Mike Rolih - CEO, GoRout




Coach and Coordinator Podcast show

Summary: Today’s guest is Mike Rolih, co-founder of Go Rout, a company that helps improve the way teams practice by utilizing wearable technology. Rolih, a former high school football coach, sits down with Keith to discuss efficient practicing, in-helmet play-viewing and how technology can be a force for good in helping to build a better, safer game. SHOW NOTES • :40 Sports background and baseball career • 3:25 Best problems to solve? The ones staring you in the face • 6:09 Individual (and efficient) player coaching through Go Rout • 9:34 Improving practice efficiency • 14:23 Getting coaches back at practice • 16:35 Saving time during the week • 19:39 Go Rout’s innovative networking infrastructure (and why you’ll never have to set up a private network) • 24:40 Vue-Up and why players may soon be able to see plays in their helmet • 28:10 How football coaches (users) shape GoRout • 29:50 The life lessons football teaches, and how technology can help support the future of the sport • 32:06 Go Rout’s spring tour • 33:50 How Go Rout can be affordable for teams of all levels