Hudl or Trace

[Anonymous]

From an outsider looking in, can anybody give their review on the overall quality/use of either Hudl or Trace? It appears to me that Hudl is more professional looking with much more information whereas Trace seems genuinely just to be a shortcut of editing game film.

[Anonymous]

Hudl used to need a someone to physically film matches but it was a great service

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From an outsider looking in, can anybody give their review on the overall quality/use of either Hudl or Trace? It appears to me that Hudl is more professional looking with much more information whereas Trace seems genuinely just to be a shortcut of editing game film.

Trace is good. Cutting film is easy

[Anonymous]

Hudl costs more but you actually get more. It records video but also also gets some statistical information as well. Trace is literally just a camera service that helps clip videos; it doesn’t cost as much but it also doesn’t do anywhere near as much.

[Anonymous]

Hudl is an okay tool, but not much more than that. The 'stats' are very elementary and not very in-depth, nor do they give much in assistance. Trace is, as stated above, a quick tool to generate clips. Both are basically attempts to be 'hi-tech' but both fail. Also, if the sun is in a bad spot, Trace is meaningless. We'll see how useful both are since they also require a person to operate it.

[Anonymous]

HUDL
Pros:
- better for multi-sport programs, can handle any sport
- allows for use of any kind of footage, from any source. Generally can produce higher quality highlight highlight reels
- allows for more custom tailoring of highlight footage
- can isolate more types of set pieces than Trace, making it more useful for coaches
- because you are taking your own video, interfaces better with InStat
Cons
- still requires someone to take video, which can be difficult
- requires you to pay Hudl to mark events, or a parent to do it
- can be slightly more expensive
- slightly harder for kids to use
Verdict: If you can get over the extra requirements that HUDL poses, it's a more capable system.

Trace
Pros:
- easy camera setup, no pan/tilt operator required
- pretty good customer service
- reasonable college coach following
- easy for kids to produce their own video compilations
Cons:
- lousy video quality, can be hard to see action on far side or near goals
- tracers fail fairly often, players miss "events"
- cannot be used for skills video
- cannot interface with anything but Trace cameras
Verdict: Budget gear for the masses. A nice idea when it works. Probably good enough for most folks.

[Anonymous]

Our club purchased HUDL. I think it's overrated and the money could've been used elsewhere.