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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014
Your daily dose of black and gold...
University of Iowa volleyball student-athletes Kari Mueller and Kaylee Smith watch video on their team issued iPads in the locker room at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (Photo by Jil Price)
A BOOST FROM TECHNOLOGY
Iowa volleyball student-athletes, coaches benefit from new iPads

By JIL PRICE
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Select University of Iowa athletic teams have noticed a change in scouting reports, coach feedback, and individual instruction this year. The difference? Volleyball, field hockey, football, men's basketball, and women's basketball teams are all using iPads to communicate and get a leg up on the competition.

To make this possible, the UI created a Hawkeye Student-Athlete Technology Fund. Donors were given the opportunity to support technological advances that would benefit student-athletes.

 

"Providing the best student-athlete experience is always a priority for us," said UI director of athletics Gary Barta. "Technology is one the areas we were able to invest in that allows student-athletes to be more efficient and effective. We are also thankful that some of our donors expressed an interest in investing in technology and because of this, we will continue to explore these types of opportunities."

First-year head volleyball coach Bond Shymansky is excited about what the iPads have helped his team and staff accomplish so far this season.

 

"The iPads are great for sharing video with our team," Shymansky said. "We share video on our opponents, our team, individual reps, and team reps. We can show them in small bites of video clips, and they can access that information anywhere on campus or where there is a Wi-Fi connection.

 

"The capability they have to consume the information on their own time makes it easy for them and for us as coaches to generate a higher volleyball IQ on our team."

 

The returners have also noticed the benefits of having access to video footage and feedback from their coaches at all times.

 

"Being able to watch film on our own time, hear feedback from our coaches and watch footage from games and practices with their input has been good for us," senior Kari Mueller said. "It has been nice to watch that information the day or night before practice, learn it, and take all that information into the practice or the game.

 

"We get instant feedback. When we watched film as a team without our iPads last year, we wouldn't get individual feedback until a few days later. Now we can watch ourselves and our opponents instantly together and implement it sooner, which helps us improve our game."

 

The implementation of the iPads is also helping student-athletes in the academic arena. They have the ability to check their class schedules, schedule tutoring sessions, and view information in the Grades First application. Coaching staff members also have access to each student-athlete's class schedules through their iPads, which makes scheduling practices, meetings, and meals an easy process.

 

It is a valuable communication tool as well. Team members and coaches can message one another to spread updates instead of calling around or sending a text message.

 

The Hawkeyes return to action Friday, hosting Ohio State at 7 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeyes Arena.

 

hawkeyesports.com addition 

University of Iowa offensive coordinator Greg Davis wants more offense and to score more points.  

 

UI defensive coordinator Phil Parker and the Hawkeye defense welcomes the bye.

 

UI field hockey sophomore Stephanie Norlander is the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.

 

The Iowa baseball team will close out its fall playing games in Clinton and Waterloo this week. 

 

 

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