In short
Hold the Select tile and the palette opens. Arrow drags the pass you want to show, Line runs along the back four, Circle rings one player and Zone traces the space you want the team to see — the box fills in behind your finger. Draw is freehand, and the bar under the frame sets the colour (yellow, red, blue, green) and the thickness (small, medium, large). Undo removes the last mark, Redo brings it back, and everything you draw stays on the frame, ready for the record button. Everything stays on your device. iPhone and iPad.
Step by step
Arrow and line
Hold the Select tile and the palette opens. Choose Arrow and drag the pass you want to show. Then choose Line and drag it along the back four.
On screen: Hold the Select tile for the palette. Arrow: drag the pass. Line: drag the back four.
Circle and zone
With Circle, you drag a ring around one player. With Zone, you trace the space you want the team to see, and the box fills in behind your finger.
On screen: Circle: drag around a player. Zone: trace the space you want to show.
Freehand, colour, size
Draw is freehand. The bar under the frame sets the colour, yellow, red, blue or green, and the thickness, small, medium or large.
On screen: Draw: freehand. The bar under the frame sets colour and thickness.
Undo and redo
The Undo button removes the last mark, and Redo brings it back. Everything you draw stays on the frame, ready for the record button.
On screen: Undo removes the last mark, Redo brings it back. Marks live on the frame, ready to record.
What you need
- An iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later (or a Mac).
- TacticalSnap from the App Store. It is free to download and every analysis tool is free.
- A match video in Photos or Files. Any camera works, even a phone on the touchline.
Try it on your own footage
TacticalSnap runs the whole loop on an iPhone or iPad, on the device. Analysing is free and unlimited; exporting video is the only paid step.
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