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Dartfish video solution users earned more than 72% of the medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

Video based performance tools are increasingly used by athletes and teams around the world during competition and training periods. From motion analysis in alpine skiing or ice skating to tactical game analysis in ice hockey, Dartfish solutions support athletes and teams on their quest to medal winning performances. Here are just a few of the many success stories from great Dartfish users.

Katherine Aiken, the Director of Technology Services for Athletics at the University at Buffalo, assists coaches with the Dartfish total solution tailored to meet the specific needs of sixteen UB athletics programs. A PDF version of this article is available. Aiken’s goal at UB is to assist coaches in getting their athletes to the place where they can self-coach, self-adjust, and self-evaluate their performance to: Generate sports performance using proper technique specific to their sportImprove understanding of sport specific biomechanicsEmpower the athlete’s self-analysis of his/her performanceImprove communication between the coach and athlete When Aiken starts working with the coaching staff of a sport program at the University at Buffalo, she and her tech team begin by meeting with the coaching staff asking how they can best enhance that program by tailoring technology to meet that sport’s needs, while saving the coaching staff valuable time. Does the football program need scouting videos?…

Ever interested to discover how the role of video analysis is evolving in sport, Dartfish interviewed José Ehrbar who, for the past two years, has been the video analyst at the Association Suisse de Football (ASF). Before taking over this important role, he was a U15-U16 coach at the ASF Training Center in Payern for 12 years. José, please tell us more about your role Of course I film and tag the national team’s games but also I create content for our video database, including footage of talented players for talent ID and training sessions for our coaching education needs. I create reference video analyses for our elite football coaches who work with young players from U12 to pro. Actually, 60% of the analysis is for players outside of Switzerland so dartfish.tv is proving extremely useful in the coaching and learning process of our elite players. After 2 years, we…

In his 2013 Summer internship, SUNY Cortland senior and Dartfish Certified Technologist, Matt Martone teamed up with CJ Stewart, the founder and CEO of Diamond Directors Player Development. His boss has built a reputation as one of the leading professional hitting instructors in the country. He is a former professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs and has also served as an area scout for the Cincinnati Reds. As founder and CEO of Diamond Directors Player Development in Atlanta, GA, CJ has over 12 years of player development experience, building an impressive list of clients, including some of the top young prospects in baseball today. Dartfish questioned Matt on their use of Dartfish and here is what we discovered. How did you use Dartfish and how did it benefit Diamond Directors? “At Diamond Directors, Dartfish software primarily provides clients with immediate feedback on their swing. Like most athletic movement, repeating…

Quite a few of you have been asking “What makes Dartfish Express better than other video analysis apps?” Well, the fact is that I have several great apps on my phone and all are striving towards perfection according to their own definitions of perfect. The simple, if enigmatic, answer is “Express is not better, it’s different!” Okay, I know that isn’t what you were hoping for, so I’ll try again but let me say straight up that any attempt at a feature comparison will quickly make this article yesterday’s news. Instead, let me explain what Dartfish is trying to accomplish with Express and you can decide if it’s what you need. A different approach to video analysis An Express video analysis is based around the still shot – that critical moment where something can be improved or something can be learned. In technique analysis, most activities have these moments: “Get…