In short
Most tactics apps start when the film ends. Pre-Match starts before there is any film: open it from the library and both squads are already lined up on the pitch. Every step keeps its own positions and marks — pick a step and the players glide to where it needs them. Pick run, pass, carry or zone and drag it on the pitch the way you would on a whiteboard; add a step, move the players and draw the next action, and the plan builds itself. Press Record, talk over the board, and export landscape for the meeting or portrait for Reels and TikTok — the pitch is drawn again for each size, so nothing gets cropped. iPhone and iPad.
Step by step
Open Pre-Match
In TacticalSnap, open the Pre-Match board from the library. You need no video: the board is empty and both teams are already lined up.
On screen: Library → Pre-Match. No video needed.
Pick a step
Every step on the left keeps its own positions and its own marks. Pick a step, and the players glide to where that step needs them.
On screen: Each step keeps its own positions and marks.
Draw the move
Pick a tool on the right: a run, a pass, a carry, or a zone. Drag it on the pitch, the way you would on a whiteboard.
On screen: Run, pass, carry, zone — like on a whiteboard.
Add a step
Add a step, move the players where the move takes them, and draw the next action. The plan builds itself step by step.
On screen: Add step, move the players, draw again.
Talk and export
Press Record and speak over the board. Then export: landscape for the meeting, portrait for Reels and TikTok. The board is drawn again for each size, so nothing gets cropped.
On screen: Rec, then export 9:16 for Reels and TikTok.
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.
- No footage at all: the board starts from both squads.
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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