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Most fans watching (or visiting) Training Camp see a field full of players executing different routines and drills, and try to guess what's going on in front of them.
The New Orleans Saints demystified Practice in the best, fan-first way. The Saints built a live Practice Tracker, a real-time digital checklist for Camp, with a timed run-of-show of what's unfolding in front of you at Camp. This is a brilliant move for Training Camp: a live tracker of practice as it unfolds, so fans know exactly what's happening and why it's happening, before and when it happens.
Every drill, every period, updated in real time as it happens on the field:
O/D Walk Through.
Team Stretch.
Transition Outside.
Team Fundamentals.
Indy Drills.
1-on-1s.
Punt Team.
Field Goals.
Team Periods 1 through 4.
KOR Drill.
Developmental Team.
Press Conference.
And a "What You're Watching" breakdown explains each drill: the game within the game, in plain language. Running alongside it: Live Commentary. Audio, live, straight from Saints camp, right in the app. And around all of itโRoster, Trivia, and Know Before You Go, for fans heading to Camp or following from the couch.
Your Training Camp where. Know before you go.
Your Training Camp when. Your schedule of practice drills and events.
Your Training Camp what. What each drill is about.
Your Training Camp why. Why that drill matters.
โ๏ธ Who Dat.
๐ ๐ช๐ด๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฒ. Beth Blackburn, Doug Tatum, this is another superb first across the platform. What a terrific idea to create a live, up-to-date checklist of the where, what, when, and why of Camp. I genuinely think this is a great way to also execute run-of-show countdowns for other types of events, including game-day, too. Thank you for a decade (and more) of friendship, support, advice, and encouragement. Both of you mean so much to me, and my career and YinzCam would not be possible without you.
๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ณ๐ฒ. Ana Baskinger for the ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด graphic.