We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Dartfish UK User Conference will take place on Thursday, 16th September, at the Leeds Metropolitan University.

Learn the latest tips and tricks, share best practices, take part in hands-on activities, discuss your needs with our consultants and experts, make sure that you are getting the most out of your Dartfish investment and how you can benefit from the fully integrated Dartfish video solution.

There are some great speakers lined up for this, especially in sports. Could be a great chance to catch a cheap flight over the Leeds and meet some fellow Dartfishers…. and maybe even learn some new tricks.

For those feeling more adventurous you could always fly out to Colorado Springs for the US user Conference.

Dartfish USA User Conference at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, from August 12 to 14, 2010.

Enjoy beautiful Colorado Springs and the world class US Olympic Training Center, while learning new ways to make Dartfish work for you!

During this 2 1/2 day conference, meet with other Dartfish Power Users from all disciplines - coaches, trainers, business owners, professors, physical therapists and more.

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Quick post just to say congrats to 2 Dartfishers at the weekend. Cork Ladies won in Croke Park on Sunday by the narrowest of margins against a fellow Dartfish team Dublin.

Clonakilty won the Cork title for the first time in 13 years on Sunday. Well done to Brendan Smyth and Co. at the club. I’m sure Clon will be looking to go as far as possible in the All Ireland Championship.

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Just a quick note to say good luck to both Cork ad Dublin in this weekends Ladies GAA Football Final. Video Analysts for both teams have been hard at it all season and we wish them luck on the big day.

This is Dublin Ladies 3rd season using Dartfish and Cork’s first (with the help of Len Browne).

Unfortunately there can be only one winner but at least that will guarantee Dartfish it’s first All Ireland Ladies title.

Best of luck to both teams.

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I got the following email from a colleague in the UK today. I just wanted to share it with everybody.

“I received a call a few weeks ago from an Track and field agent. He said one of his athletes had specifically requested the use of Dartfish and would like to meet.

A few days later I demonstrated Dartfish to the coaches/athletes and management team.  I showed two runners in the analyser and concentrated on the side by side/blend and reversing one picture to synch up their direction of travel.

They are now the proud users of 3 Team Pro’s

The athlete in question:

 Mr Usain Bolt. Olympic Champion and World Record Holder for the 100m and 200m.

It is marvellous to see an athlete who has ran 9.69sec for the 100m and 19.30 for the 200m still believes he can improve.  Complacency is the downfall of any champion and it is a scary thought for others who do not see the benefit of analysing their technique leading up to the 2012 Olympics.

This man will go faster with the help of Dartfish.”

If you need help getting more out of your Dartfish system or want to get started with Dartfish, drop me an email. robert.carroll@tocasports.com

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This an idea of having a few key players involved in a ‘tactics team’. A group of players who the management discuss openly the tactics of the team and how to achieve the best results.

Basically a few players are chosen from the team, for example in rugby a few from the backs and a few from the forwards, to represent the players on a tactics panel. I think this is a fantastic idea for a number of reasons.

1. Not every player understands tactics. I know they all should but we all know the players, in any sport, who just seem to get things done. Sometimes those players work best with their head clear of information.

2. Not every player likes responsibility. Although all players should (and the top ones do) take responsability not all players like it. Removig this burden might free up some people to play in a more relaxed state.

3. Too many cooks…. maybe only having a few players fully immersed in the tactics along with the management and staff means that more can be achieved in a shorter period of time. Leaving more time to practice what you have learnt.

4. By having a few key decision makers on the pitch means that the responsibility does not just lie with the captain or the manager. In any sport the possibility of picking up an injury is common, it’s important to have a number of key decision makers on the pitch at all times.

5. The players have a say! Having a small group will probably invite more interaction between players and coaches and should lead to more formulated plan on how to play the game.

I know many teams will have an informal ‘Tactics Team’ but maybe you should make it more formal and announce to everyone who is on it and the function it is there to serve. Organise to have at least one tactics meeting with the panel between big games. You don’t have to break out the video analysis each time maybe a whiteboard and some markers will help get the point across.

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Came across this video today on YouTube. It’s from the Canadian Sports Centre where they train their high performance athletes. Some interesting use of the Performance Analysis Technology (including Dartfish). I really liked the look of the eye movement camera. Must google that later.

Anyway - here’s the video hope you enjoy.

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IMG Academies have just decided on Dartfish as their tool of choice in their various academies. Dartfish Video Analysis is being implemented into The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, the IMG Soccer Academy, the IMG Baseball Academy, the IMG Basketball Academy, the IMG Swimming Academy and the IMG Performance Institute.

These academies are some of the highest profile academies in world sport and it is great to see they have chosen Dartfish.

The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy “War Room”

Thirty-one of our courts are equipped with state-of-the-art video cameras to capture match play. All content from the cameras are fed into the “War Room” where our coaches can analyze our student’s on-court performance. Coaches then work one-on-one with students to help them reach the apex of their game, with video assisting in the communication process.

Match Analysis

In addition to Dartfish, the IMG Soccer Academy will also use Match Analysis to dig deeper into the strategy of the game. Match Analysis indexes and categorizes every touch by every player during a match and provides coaches with cutting-edge tools for analysis, player development, scouting and video archiving.

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A lot of people think Video analysis is just for Senior inter-county teams but that’s not true at all. I have been involved in video analysis since 2003 and have carried out a lot of analysis and presented back to teams of all levels and age groups. I think video analysis, if used correctly, can have the biggest impact on juvenile players. They are much more receptive to new things and they love being able to see themselves on TV - it adds a great level of motivation for the players. 

Cost will always be an issue for any club. I have recently installed Dartfish into a club side in Meath. They very early understood that the software could be used by much more than just the senior team. They only have Dartfish 3 months but have already had 5 people trained up on the system and are using with football, hurling and juvenile teams. When you spread the investment in video analysis throughout a club like Donaghmore Asbourne have you are not long in getting your money back in spades (or trophy’s).

The other thing is that if you don’t want to take the plunge and invest in performance analysis software at this stage you can always get a game analysed. Simply send us a DVD of your last mach or maybe an upcoming opponent and we can analyse the match for you. A cheap and effective way to get involved in video analysis.

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Well Derry and Monaghan really went at it on Sunday. Only saw highlights of the game last night on the Sunday game but the analysts weren’t happy. Unfortunately in this battle of 2 Dartfishers there could only be one winner. Johnny Bradley of SINI is the Performance Analyst with Monaghan and Brendan McRory with Derry.

I’m sure both analysts were hard at it in the build up to the game.

Best of luck to Brendan and Derry in the Ulster Championship, and I’m sure that won’t be the last we see of Monaghan in this year’s All Ireland Championship.

Tags: Dartfish, derry, johnny bradley, monaghan, performance analyst, sini, Video Analysis
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Just wanted to draw your attention to the Stats work done by the Irish News on a Monday. Each week they take a featured game and analyse it. They produce some really good stats from the game and it gives you a great idea of where the game was one or lost.

This is a picture from the latest game Fermanagh v Down. The Score origin is a good stat to look at. Basically do teams tend to score from Kickouts won or dispossessing the opposition. I know Kerry and Tyrone have very different approaches on this one.

Unfortunatley they charge for the content but you can check out the article at http://www.irishnews.com/appnews/597/5776/2009/5/18/617809_381687959482McGrathfe.html

Tags: Dartfish, Down, Fermanagh, Irish News, Monday Stats Box, stats, Video Analysis
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