Ushering in the 2024 Football Season
FlyRoute is thrilled to welcome 57 High School football programs that have chosen us as their in-game drone film service provider. This year, participating teams are located throughout the Denver front-range, and Nashville metropolitan areas.
To support the approximately 580+ scheduled events, FlyRoute has hired and trained 52 contracted drone pilots. Additionally, over 60 standard issue drone sets have been thoroughly prepared, tested, and issued to each drone pilot.
Practice Like You Play
FlyRoute takes great pride in its training process to ensure that each contracted Drone Pilot is equipped with the necessary skills to provide consistent and reliable drone film to their assigned sports teams.
The FlyRoute training process for reach Pilot includes: pre-season virtual onboarding, online video and written training modules, and hands on field training.
Field training consists of specialized instructor-led stations, whereas each FlyRoute trainee will utilize their issued drone equipment to conduct unique tasks relevant to filming high school football. Each training station highlights critical operational movements such as: rapid battery changes, framing plays, pre-flight and in-flight considerations, and more.
Drone Film, Whats the Big Deal?
Prior to the formation of FlyRoute in 2017 (formerly Angel Hawk), drone film for in-game coaching analysis was rarely utilized. During this time, coaching would be conducted from a pressbox camera perspective, which is filmed above the spectating bleachers at the 50-yard line. Additionally, some teams would use a 15 to 30-foot high tower behind the endzone in order to capture the gameplay from behind the offensive or defensive lines. These lower filming angles would make it difficult to see player formations and critical first steps.
Since the introduction of FlyRoute drone film services, teams are no longer looking back to their old filming strategies. The aerial perspective provides coaches and athletes with critical data containing their formations, reads, routes, missteps, opportunities, even college recruiting highlights. Now, coaches that use FlyRoute drone film can see it all. Coaches can make critical adjustments to improve their team's performance in real-time, and during post-game analysis. In the end, FlyRoute's mission is to help teams WIN more by utilizing drone technology.
Below is a video comparison that highlights the side-by-side difference between a traditional endzone camera and the new aerial drone film perspective.
New Service: Girls Flag Football
FlyRoute is thrilled to support Girls Flag Football for the upcoming 2024 season. FlyRoute will be working to support Dakota Ridge High School, and Valor Christian High School, in Colorado. This will be the first year that the sport will benefit from the usage of drone technology.
A few key differences between Girls Flag Football when compared to traditional Boys Football:
No kickoffs, and punts must be declared (no fake punts).
The field is shorter and narrower, with the endzones being at each 20 yard line.
Seven players on each team, instead of the traditional eleven.
The field is broken into four zones for first downs, instead of a moving line of scrimmage and first down marker.
Good luck to our Girls Flag Football teams this season!
This edition restarts the weekly publication of the 'On the Fly Newsletter' during the football season. Check back periodically at www.FlyRoute.com for the latest news, pilot spotlight interviews, and industry updates. For any comments or news tips, feel free to reach us at ops@flyroute.com.
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