User manual for Smartcoach

1. Tutorial Smartcoach
Smartcoach
Smartcoach
Manual
First Steps in Real
Time Edition
Tutorial Smartcoach
Soccer / Futsal / Handball / Roller Hockey
www.videobserver.com

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Configuration
Login
1. Set the language in “Change Language”
2. Login into your account
• User: the same email as in www.videobserver.com
• Password
Note: The login credentials needed to login in Smartcoach
are the ones used to access www.videobserver.com
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Configuration
Create an Observation System
1. Click on the SC logo to open the Smartcoach menu (SC)
2. Select “Custom Action Settings”
3. Click “Create New Custom Action” to create a Custom Action
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4. • Normal - click to start the clip and to stop the clip, being a more manual mode
• Quickfire – the clip is recorded when you click with seconds before and
seconds after the click
• Auto on – click to initiate and end the clip recording, with the clip being recorded
with seconds before the click
Additional Options
• Show Counter – shows the number of times an action was clicked
• Show Timer – shows the time duration of the number of times an action was
clicked
Example: “Offensive Org” was clicked 99 times, with duration of 99 minutes
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Create a New Custom Action
1. Give the action a name
2. Set the action button color in “Pick Color”
3. Set the record mode: Normal, Is Quickfire or Auto On
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Recording Modes
Tempo de ação
Action moment (click)
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Configuration
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Setting Up Individual Actions Menu
1. Open Smartcoach Menu (SC)
2. Go to “Field Action Settings”
3. Individual Actions Menu will appear similarly to the following image
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Create an Individual Action’s Grid
VideObserver created an innovative system to register actions that not only makes all
the process very intuitive and easy but also offers the coach different results from
individual statistic to team reports.
Button Configuration
1. On the “Select Actions” tab, choose the actions you want to
analyze during the match. The chosen actions will be added
to the grid (region identified by )
2. Organize the grid according to your preferences:
- Arrange actions – To trade places between actions just
click on the actions you wish to trade places. For
example, click on action “Miss Shot” and then click
on action “Wrong Pass” and they will trade places
automatically.
- Edit Name and Color
- Hold the left mouse button on the action you want to
edit
- Change name and/or color and press “Ok”
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Start Analyzing
Create a match
1. Click “New Match”
2. Select an online created team or create a new one
3. To create a new team press “New”
4. Create Players using the “New Player” icon
5. Fill in the blank gaps with the player information
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Create a match
Team Management
1. After selecting the team and players you need to indicate the
starting line up and the substitutes
2. Click once on the selected player. It will change colors, from grey
(not summoned) to green (summoned)
3. Click again on the player to put him on the starting line up. It will
change from green to orange (starting line up)
4. Setting the player as substitute or part of the starting line up is
useful as this information can be measured to calculate the
playing time of each player
5. Players marked as grey are not available during the match
6. Press “Continue Game” to move to the match screen
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Real Time Analysis
Marking Individual Actions
To change the team’s side click on the following button
As soon as the referee begins the match, press “Touch to Start” on the field.
Marking an Individual Action
1. When the action occurs, click on the field where the action just took place
2. Select the player involved in the action (In the example: no. 3 – Pepe)
3. Select an action from the grid (In the example, “Goal”)
4. In the case of “Goal” point out the goal area where the ball entered
5. The action is automatically registered
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Marking Custom Actions
Before marking a custom action, be aware of which team is
selected. You can select each team by clicking on the Team’s
Name .
In the example, the selected team is Portugal.
Mark a Quickfire Action
If Quickfire is enabled just click on the custom action when the
action occurs so it is automatically registered.
Mark an Auto-On action
Click on the custom action when it occurs and click again when it
is over.
Show the marked actions / Delete an action
1. Go To “Custom Action List”
2. Delete the action by clicking on
3. Go to “Custom Stats” to see the action’s statistics
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Real Time Analysis

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Save and synchronize with the Cloud
Upload to the Cloud (requires an Internet connection)
In order to take the most of Smartcoach we suggest synchronizing
the Smartcoach account with the Cloud account. To do that, be
sure to have an Internet connection and press “Send” . In case
there is always an Internet connection available enable the “Auto
Send” option in the SC menu which automatically synchronizes
the data.
Save the match in your device (does not require Internet)
1. Go to the Smartcoach Menu
2. Click “Save Match to Device”
You also have the option the see the statistics in “Stats”
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Real Time Analysis
Live game information
To access the
information you just
registered go to
“Stats” in the SC
menu
Select the actions you
want to see
Filter by team, player
position or player
Open the match
statistics
Switch between Heatmaps and
Actions
Breakdown data by course of play.
All actions are oriented towards one
direction
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