Love it or hate it, with video analysis we have an extra 90+ minutes after the final whistle goes to take apart team and player performances.
This isn’t necessarily something new, video analysis has had many forms throughout many sporting codes from spying to fine tuning. As sportsmen and women watching ourselves and opponents is the same as the corporate studying their slides and prepping for that lucrative pitch or presentation.
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Recently due to the advancements in software and convenience of user-friendly mobile devices, the world of video analysis can and is being used right down to ground level clubs to improve player and team performance.
Teams can use this tool as a means to track player conditioning in various training exercises, but mostly the main aim and use of video analysis is to see how teams and individuals perform in match situations.
Here you can view player work rate and consistency on one hand and on the other you can view tactics and whether or not a team as a whole can adjust,
implement and stick to game plans for specific situations.
One such team who uses video analysis to advance their player and team performance is Remarkables FC, a ladies 5-a-side team based in Cape Town. Catching up with Tas Raza on the subject we were able to get an insight to the entire process, from collecting data to sharing it with the players.
It’s become apparent that the starting age for video analysis can be at your youngest player, this might seem like a no brainer statement, but often in club set ups the fancier training modalities are reserved only for the best players in the best teams.
While, at Remarkables FC Tas’ youngest player to use the analysis tool was 15 when she started. This opportunity gave the player early learning on self-analysis and self-grading ensuring that she would grow into a well-rounded, contributing member of the team, able to spot any weakness and remedy it in order to maintain success.
The delivery of the data to the various levels of players is important for the tool to be successfully utilized in the team. Feeding back to younger players entails a slightly different approach to feeding back to older players, the player or team on the receiving end of the
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