In short
Pick Spotlight from the palette: the frame dims, the ball carrier gets the ring and the other players keep their team letters — pick it again and the spotlight is off. Path draws a run: start on the player and drag along the way you want him to go; it lands as a dashed line with an end point and animates in a clip. Put the two together and the frame shows one player and one idea, ready to record. Everything stays on your device. iPhone and iPad.
Step by step
Spotlight
From the palette, pick Spotlight. The frame dims, the ball carrier gets the ring, and the others keep their team letters. Pick it again, and the spotlight is off.
On screen: Spotlight dims the frame and rings the ball carrier. Pick it again to switch it off.
Player path
The Path tool draws a run. Start on the player and drag along the way you want him to go. It lands as a dashed line with an end point, and in a clip it animates.
On screen: Path: drag from the player along the run you want. A dashed line with an end point.
Together
Put the two together: spotlight the carrier, draw the run beside him, and the frame shows one player and one idea, with nothing else in the way. Ready to record.
On screen: Spotlight on top of the path: one player, one run, nothing else in the way.
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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0:35How to freeze a moment and scan the players in TacticalSnap
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0:42How to fix the teams on a frozen frame in TacticalSnap
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0:40How to draw on a frozen frame in TacticalSnap (arrow, line, circle, zone, freehand)
Hold the Select tile and the palette opens.
0:32How to label a frozen frame and point with the laser in TacticalSnap
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0:30How to record a take on a frozen frame in TacticalSnap
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