Archive for Category: "Product Reviews"
Endzone v's Hi-Pod
Endzone v’s Hi-Pod Guest Article written by Dan White, Bristol I have been fortunate to have access to both the Hi-Pod and Endzone video systems during my time as a video analyst. The purpose of this article is to compare the two systems in all areas of use from my personal opinion and to help [...]
The Video Analyst Christmas List
The Video Analyst Christmas List It’s getting very close to that time of year. I’m always afraid to say I like anything around this time of year because it is liable to end up wrapped and under the tree before you know it. To try and stop you getting that Woolly jumper you never wanted or another [...]
Video Analysis Camera Specs
Video Analysis Camera Specs Choosing the right camera can be hard work. Just looking at the detailed specs of some camera’s can turn you off. Hopefully this post will offer some insights into what to look for when buying your next camera. Types of Cameras High definition, standard definition, optical zoom, aspect ratio, shutter speed [...]
High Speed Video Analysis Camera
High Speed Video Analysis Camera Obviously to conduct good video analysis you need good footage. While videoing team sport events is a fairly straight forward affair; Get plenty of height to video from, a standard video camera and maybe a wide angle lens are all you really need, videoing technique can be very different. Once you go [...]
Sharing Video Analysis Files on Dropbox
Sharing Video Analysis Files on Dropbox Getting your analysis done can often be the easy part. Balancing the amount of time you would like to spend looking at last weeks performance or next weeks opposition, with the amount of time you need on the training pitch can be difficult. One of the problems teams run [...]
iPhone Sports Analysis Apps
iPhone Sports Analysis Apps There’s an App for that!! – Below are 5 apps I have found for the iPhone & iPad that could help you with your on field analysis. I have tested them all out, and while none of them are perfect, they all have their merits. Touch Stat Lite – Free Quite [...]
Twin Head Tripod
Twin Head Tripod A few years back I was at a Performance Analysis conference and I came across a team using a dual head tripod. Basically a dual head tripod allows you mount two camera’s on the one tripod and have only one camera operator. What this football club were doing was using one camera [...]
Hi-Pod Camera System
Any analysis you do on a game depends a lot on the quality of the video. I often think it’s not really the camera’s that let people down but more so the angle people video at. Most amateur clubs don’t have natural height so they rely on climbing on top of a clubhouse or a ladder [...]
Waterproof Notational Analysis
Notational Analysis still plays a big part in sport, especially in amateur sport. The weather can play a big part in your note taking, for those based in Ireland and the UK at the moment will understand how bad the weather can get. So recently I went looking for a solution. I found waterproof paper [...]
5 Things to consider when purchasing Video Analysis Software
1. Support. I know most people would probably put price at number one but it really isn’t the most important thing. I don’t know how many times I have come across situations where people bought software cause it was the cheapest only to realise it’s hard to use or there is no support etc… It [...]
