Dartfish has an all-encompassing strategy to provide baseball and softball programs with a complete solution which provides coaches with the ability to scout upcoming opponents, develop a game plan and then execute a practice plan that simulates that game plan. We believe that coaches who use this integrated toolset will have a distinct advantage in developing their players and preparing them for competition during the regular season. As we move towards the Fall practice sessions, where the focus will be on player development, this blog will illustrate our practice tools and the new training methods that they will promote. The Dartfish practice toolset consists of two different tools. They are both unique and address the areas that are used to develop a players skills and prepare them for the regular season. Dartfish Express app for visual coaching The first part of the solution uses a mobile app called Dartfish Express. This, together…
Dartfish 8 introduces two new ways of recording the time of events: 1) Include the $(WallClock) function within the keyword property of tagging tools to record the time of day that the event occurred 2) Do the same with $(Gametime) to record the time from a match clock…
The frenetic sport of handball has a massive European following, with the kind of support and television coverage that you would expect for a sport of its popularity and therein lies a problem… if you are a female player. In common with many others among the world’s major…
Five timing and video lessons from equine sports for track coaches by Carl Valle from FreelapUSA Ask any track and field coach how much time they spend videoing their athletes and the answers will vary from, ‘None’ to ‘Every day’. With the rise of technologies and the ubiquitous availability of…
How accurate are angle and distance measurements made on video with Dartfish? That’s a question we are often asked and we hope that this study can go some way towards an answer. Moataz Eltoukhy, Shihab Asfour, Craig Thompson & Loren Latta in their paper Evaluation of the Performance of…
In the blink of an eye, there it is. A kick to the head that, as a spectator sitting back in the stands, you almost missed. That was a crucial three points for your player and now she takes the lead! This is the lightening fast excitement of…
Over the last several years, baseball and softball programs have used video tools, integrating game reports and video, to develop individual player’s skills, scout opponent tendencies and evaluate player’s performances in games. Dartfish has a full set of video tools providing individual player practice review, as well as…
It might surprise you to learn that Dartfish, so well-known in the fields of instruction and coaching, started its life as an invention for television. Simulcam proved itself as such an invaluable way for broadcasters to illustrate where alpine skiers made and lost ground that the Austrian national…