Coach and Coordinator podcast: Mike Rolih (3/29/17)

By Stephen Spiewak | Posted 3/29/2017

Today’s guest is Mike Rolih, co-founder of GoRout, a company that helps improve the way teams practice by utilizing wearable technology. Rolih, a former high school football coach, sits down with Keith to discuss efficient practicing, in-helmet play-viewing and how technology can be a force for good in helping to build a better, safer game.

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Show notes

  • :40   Sports background and baseball career
  • 3:25   Best problems to solve? The ones staring you in the face
  • 6:09   Individual (and efficient) player coaching through GoRout
  • 9:34   Improving practice efficiency
  • 14:23   Getting coaches back to coaching at practice
  • 16:35   Saving time during the week
  • 19:39   GoRout’s innovative networking infrastructure (and why you’ll never have to set up a private network)
  • 24:40   Vue-Up and why players may soon be able to see plays in their helmet
  • 28:10   How football coaches (users) shape GoRout
  • 29:50   The life lessons football teaches, and how technology can help support the future of the sport
  • 32:06   GoRout’s spring tour
  • 33:50   How GoRout can be affordable for teams of all levels

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