Tip #2920 - A.S. Football Editor
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A.S.
Football Editor
Yesterday, one of
our staff asked me if I knew of any software that a football coach could
use to draw out plays. I had really never had the need myself to create
and edit football plays, but I decided to take a look for her. I had no
idea of what to expect. I knew it needed to be easy to use and something
you could pick up on fast, because the season is already under way and
she doesn’t have much time to figure out a new program. Since I’m
the "free software guy," I also thought it would be nice to
find something cheap and at least under $20.00. If I could do that, I
figured everyone would be happy.
Well, now that I have
set up the scenario, you can probably piece together what happened next.
If you guessed that I found a program that fit all my criteria, plus it
was free, you're right. Even better, I was so impressed by this software,
I decided to use it as my download of the week. What I found after looking
through some pricey software was A.S. Football Play Editor.
It is a fun and functional program that any football coach on any level
would find extremely useful.
A.S. Football Play
Editor is a small program from Assoft
that incorporates all the fundamentals of football play design. It sets
them in an interface that’s so simple, a child could understand
it. You can create players with unique characteristics, drag-n-drop them
on the field to create plays and then store these plays in a playbook.
It’s just great!
Take a look at some
of the things A.S. Football Play Editor has to offer:
- Create players
utilizing multiple shapes and colors.
- Create plays utilizing
player drag-n-drop and route drawing via your mouse or other pointing
device.
- Display and print
multiple play backgrounds including full and shortened fields in color
or black and white.
- Utilize copies
of existing plays or formations as templates for new plays.
- Copy plays to
the clipboard for use outside of the editor.
- Automatic backup.
- Create alphabetically
sorted playbooks utilizing drag-n-drop.
I’m telling
you, A.S. Football Play Editor is terrific. I’m not even a coach
and I found it to be an enormous amount of fun. I wouldn’t normally
run a program so sports specific, but I figured there are a lot of people
who are directly or indirectly connected to football. Volunteers and coaches
for the youngsters and friends or family members, it seems like everyone
has six degrees of football. More than likely, you know somebody connected
to the game of football. So, download the program, burn it to a CD or
e-mail them this article and let them decide if this is something they
could use. Either way, I’m sure the gesture would be much appreciated.
You can download A.S.
Football Play Editor here.
System Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows®
Operating System (OS) with the latest release version of the .NET Framework
1.1 Redistributable installed. For details on the minimum requirements
for the NET
Framework 1.1 Redistributable, see: .NET
Framework 1.1 Redistributable Requirements.
- 32 megabytes (MB)
RAM, 128 MB recommended.
- 10 MB of available
hard disk space.
- 800 X 600 or higher
resolution display with 256 colors. At least 1024 X 768 resolution with
16 bit color recommended.
- Mouse or other
compatible pointing device.
So, go on out there
and download this for the Gippe. On three, break!
~ Chad Stelnicki
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