on the field, get everyone lined up, and snap the ball to optimize the tempo advantage.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cBeing able to play fast is a function of how you operate on game day,\u201d Grabowski says. \u201cAt the time, we needed another [headset] to get everybody who was involved with a headset\u2026 With [The Headset App], by being able to get [a headset] on all your people because it\u2019s so affordable, it really pays off.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Most programs at the high school and small college levels cannot afford the top-shelf headset systems, limiting them to channels for offense, defense, and special teams.<\/p>\n\n

The Headset App is not limited to a few channels, it\u2019s not limited to just game days, and it\u2019s not limited to only coaches. Channels can be set up for anyone, including film crews, equipment managers, or athletic trainers.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s an undervalued part of it,\u201d says Grabowski. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times I can remember having to run somebody over to the athletic trainer to get a status on somebody. Now you can just click over to their channel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIf your backup linebacker who was on all four core special teams gets injured, and you don\u2019t know about it as a coordinator, then it makes it really tough when you send a unit out onto the field,\u201d Daberkow adds. \u201c[The Headset App] eliminates that at a really low price.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Practice isn\u2019t just for players. Coaches need reps too. The Headset App has revolutionized practices at Concordia and made the entire operation better.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cTo be able to work out the kinks during the week of practice so you can maximize your efficiency on game day is huge,\u201d says Daberkow.<\/p>\n\n

He adds, \u201cYou can manage across two different fields to get people where they need to be. You can use it for your equipment staff. You can use it if you need a [camera person] who\u2019s 200 yards away\u2026 It just streamlines everything.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Headset App works with any Bluetooth headset or earbuds. And it works in seconds, all from your phone in your pocket. While not in the hardware space, Daberkow and The Headset App team have tested many types of Bluetooth-connected headsets. The consensus opinion is that AirPods work great during practice. On game days, inexpensive headsets common in the gaming and trucking industries are best.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cYou’re not buying equipment, and you’re not fixing equipment or refurbishing it,\u201d says Daberkow. \u201cYou’re often just using what you already have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Daberkow\u2019s development team beta-tested the product this spring with 110 users across six states. After incorporating feedback, they launched the app in June. It is now available for everyone in the App Store and on Google Play. The cost is $50 per coach per month.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe hope to alleviate some problems with annual budgets,\u201d says Daberkow. \u201cAnd we think this pricing model is an effective way for you to get as many coaches as you can onto the headset.\u201d \"CC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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