LSU Football Players Use Custom Video Games to Prepare

This year, LSU Offensive Coordinator Gary Crowton is having his quarterbacks play custom video games to help prepare and learn how to read defenses.

The game is designed by XOS Technologies, a company that specializes in technology for the use of coaches. They worked with EA Sports to produce the “PlayAction Simulator,” which LSU quarterbacks Matt Flynn and Ryan Perrilloux have used this year. Coach Crowton customizes the playbook to match the team’s. He can also adjust the difficulty level to correspond to the experience of the player.

“The video game is an excellent resource we have,” Perrilloux said. “Whenever we hit a play, that play would automatically match up with the defense that we would see or blitz we would see…If you make the wrong decision it’s an automatic interception or it’s an automatic incompletion.”

“The [game] is pretty realistic,” Crowton said. “It’s in position right now where we can really take off with it through the winter, going into spring ball and for next year. It’s still in its infant stages for us…but it’s been kind of fun for our guys.”