Game Day Isn't the Problem. Your Pre-Event Process Is.
Game-day chaos starts days before tip-off. Download the free Pre-Event Prep Template and build a role-by-role checklist your students can actually follow.
Download the Free TemplateWatch Episode 7 on YouTube →Sound Familiar?
It's 30 minutes before tip-off. A student texts you, “where do I go?” Another one shows up, but doesn't know which camera is theirs. Your producer is asking you questions and trying to figure out the software for the first time. You're running between all of it. Again. After the broadcast, you think: we just need to practice more before the next game. But practice isn't the problem. Preparation is. And those aren't the same thing.
Game-day chaos almost never starts on game day. It starts days before. If students don't know what ‘ready’ looks like before they arrive, they're going to wait for you to tell them when they get there.
— Taylor Siebert, Broadcast Ops Playbook Ep. 7
WHAT'S INSIDE THE TEMPLATE
A One-Page Plan You Fill In Once and Use All Season
- Program info — school, season, home venue, primary sport, crew size
- Call Time Framework — when crew arrives, what gets done, who confirms it
- Three Role Plans (Director, Announcer, Camera Operator) — used as your model
- Three blank role plans you build for your own crew during class
- A Post-Event Debrief page so the system improves after every game
How to Use the Template
Three moves. Build it once during class. Use it every event next season.
Define "Ready" Role by Role
Walk through it in class. For each role on your crew, list the gear, the pre-game tasks, and what your student needs to confirm before the broadcast goes live.
Give Call Time a Purpose
Don't just tell students when to show up. Tell them what has to be done before warmups start — and put a student leader in charge of confirming it.
Debrief and Update
After every event, run a five-minute debrief. What broke down? What question shouldn't have been a question? Update the template. The system gets sharper every game.
Real programs. Real student crews. Every one of them shows up to game day already knowing what ready looks like.
Get the Free Pre-Event Prep Template
A one-page plan you fill in once and use all season. Build it over the summer. Show up to game one with something your students can actually follow.
Plus three example role plans (Director, Announcer, Camera Operator) and a post-event debrief page so the system gets better every event.
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Watch Episode 7
Hear Taylor and Nathan break down the four-step pre-event framework — including the Trey Perry story where students ran the broadcast for a month without him.
Watch on YouTube →Apple Podcasts & Spotify links coming soon
Join Future Ready Educators
A free online community for broadcast and media educators. Share what your pre-event process looks like — or build one with teachers doing the same work.
Join FRE →Build the System Before the Season Starts
The fix for game-day chaos isn't more practice. It's a pre-event process your students can actually follow. Build yours over the summer. Show up to game one ready.
Download the Free Template