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American Football Hudl IQ Performance Analysis

Getting Started with Hudl IQ’s Advanced Tools

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The Hudl IQ data and analytics platform elevates your recruitment, game preparation and self-scouting workflows to give your collegiate program the ultimate competitive advantage.

In today’s game, checking box scores just isn’t enough anymore. If you want to win, you need to go deeper. Hudl IQ helps analysts and coaches get the answers they need to make decisions faster. 

Built to leverage the power of industry-leading advanced data, Hudl IQ’s analysis platform makes it simple to uncover deep game-changing insights across tracking, event and physical metric data. Easy-to-understand tools elevate your recruitment, game preparation and self-scouting workflows. 

Hudl IQ uses AI to consistently tag every formation, route, coverage and blitz, so you don’t have to. The platform combines interactive data visualizations, video and advanced filters to turn complex football data into clear, actionable insights. Hudl IQ allows users to measure physical traits, compare similar players and check Transfer Portal availability, all in one place. 

Hudl IQ is everything coaches and analysts need to make smarter decisions, faster, without adding hours to their workload. 

Here’s how you can get the most out of Hudl IQ: 

Team Overview. Using the Team Overview, you can see radars and schedules, along with a slew of offensive and defensive tools, including passing charts, tackle maps, run tendencies, line pressures and havoc charts. 

The Team Overview gives coaches a powerful breakdown of their team or opponents. It makes it easy to quickly spot patterns, identify strengths and weaknesses and make data-backed adjustments. Whether you’re self-scouting or prepping for a matchup, it’s a fast, visual way to turn raw film into actionable strategy. 

Player Overview. Using the Player Overview, you can access individualized player stats like radars, stats, player comparisons and position-specific charts and metrics. 

The Player Overview gives coaches in-depth breakdowns of their players or players on other teams. It makes it easy to spot patterns, identify individual strengths and weaknesses and make data-based adjustments. It’s ideal for both self-scouting and preparing to face specific opponents.

Play Finder. Using the Play Finder, you can access our football film library to quickly find and create cutups of teams from any mix of on-field situations and play outcomes. 

The Play Finder helps coaches quickly locate the specific plays they need across thousands of clips. Whether you’re scouting an opponent, creating cutups for your position group or analyzing specific situations, Play Finder lets you filter by formation, play type, result, field location and more. It’s a fast way to study tendencies and build dynamic game plans. 

League Overview. Using the League Overview, you can access in-depth team and player stats for every school across your division of play.

The League Overview gives coaches a complete view of every team and player across their division. It’s a powerful way to measure performance, scout opponents and identify standout players. 

Game Breakdowns. With Game Breakdowns, coaches can dive deep into every play using interactive visuals and data. View frame-by-frame play animations powered by tracking data, see the exact formation used at the snap and explore play event tiles —freeze frames of every tracking moment. A detailed play-by-play feed ties it all together, giving you a complete picture of every drive. 

Scout. Using the Scout Overview, you can identify and evaluate recruits more efficiently. Use it to access verified athlete data, filter prospects and evaluate players at scale.

The Scout Overview helps coaches evaluate and compare athletes quickly. Using performance data, advanced metrics and film into one streamlined view, coaches can now make confident roster decisions backed by data.
 

Coaches love Hudl IQ because it gives them a competitive advantage and helps unlock their team’s maximum potential. With Hudl IQ football data, coaches get smarter insights, faster workflows and more time to coach. 

Why coaches choose Hudl IQ: 

It generates the best football data in the industry. Hudl IQ generates the most advanced and accurate event, tracking and physical data in football—10x the amount of data of existing suppliers. The platform gives you football data that will help you outsmart your competition. 

It delivers the insights you need. Hudl IQ builds on the raw quality of this data and tags every formation, route, coverage, and blitz so you don’t have to. The platform’s models generate the most accurate physical metrics and data science modeling.

It revolutionizes recruitment. Hudl IQ enhances the speed of player evaluations using traits and performance visualizations. It also uses algorithms to find similar players and filters to search by physical metrics and Transfer Portal availability.

It helps you go beyond the box score. Hudl IQ enhances all of your workflows using the expertise of our world-class data scientists to deliver deeper insights previously unavailable to smaller analysis teams. 

New to Hudl IQ or just need a refresher? Keep learning or book a quick chat with a Hudl expert, and we’ll show you what’s possible.