- Great players on the court make up just one layer of a winning basketball team. There are also great coaches, managers, fans, and in this case, an outstanding audio/video (A/V) system.
This outstanding system is part presentation system, part video conferencing system, part editing suite and pure genius.
- For years, video coordinators have been responsible for collecting game footage, breaking it down and redistributing it throughout the coaching network, often on foot. An A/V system that includes a matrix switcher and integrated control solution creates a flexible, efficient design, enabling everything to work on the "same team".
The Game Plan
- The three-time NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs collect and organize an extensive library of game and practice footage, which is available to coaches at all times. This large undertaking runs with amazing efficiency.
- Satellite receivers, with the help of scheduling software, are programmed to send all regular season NBA games, as well as select college games, to DVD and VHS recorders. This system has recorded as many as 17 games in the same evening.
- Practice footage is also recorded using the same DVD and VHS recorders. Four Canon VC-C4r cameras record every angle of each practice session. The camera angles and zoom can be changed via an AMX AXP-CCS dual joystick control.
- Coaches can even search and review footage on computer monitors at editing stations, each of which include a PC, 20-inch LCD monitor and AMX 10.4-inch Color Video Tabletop Touch Panel. Using this equipment, they can cut clips and create customized video that can be saved and sent to practice sessions and meetings.
The System
- At the foundation of the Spur's comprehensive A/V system is an AMX AutoPatch 64x64 high-bandwidth composite video + mono audio matrix switcher and AMX NetLinx Control System. This solution provides signal distribution and control of a full rack of DVD and VHS players/recorders and digital satellite receivers, as well as cameras, editing stations and displays throughout the facility.
- The facility's AMX NetLinx Control System controls video distribution and connects to the Local Area Network (LAN), while also allowing IR control of the AMX AutoPatch Matrix Switcher through any of the source devices. The flexibility and large scale configuration of the AMX AutoPatch Switcher connects the main video room, player training room, conference room, player lounge, coaches lounge, locker room, meeting room, three cardio rooms, two weight rooms, two media rooms, twelve offices and the court.
A championship system that built a championship team.
- This outstanding system is part presentation system, part video conferencing system, part editing suite and pure genius. The Spurs managers, coaching staff and players can now communicate with unbelievable speed and accuracy without limitations. A championship system for a championship team. Or, is it a championship system that built a championship team? Either way, it is a far cry from the old white chalk and rolling television cart days.
