Digital Video Editing Course

This 8 week online sports digital video editing training course catapults your career in professional sports through the video department of professional and university teams.

The Digital Video Editing training course provides aspiring students an opportunity to learn the skills, inside secrets, and technology that hiring sports executives seek when hiring new video personnel. This is a one of a kind, eight week online course for individuals who are passionate about securing or improving their career in the video department of any professional sports team.

• When a game ends, who is responsible for breaking down the film?
• Who prepares tape for coaches and management for game preparation?
• How do scouts prefer film "cut up" on players?
• Want to be involved in scouting opponents and helping players with their individual match ups?

If you are interested in working in the world of professional sports, this course can create a great opportunity for a successful career through a position with the video department. For those of you who want to launch a career in professional sports, this could be your foot in the door of a professional team or club.

This course is for you if you want to pursue a sports career in the following capacities:

• Video Department
• Video Coordinator or Asst. VC
• Coaching
• Scouting
• Player Development
• Player Personnel
• Director of Scouting
• Assistant General Manager
• General Manager

Sports organizations look for individuals with strong knowledge and skills of the latest cutting-edge technology. In the field of video editing, this technology is Synergy Sports Technology, a rapidly growing company that is predominant in the NBA but currently expanding to the rest of the major sports. Synergy is "the most sophisticated video and statistical tool in sports," and knowing this system is a perfect way to launch your career in professional sports.

Everyone would love to start at the top, but that is practically impossible to do. It is much easier to "get your foot in the door" through an entry level position, such as the video department, and work your way up. Whether the video department is your end goal or not, it is a great place to start!

Here are some examples of people who started in the video department and worked their way up to a high level in an organization:

• David Griffin, Phoenix Suns Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations (NBA)
• Joe Prunty, Dallas Mavericks Assistant Coach (NBA)
• Dave Nonis, Vancouver Canucks General Manager (NHL)
• Mike Hazen, Boston Red Sox Director of Player Development (MLB)

Click here to read a story about a successful video coordinator in the NBA.

The Digital Video Editing Course is designed to give you the skill set and competitive edge that will distinguish you from others when applying for jobs in the video department of a professional team through Sports Management Worldwide's unique partnership with Synergy Sports Technology. Upon completion of the course you will be thoroughly trained and ready to make a difference in the operation of a sports organization. In addition, students will get hands on experience in the field of sports video editing to add to their resume. The goal of this course is to give you specific training you will need while also providing you with job strategy for sports careers you have a passion for.

Synergy Sports Technology

SMWW has formed a strategic partnership with Synergy Sports Technology. Synergy's experienced staff will work hands on with students to help them learn how to breakdown film and cut video the way it is done at the highest levels of sports.

Synergy is a state-of-the-art revolutionary company takes game film and cuts it up into "possession clips" in real time. The games are and logged according to generally-accepted professional play-type categories including the players involved together with the fine-grained details of the play's results including both offense and defense.

Synergy Sports Technology has been approached by all the major professional sports in regards to expanding their service to include footage and break downs for all sports. Synergy has started research in each area in order to create appropriate logging methods as well as various output views.

Synergy's Local Acquisitions Editor uses the same basic principles as most major sports editing software packages while combining several unique features that can be used both on their own and in conjunction with Synergy's professional website applications. Synergy's Editor was created by a design team lead by Garrick Barr, Synergy's CEO and an ex-Video Coordinator with over a decade of experience, as well as consultants currently working as Video Coordinators in professional sports.

Some highlights of Synergy's service include:

• Teams log onto the Synergy website from anywhere in the world and stream automated video edits from college or professional games.
• Synergy lets you "follow your nose" like never before to become familiar with players or teams in a very short period of time: Tired of watching a player's pick and rolls? Switch to his isos, spot-ups, transitions or any other play-type without having to wait for a video staff member to work up requested edits.
• Whenever watching video, staff can easily tag favorite clips to create their own custom edits for others to watch. Any staff member you authorize can watch these edits from anywhere in the world on the Synergy website.
• Custom edits created by a team's staff (as well as Synergy's automated edits) can be viewed in a wide variety of ways including iPods, DVDs, VHS tape or computer projection. You can even stream video to Smart Phones.
• When on the road, clients can transfer video to their laptop's hard drive for portable viewing while on a plane or bus, etc. Due to our advanced technology, games are downloaded very quickly and several games can be downloaded overnight without a hitch..
• Games are available to watch as they occur. Synergy logs in "real-time" so there is very little lag time between the action and your ability to watch it.

CEO Garrick Barr founded Synergy Sports Technology in 2004. With over 20 years of collegiate and professional coaching experience, including 11 years at the Phoenix Suns, Garrick has been responsible for numerous sports technology innovations. Garrick was the first to use non-linear (digital) editing equipment in sports and became Avid Sports Pro's chief design contributor. This advisory capacity continued with numerous vendors until Garrick struck out on his own when he developed Quantified Scouting Service (QSS) in 1998. QSS logged each and every NBA possession to produce highly sophisticated player tendencies reports used by many league champions. When the technological landscape evolved to the point that it would support a video version of the QSS product, Garrick left the Suns to start his new company.

Synergy's development team is headed by Chief Technology Officer Nils Lahr. Nils is one of the country's top pioneers of Digital Media and is responsible for many milestone advancements within the industry over the last decade. Nils was on the design team for the original Windows Media product and later headed up video streaming for corporate clients at Microsoft. Nils has extensive experience in the operations of global networking services and has invented technologies that run to scale on such networks. Nils' expertise commands the attention of companies such as Disney, CNN, Warner Brothers, the Air Force and others. His vast experience has allowed Nils to design a system for Synergy that evolves to continuously take advantage of new technological innovations to pass on the enormous benefits to NBA teams.

Andy Graham, Synergy's Director of Client Services, will be the primary instructor for this course. Andy has been employed by Synergy since its first public season in 2004-2005 and throughout that time has served as a Synergy logger, Synergy Logger trainer and Head of Synergy Loggers until moving into his current capacity. Andy also serves as a beta tester for Synergy's new products, as well as sits on the design team that creates new features for both Synergy's Local Acquisition Editor as well as for Synergy's website applications.

Click here to read the NY Times Article on Synergy

Become a logger with Synergy!

Take the course with Sports Management Worldwide will have provide students with a unique employment opportunity after the course. Students who excel in the course will be brought on by Synergy as a "logger." Loggers will be paid per game to cut of games during the season.

You do not need to relocate, this course can be taken from anywhere in the world.

Digital Video Editing training includes:

• Knowledge of Synergy Sports logging techniques
• Familiarization with Synergy Sports various software packages
• Training on identifying important information about each possession
• Training can include editing techniques used at the highest levels in multiple sports
• After completing this course, you will be only a few steps away from being qualified as an official Synergy logger

Course Details:

The Sports Management Worldwide Digital Video Editing Course is an 8 week online course designed to provide skills aspiring sports business executives seek. Initially, this might be for an entry level job in video department, but has potential to grow into something much larger. This course can be taken at any time and any place around the world to fit your schedule. All you need is access to the internet with a computer.

Students will learn fundamental and successful video editing principles that hiring sports executives look for when adding personnel. Take this course to get your first position or to enhance your current job situation. All graduates of the course will have a well-rounded understanding of the sports business industry, specifically in the areas of video editing and logging, video scouting and familiar all with cutting-edge technology.

Career Guidance, Strategy and Interview Techniques

Each Digital Video Editing student will be active during the course in learning how to obtain a position in the sports field, including the unique opportunity offered through Synergy Sports Technology. This will vary for each student based on their career goals and location but SMWW's goal is to assist you in learning how to obtain a position once you finish the course. From whom to contact, the methods for contacting them and interviewing techniques, the course give you the ins and outs and gets you on your way to a dream job in sports. The instructors for the course will work with each student one-on-one and provide strategy that will help them reach their sports career goals.

Weekly Audio Chats:

A unique aspect of each 8 week course is the opportunity for students to participate weekly in interactive audio chats with fellow students, instructor and renowned guest speakers. This is a tremendous opportunity to network within the course and get to know your instructors and fellow students personally via the internet. Our online chats work on any computer with an internet access and a microphone (we provide the microphone). The connections and synergies via the audio chats will be sports networks that you will utilize throughout your career.

Instructor Dr. Lynn Lashbrook is joined by Assistant Facilitors Synergy Sports Technology.

Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of Sports Management Worldwide, the world leader in online sports business management education. Dr. Lashbrook has outstanding academic qualifications, and over thirty-five years of combined experience as an educator, coach, athletic administrator and a registered agent. Dr. Lashbrook manages the SMWW Agency representing over 200 Agents and hundreds of athletes worldwide. Dr. Lashbrook has hand on experience and active interaction with team and club manager’s, scouts, sports business executives inlcuding major endorsements, player contracts, sponsorships, and all SMWW Sports Agency activities. Because he is still in the industry, his teaching is up-to-the-minute and addresses the issues in professional sports today. Dr. Lashbrook emphasizes integrity and ethics in his curriculum and weekly interactive audio chats. You will love his motivational style and passion to improve sports management industry.

Read more about Dr. Lynn Lashbrook.

The course's main objective is to develop a new generation sports professionals by teaching skills and strategies that are unique to sports video job and allow for future progression within team management.

Course Certificate & Resume Reference:

Successful graduates of the Sports Management Worldwide courses will be sent a SMWW Certificate of Accomplishment. This certificate represents not only your achievements in the course but also demonstrates your personal commitment to self-improvement and ability to "self train" yourself for higher positions within the sports business industry.

In addition to your certificate, you will be given the stamp of approval by SMWW. This approval includes a personal reference you may add to your resume with contact information for Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and a reference to the mentors of this course.

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Cost: $1,450 (plus course materials shipping). Payment plans available (as little as $495 a month). See if you are eligible for an economic discount based on your country of residence. Length: 8 Weeks; "Live" audio online chats weekly with renowned instructors! Prerequisites: Must be 18 or older to participate and have a passion for sports Payment: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover CALL TODAY: 1-877-SMWW-NOW (In the UK: 087 12884799) Register Now

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Academic Credit

Western Oregon University (WOU), a member of the Oregon University System, offers a separate Credit Overlay Program for Sports Management Worldwide's courses. Students interested in obtaining college credit for Sports Management Worldwide courses must apply for the credit with Western Oregon University directly.

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