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Technique breakdowns, teaching progressions, and film-room fixes for film & ops coaches — written by position specialists on the Your Last Scout staff.

Coaching whiteboard with video tagging taxonomy: formation, personnel, play type, hash, result labels
Film StudyNov 6, 2026

Film Study: How to Tag Practice Video So Your Cut-ups Actually Work

There's a saying in Seattle: if you wait for perfect weather to run, you never run. In video ops, the version of that is: if you wait until the game week to…

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Coaching whiteboard showing a film tagging workflow with formation labels, down-distance fields, and arrows
Film StudyNov 3, 2026

Film Study: How to Build a Cut-Up That Coaches Actually Use

There's a pot of coffee on in my office by 4:58 every morning. By the time the defensive coordinator walks in at six, I want his cut-up already sitting in his…

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Coaching whiteboard showing a film tagging workflow with labeled fields and arrows
Film StudyNov 1, 2026

Film Study: Why Your Cut-Up Library Is Slower Than It Should Be

Here's a thing I've noticed over the years: coaches complain about not having enough film time. But when I dig into why, it's rarely a film shortage. It's a…

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Coaching whiteboard showing a tagged film database structure with down, distance, formation and play-type labels
Film StudyOct 30, 2026

Film Study: How to Build a Cut-Up Library That Actually Gets Used

There is a version of this job where you spend forty-five minutes every Tuesday night building a beautiful cut-up — right hash, 3rd and medium, base 4-2-5,…

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Coaching whiteboard diagram showing a film-tagging data structure with fields like down, distance, formation, and play type
Film StudyOct 30, 2026

Film Study: How to Tag Game Film So Your Cut-Ups Actually Work

There is a version of Sunday night that every video ops person knows. The offensive coordinator walks in at 11 p.m., sits down, and needs a cut-up of the…

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Video coordinator tagging football game film on monitors
Film StudyOct 29, 2026

College Football Film Tagging: Building a Scouting Film Library That Works

Every program has a hard drive somewhere with 800 gigabytes of practice video that nobody can find anything in. The folder is named something like "Fall Camp…

Portrait of Kevin O'BrienCoach O'BrienCollege Film Ops
Football film library with tagged plays on screen
Film StudyOct 29, 2026

Film Tagging for Coaches: Building a Scouting Library Your Staff Will Use

Most football programs have more film than they've ever had. Sideline cameras, end zone cameras, all-22 angles, practice wearables, opponent exchanges — the…

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Put the film work on autopilot

Your Last Scout turns your film notes into Key Intel cards and a game plan your whole staff works from.

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