In short
Hold your finger on a player on a frozen frame and pick Ghost: a translucent copy of him, cut from the frame, appears next to the real one with a marker where he actually stood. Drag the ghost to where he should have been and the dashed line shows the distance in metres, because the pitch was calibrated at the freeze. Connect does the same for two real players: pick it from the palette, tap one player and then another, and the line between them shows how far apart they are. Everything records into the video and stays on your device. iPhone and iPad.
Step by step
Make a ghost
Hold your finger on a player and pick Ghost. A translucent copy of him appears next to the real one, cut from the frame, with a marker where he actually stood.
On screen: Hold a player → Ghost: a translucent copy of him appears next to the real one.
Where he should be
Now drag the ghost to where he should have been. The dashed line follows your finger and shows the distance in metres, so the correction has a number, not just an opinion.
On screen: Drag the ghost to the right position. The dashed line shows the distance in metres.
Connect two players
Connect does the same for two real players. Open the palette, pick Connect, tap one player and then another, and the line between them shows how far apart they are. All of it records into the video.
On screen: Palette → Connect: tap two players and the line shows the distance between them.
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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