Dezzire Gilliard Internships

Final Post

2009-04-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

Over the last 2 weeks I have not been able to log many hours in my coaches office because I had to spend crazy hours working with my policy group on our strategic plan. This past weekend Coach J asked me to manage a youth AAU tournament. One of my responsibilities was scheduling workers to work the concession stand, run game clock, do scorebook, and to run the shot clock. I also had to order food for the staff and ensure that we had everything we needed. Coach J gave me her keys and let me run the show. It was a lot of work and very long hours, but the experience was amazing. I got the opportunity to be involved with basketball and operations; two things I aspire to find my career in so it was great. My hours were Fri. 6pm-10:30pm Sat. 8:00am-10:30pm Sun. 8:00am-6pm. My total for the 3 days was 29 hours which gives me a grand total of 121 hours for my internship. Through interning with Coach J I have learned a lot of things that players do not understand; there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes; not just practicing and game days. Working with a coach is a good idea and a way to get the inside scope of what coaching is all about.

MONTH from graduation!!!

2009-04-03T16:12:00.001-07:00

The past 2 weeks I have been really busy; working with Coach J, SMA club stuff, and working on the "future." I have continued working with the Frontrush recruiting program in coaches office. I learned to write athletic contracts, travel itineries, and made a recruiting viewbook. The SMA club is getting a little better and we just ordered our club Ts! EXCITING! I have logged a total of 17hrs the past 2 weeks giving me a grand total of 92hours.

2009-03-20T12:29:00.000-07:00

This week I worked 20hours. Some thing I did were tagging at the MU lacrosse game with Kirby last Friday. It was a new experience because I'd never seen a game before. This week I also worked concessions at the softball and baseball games this week for Coach McEvoy. I earned 11 hours working in Coach Jarmans office. I helped with recruiting packages, wrote basketball contracts, and plugged recruits into the Frontrush program. After this week I have a total of 74 internship hours

Life after Bball!

2009-03-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

Since the last time I have blogged I have worked 27 hours. I earned hours doing film breakdown, interviews, and SMA club meetings. I also worked in Kirbys office helping her plug in stats on the website and office work.
We just returned from spring break and while I was home I got to interview Tom Stephens; the director of operations at The Citadel (I also sat in on their practice). This was really exciting to me because I hope to have that position one day. Mr. Stephens was really nice and he gave me great advice on how to go about getting my foot in the door. Today I'm working the Lacrosse game with Kirby and on Friday I will meet with Dr. Combs to work with Dartfish. 3/11/09

What I've done in 2009

2009-02-11T10:01:00.000-08:00

I've actually gotten off to a slow start with my internship. Dr. Combs has given me to freedom to do different activities towards my internship, so that is what I have been doing. I have only racked up 24 hours to date. Somethings I have done for hours are: interviewed some members of the athletic staff at Methodist, basketball film breakdown for my coaches, observed our boys basketball practice operations, and marketed the SMA workshop at Jack Britt High School. After the season I plan to throw myself into learning the ins and outs of the Dartfish program.

Last Week

2008-04-11T09:29:00.001-07:00

This week is the final week before my presentation next Monday. After finally getting the music on the MU Men's Basketball highlight the last thing to do is to burn it to a DVD/CD. I also finished the Dragon's Challenge highlight film to take to Dr. Combs for his approval this afternoon. Total hours 4.5 hrs total hours: 78 4/11/08 11:45am

Finished Highlight

2008-04-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

This week I put the finishing touches on the MU Men's Basketball Highlight tape. Dr. Combs and I figured out how to put music on the highlight. We had tried numerous times to put music on the highlight but the computers on campus did not have the right programs installed so we used his personal computer. I also trimmed more film for the 07 Dragons Challenge highlight with another intern. 11 hours worked, total 73 hrs. 4/4/08 12:45am

2008-03-28T08:18:00.000-07:00

Over the past 2 weeks I have been working on a cycling highlight. The cycling event is called Dragon's Challenge 07 and was videotaped by Dr. Combs . The film has a couple different parts of cycling such as time trials, road races, and racing criterium for different age groups, and there was also an women's race. From watching these cycling events I realized how intense and demanding cycling can be. From the crashes to the look of accomplishment and exhaustion after the race. Total hours 12 hrs total 62 hours 3/28/08

Highlight film

2008-03-16T20:33:00.001-07:00

This week I finshed putting together the MU Men's Basketball highlight film. The film was approxiamately 7 minutes long. The only thing that is not finished is putting the music on the film. I showed Coach Reyerson the film and he really enjoyed it. I look forward to finishing ths project this week. This week I worked 10 hours, total 50 hours

Busy week

2008-02-21T22:26:00.000-08:00

This week I had a lot going on with schoolwork other than my internship. I went to the library and taught another intern how to use dartfish. I'm still working on my men's basketball highlight film and waiting for the music that they want. worked 3 hours. total 40 hrs. 2/22/08

Time for Music

2008-02-14T20:40:00.000-08:00

This week I learned how to add new footage or clips into my highlight film. I used the Dartfish in the library this weeek and tried to put music on the highlight. This week I worked 6 hours. 2/15/08 1:00am total 37 hrs

Roadtrip

2008-02-07T20:10:00.000-08:00

This past weekend the MU Men and Women's basketball traveled to CNU and Shenandoah University. I filmed the boys games; I also got locker room and bus footage to add to the highlight film I'm making. On Monday I broke down my footage and worked on the highlight film. Last night we had a game and I recorded some more footage. This week I worked a total of 8 hrs. total 31 hrs. 2/7/08 11:18PM

Making a highlight film

2008-01-31T20:51:00.000-08:00

This week I spent 4 hours breaking down film with Dr. Combs. He taught me how to use the features of dartfish. We broke down some footage of my teammates and me doing shooting drills and we worked on some MU game film that I recorded Monday January 28th. On Wed. I made a game highlight film of the boys game and showed it to Coach Reyerson tonight. Coach really liked it and he was excited about the highlights I put together. 1/31/08 at 11:55 PM; 7 hrs this week, total 23 hrs

First shots

2008-01-24T21:10:00.000-08:00

This past Friday I recieved the camera from Dr. Combs and he showed me some dartfish clips in the office. I didnt' get to film practice that night, but I read the camera manual. I also practiced some of the features and different lenses on the camera. On Monday I recorded some of my teammates and myself doing shooting workouts. On Wednesday I recorded some drills in practice and watched them after practice. This week I worked a total of 7 hours.
I have worked a total of 16 hours. 1/25/08- 12:25AM

Reading

2008-01-18T07:47:00.000-08:00

This week was spent reading the Dartfish online manual (Product documentation). I spent approxiamately 8 hours reading this week. Later on today I have a meeting with Dr. Combs in which he will give me the camera equipment so I can start filming and using the dartfish program. Today at practice (basketball) I will ask one of the managers to film some practice so I can have some film to break down tonight.
Friday Jan 18, 10:55 AM

Getting Started

2008-01-14T08:42:00.000-08:00

This is my first internship and I am excited to start, but a little nervous because I am learning something new. I will be using the Dartfish program to do video analysis of different sports. I love watching sports so I am ready to learn this new technology.