A quality football video system starts with the right camera position.
For football coaches, athletic departments, and video staffs, an elevated camera provides a view of the field that is difficult to replicate from the sideline. That is why football endzone camera towers have become an important piece of football video equipment for programs at every level.
Endzone Video Systems designs and manufactures football camera towers that give coaches a stable, elevated platform for capturing practice and game film. With telescoping towers available in 25, 35, and 45 foot configurations, football programs can choose the height and system that best fits their video needs.
For more than 30 years, Endzone Video Systems has focused specifically on designing endzone video towers for football and other sports. The result is a system designed around what coaches and video staffs actually need: portability, stability, reliable operation, and a better view of the field.
What Is a Football Endzone Camera Tower?
A football endzone camera tower is an elevated, portable camera platform designed to position a video camera high above the football field.
Instead of filming exclusively from ground level or the sideline, an endzone camera tower allows coaches to capture an elevated view from behind the end zone. This perspective gives the coaching staff a broader view of the entire field and allows them to evaluate how plays develop from beginning to end.
An elevated football camera can help coaches evaluate:
- Offensive formations and alignment
- Defensive alignment and spacing
- Route combinations
- Receiver spacing
- Blocking schemes
- Run fits
- Coverage
- Player positioning
- Overall play development
The result is more useful football video for practices, games, scouting, and player development.
Why Football Programs Use Endzone Camera Towers
Football coaches need to see more than what happens around the football.
A sideline camera can provide excellent footage, but an elevated football camera tower provides a completely different perspective. By raising the camera above the field, coaches can see how players move in relation to one another across the entire play.
That additional perspective can be especially valuable when reviewing formations, defensive structure, route concepts, blocking assignments, and overall team execution.
For many programs, an endzone video tower becomes one of the most important tools in the football video setup.
The Advantage of a Telescoping Football Camera Tower
A permanent elevated camera structure can be expensive and limiting. It may only be useful at one field and may require permanent construction.
A telescoping football camera tower provides a portable alternative.
Endzone Video Systems towers are designed to telescope upward using a winch powered mast. This allows the camera to be elevated for filming and lowered when the video session is finished.
The tower can then be transported and used at another field or facility.
That flexibility is important for high school football programs, college football programs, professional organizations, and other sports programs that need their video equipment to move with them.
Built Around the Needs of Football Coaches
Endzone Video Systems was created by football coach Dan Walling after 25 years of coaching football in Texas.
That coaching background influenced the original design of the system. Rather than creating a tower simply to put a camera in the air, the goal was to develop a practical football endzone camera system that coaches could actually use.
That philosophy continues today.
An effective football video tower needs to be more than tall. It needs to be stable, portable, easy to operate, and durable enough to handle repeated use throughout a football season.
Choosing the Right Football Camera Tower Height
Different football programs have different video requirements.
Endzone Video Systems offers three primary tower heights: 25 feet, 35 feet, and 45 feet.
25 Foot Football Endzone Camera Tower
The EVS25 is a 25 foot football endzone camera tower designed for programs looking for an elevated camera platform while maintaining portability.
The EVS25 weighs approximately 65 pounds and features a 9 foot footprint. The tower uses a winch powered telescoping system and is designed with a 40 mph wind resistance rating.
For high school football programs and other organizations looking for a portable elevated video solution, the EVS25 provides a practical combination of height, portability, and functionality.
35 Foot Football Camera Tower
The EVS35 raises the camera platform to 35 feet.
At approximately 85 pounds, the EVS35 provides additional elevation while maintaining the portable design of the EVS system.
The additional height can give video staffs an even broader view of the football field, making the EVS35 a popular option for programs looking for a higher football video tower.
45 Foot Professional Football Camera Tower
For organizations that need maximum elevation, the EVS45 reaches 45 feet.
The EVS45 is designed as a professional HD tripod system with a winch powered telescoping mast. Endzone Video Systems states that the EVS45 is trusted by more than 20 NFL teams.
For professional football organizations and programs looking for maximum camera elevation, the EVS45 provides the height and professional level design needed for advanced football video production.
A Stable Platform for Elevated Football Video
Putting a camera 25, 35, or 45 feet in the air requires more than a tall mast.
The entire football camera tower needs to remain stable while supporting the camera and related equipment.
Endzone Video Systems uses a wide footprint and leveling system to create a stable platform. The towers are built using professionally extruded and machined aluminum components designed specifically for elevated sports video applications.
That stability is critical.
A camera that moves excessively can produce video that is difficult to use. A properly designed endzone camera tower provides the stable platform needed to capture consistent footage throughout a practice or game.
Winch Powered Telescoping Design
One of the defining features of the Endzone Video Systems design is the winch powered telescoping mast.
The system allows the tower to be raised and lowered without requiring a lift or permanent structure.
For football video staffs, that means less time dealing with complicated equipment and more time focused on capturing the footage coaches need.
The tower can be transported to the field, assembled, raised to filming height, and lowered when the session is complete.
That practical design is one of the reasons telescoping endzone video towers have become an important option for football programs looking for professional elevated video.
More Than a Camera Tower
A football endzone camera tower is ultimately a coaching tool.
The purpose of elevating the camera is not simply to get a higher shot. It is to give coaches more information.
From an elevated endzone perspective, coaches can see the entire offensive and defensive structure develop. They can evaluate how spacing changes throughout a play, how defenders react to formations, how routes develop, and whether players are executing their assignments.
The result is football video that can be used in position meetings, team meetings, practice evaluation, opponent scouting, and game analysis.
Football Endzone Camera Towers for Practice
An endzone camera tower is not limited to game day.
Many programs use elevated video during practice to evaluate team periods, scrimmages, drills, and other portions of practice.
The elevated perspective can give coaches another angle for reviewing the entire field and identifying things that may not be obvious from ground level.
For programs already investing in football video equipment, adding a dedicated football endzone camera tower can significantly expand the perspectives available to the coaching staff.
Football Camera Towers for High School, College, and Professional Programs
Football programs at every level can benefit from elevated video.
High school programs can use a portable football video tower to improve practice and game film without installing a permanent structure.
College programs can use elevated endzone video as part of a larger video operation that includes multiple cameras, scouting systems, and advanced film analysis.
Professional organizations require equipment that can withstand demanding use and deliver consistent results.
Endzone Video Systems has designed its towers with those different environments in mind. The company has been designing, manufacturing, and selling telescoping video towers since 1996 and states that its systems are used by more than 2,000 teams across North America.
Built for Football Video Staffs
Football video staffs have enough equipment to manage already.
Cameras, lenses, tripods, monitors, batteries, cables, computers, and other video equipment all have to be transported, organized, and operated throughout the season.
A football endzone camera tower should make the video operation easier, not create another complicated process.
That is why portability and ease of setup are important parts of the Endzone Video Systems design.
The EVS systems are designed to be transported to the field, assembled, raised into position, and lowered after use.
The EVS25 package also includes a winch system, patented pan and tilt system, custom cables, remote and handle, 7 inch LCD monitor, extended life battery, protective electronics case, and wheels.
Built to Be Used Season After Season
Football video equipment is an investment.
A football camera tower needs to perform through practices, games, weather, transportation, setup, and repeated use.
Endzone Video Systems backs its towers with a 10 year warranty and designs its systems around durable aluminum components and professional video applications.
For football programs making a long term investment in an endzone video tower, durability and support are just as important as height.
Why Endzone Video Systems?
Since 1996, Endzone Video Systems has focused on one specific problem: giving coaches a better way to capture elevated sports video.
That specialization matters.
Instead of adapting equipment designed for another industry, football programs can use a football endzone camera tower specifically designed around the needs of coaches and video staffs.
With 25, 35, and 45 foot towers, winch powered telescoping masts, portable designs, and professional camera mounting systems, Endzone Video Systems provides options for programs ranging from high school football to the NFL.
Find the Right Football Endzone Camera Tower for Your Program
The right camera position can change the way coaches see the game.
Whether your program needs a portable 25 foot football camera tower, a 35 foot elevated video system, or a professional 45 foot endzone video tower, Endzone Video Systems can help you choose the system that fits your field, video operation, and coaching needs.
A better view of the field means more information for your coaches and players.
See the field from a better perspective with an Endzone Video Systems football camera tower.
