Women's video footage...
...where is it?
There was recently a bit of a stir over on rec.sport.disc because of the unequal DVD coverage of the different divisions from the UPA Club Championships. In thinking about the market for video footage of women's ultimate, I started to try and figure out what game film was currently out there. Amazingly, I wasn't able to come up with a single online clip of a women's game when I searched video.google.com. So currently the only videos available over the internet (that I know about) are at the CSTV website, where there is streaming video of the semis and finals from the College Championships.
It's hard to overstate the value of game footage. I know multiple teams have used various DVDs of ultimate to study different strategies and to help recruit new players who may not have seen what a "real" game looks like. In my mind, having more women's games on video can only be good for the game. As a result, whenever there's a DVD that comes up that has women's coverage I'm the first to get in line for it. However, I'm sure there's more footage out there of women playing ultimate that I just haven't stumbled across yet. So this is a request for anyone reading this blog to spread the word if you know of any site anywhere that has video of women playing ultimate.
If there really isn't any women's ultimate video out there, then that's another issue that also should be talked about...
There was recently a bit of a stir over on rec.sport.disc because of the unequal DVD coverage of the different divisions from the UPA Club Championships. In thinking about the market for video footage of women's ultimate, I started to try and figure out what game film was currently out there. Amazingly, I wasn't able to come up with a single online clip of a women's game when I searched video.google.com. So currently the only videos available over the internet (that I know about) are at the CSTV website, where there is streaming video of the semis and finals from the College Championships.
It's hard to overstate the value of game footage. I know multiple teams have used various DVDs of ultimate to study different strategies and to help recruit new players who may not have seen what a "real" game looks like. In my mind, having more women's games on video can only be good for the game. As a result, whenever there's a DVD that comes up that has women's coverage I'm the first to get in line for it. However, I'm sure there's more footage out there of women playing ultimate that I just haven't stumbled across yet. So this is a request for anyone reading this blog to spread the word if you know of any site anywhere that has video of women playing ultimate.
If there really isn't any women's ultimate video out there, then that's another issue that also should be talked about...
posted by Gambler at 5:08 PM
5 Comments:
We put up some footage of Viva's 2004 inaugural season, but we haven't gotten to 2005 yet. This year's footage is a lot more exciting, so hopefully Deirdre (our teammate who does all the video - we have a documentary for each season) will have time soon to make the short clips for the website.
http://www.vivaseattle.org/public/history/videos_2004.aspx
I'm wondering if maybe some other teams also have video hidden deep in their webpages?
becky is right-
i have about 4 hours worth of backhoe ultimate...all very rough and i havent even watched it all yet. ideally, the editing will take place over xmas break. my original intentions were to make a documentary for our team, but when nationals came around i grew tired of making sure games got filmed.
maybe next year it will be better. if i end up posting it online, i will let you all know.
I too spent some time looking for women's footage on the web after I saw the post about Google Video on RSD. It's so helpful to watch yourself play. Especially now that I'm in a coaching role, I'd really like to film the girls so they can see their form and field positioning. Any suggestions for equipment? Is there an afforable/easy way to convert traditional video to digital?
Jessie--lots of time, schools have digital video equipment available to borrow for students, so you might want to look into that. Even if you aren't able to bring a borrowed camera to tournaments, you can still gain a lot of useful info from taping parts of practices. For instance, being able to watch footage of yourself throwing can be invaluable in improving throwing form.
In terms of footage already out there, now has a few Clips of the Day up that involve the women's game. Also, Above & Beyond has some exciting clips from the 2000 Club Championships.
I think I messed up the hyperlinks in my last comment. The first one is from www.ultivillage.com for its COTD. The second is for Above & Beyond at www.ultimatefrisbeevideo.com.
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