GoPro Etiquette

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Apr 5, 2013
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Back on the dirt...
The only issue I've had is when a parent set it up on our side of the fence, obstuction get some of our views. That was during HS at the district tournament. Other than that, I could care less.
While I can understand this if it has stadium type seating, I still don't think I would take it down. If I was the coach, I would still want the game footage to review. Maybe I just think people are a little too entitled. Yes you paid to get in but slide your butt over and get a better view. :)
 
Jul 17, 2016
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Speaking of etiquette, any of you that film games get a bit annoyed when both players and parents nearly demand you pull out highlights for them? I guess I worked myself into this by doing it voluntarily sometimes on things I thought were cool and sharing them on facebook. I truly like doing it...when I have the time. But after a tourney recently I had people texting me over and over asking when I would be able to get their desired clip edited out. Don't think people realize that dealing with video takes awhile, and it's time I don't always have immediately after a tourney.

I didn't do it, but I was tempted to post every error their kid had ever made instead of the play they wanted to see :)
 
Jun 12, 2015
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Speaking of etiquette, any of you that film games get a bit annoyed when both players and parents nearly demand you pull out highlights for them? I guess I worked myself into this by doing it voluntarily sometimes on things I thought were cool and sharing them on facebook. I truly like doing it...when I have the time. But after a tourney recently I had people texting me over and over asking when I would be able to get their desired clip edited out. Don't think people realize that dealing with video takes awhile, and it's time I don't always have immediately after a tourney.

I didn't do it, but I was tempted to post every error their kid had ever made instead of the play they wanted to see :)

LOL! An error highlights reel. Ours would be very, very long. I don't mind snipping things out but I haven't had people bug me about it much. I've had a request here and there but nothing major. If people were constantly expecting it I think that would get annoying.
 
Nov 18, 2013
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It'll be interesting when 5-6 parents on each team are mounting a camera in the backstop. ��
 
Two weeks ago an opposing coach - who asked me about the camera while I was putting it on the fence after the previous game - stormed out to blue after the top of the first to ask what it was hanging on the backstop. Blue says it's a GoPro. Guy asks if that's legal and blue says yeah. Talked about it for about 30 seconds and went back to dugout.

After bottom of first, here comes another trip. Tells blue he doesn't think camera should be there, other team doesn't want filmed, etc. Now blue stops game, hikes up to TD and UIC. Comes back after 10 minutes and says play ball, it's legal. Coach yaps whole game (which they won handily). After game I told blue I was sorry for causing him a headache....blue says no problem, opposing HC was the problem.

Only issue in 4 weekends of filming so far.
 
Jan 4, 2012
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OH-IO
Here is one my buddy filmed of DD last weekend...date wrong. Its not GoPro...but like it.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iOawUKoscu0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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Aug 11, 2016
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Speaking of etiquette, any of you that film games get a bit annoyed when both players and parents nearly demand you pull out highlights for them? I guess I worked myself into this by doing it voluntarily sometimes on things I thought were cool and sharing them on facebook. I truly like doing it...when I have the time. But after a tourney recently I had people texting me over and over asking when I would be able to get their desired clip edited out. Don't think people realize that dealing with video takes awhile, and it's time I don't always have immediately after a tourney.

I didn't do it, but I was tempted to post every error their kid had ever made instead of the play they wanted to see :)

I just post the entire games in YouTube, I make them unlisted (non-public) and I send the link to parents that request it.


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Aug 11, 2016
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I had one parent from opposing team (travel) ask me if I was going to post this in YouTube or any other place. I said that this was for private consumption (whether me or team parents, is still private), and she left me alone. People grab their phones and record video in games all the time. If I have to put my camera away, I would be in my right to ask people not to record their own daughters with their phones, because they may record mine. And that doesn’t make any sense. That’s what I would say to someone that ask me to take down my camera. It is not unlawful to record video or photographs of anything or anyone in public places.


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