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get set up with
sportsense.
A short guide for Climbing Escalade Canada coaches. Day to day, coaching in sportsense is three steps at the wall: capture the attempt, compare and analyze it, and share it back to your athletes.
New to sportsense? Set up the app first
Three Steps,
Every Session.
Setup is a one-time thing, and it is waiting at the bottom of this page if you still need it. Day to day, coaching in sportsense is just these three steps at the wall.
Capture
Film the attempt and say who is on the wall and what they are working on. sportsense tags it from your voice and the clip files itself. Jump to capture.
Compare & Analyze
Put two attempts side by side or lay one over the other, and break the difference down frame by frame. Jump to compare.
Share
Post it into the feed with your feedback attached, so the athlete can go back to it later. Jump to share.
Capture
Video.
Film the attempt and talk while you film. sportsense transcribes what you say, tags the athlete and the movement from your voice, and files the clip by athlete, skill, and date.
2.1
Film with the sportsense Camera
- Open the sportsense camera and record the attempt.
- As you film, say the athlete's name and what they are working on, for example "Maya, heel hook on the crux". That single sentence is what does the tagging, and it becomes the description without you typing a word of it.
- When you post, the app auto-tags the actions and the athletes from your audio and files the clip by athlete, skill, and date. The Climb tag comes from the feed's sport.
- Anything it cannot place lands in an Untagged group, so it is quick to tidy up later.
2.2
Bring in Clips You Already Have
You do not have to film everything in the app. Footage already on your phone, or shot on a competition camera and airdropped over, works the same way once it is in your library.
- Bring clips in from your phone to your sportsense library.
- When you are in a feed, tap the plus in the bottom right to add media from your phone or straight from your library.
- Video added to a feed is organized automatically by the audio in the clip, so if you talked over it while filming, it still tags itself.
- Filter by Type, User, and Date in the top menu to sort your library, including by tags.
- Long press a media item for more actions.
Compare &
Analyze.
Telling an athlete their hip was further from the wall on the second go is an opinion they have to take on trust. Showing them the two attempts stacked on top of each other is not.
3.1
Compare Two Clips Side by Side
- Tap a video to open it in the analyzer, from either your library or a feed.
- Select the black and white square in the bottom menu to turn on compare, then pick the second clip.
- Swipe left or right to move between library videos while you are in the analyzer.
- Line the two clips up on the same moment using the haptic scroller to pinpoint it, then frame-by-frame for precision.
Two attempts on the same problem is the obvious pairing, but comparing an athlete against a teammate who has the beta working, or against their own send from a month ago, tends to land harder.
3.2
Overlay with Ghost Mode
Ghost mode lays one clip directly over the other rather than putting them next to each other, and it is turned on from inside compare.
- Turn on compare first, then select ghost mode.
- It works best with fixed cameras, or with head and body tracking of the athlete.
- Use it for direct technique comparisons, where you want the difference between two attempts to be unmissable.
Share to a
Feed.
Feedback given at the wall is heard once and half remembered by the drive home. Posting the clip into the athlete's feed with your notes attached turns the same feedback into something they can go back to on their own, and into a record of how they are progressing.
4.1
Three Ways to Share a Clip
- From the analyzer: once you have recorded your feedback, the app opens share on its own. Choose the feed you want it to go to, or select the + in the top right if you do not have one yet.
- Direct from the library: long press a video and select share in the bottom left.
- Within a feed: tap the chat button, then the attach button in the bottom right.
You can also set the sportsense camera to send clips to a chosen feed as you record, using the green arrow in the bottom right, which skips this step entirely for anything that does not need analysis first.
4.2
Add Feedback When You Post
When you post a clip to a feed, select Add Feedback to layer your coaching notes onto the video before it goes out.
- Select Add Feedback when posting a video to a feed.
- Make any final edits to the video, and write the description or dictate it with Voice to Text.
- Actions and athletes are tagged from your voice or the audio in the video, and you can always select tags manually, which is what the app is prompting for in the screenshot while climbing's library is still being built.
- The sport is tagged automatically when the feed already has one set, which is why the posted clip carries Climb without anyone adding it.
Getting
Set Up.
New to sportsense? This is the one-time setup: get the app on your phone, create a feed, and add your athletes. A feed is a private group where video and feedback move between a coach and their athletes, so nothing you film ends up scattered across a camera roll. Once it is done, you are into the loop above.
1.1
Download & Sign Up
- Download sportsense from the App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android) using the buttons below.
- Open the app and tap Sign Up.
- Enter your name, email address, and a password.
- Verify your email if prompted, then log in.
- You now have an account and can create your first feed.
1.2
Create a Feed
- Tap the Share tab at the bottom of the app (the rightmost icon).
- Tap the + button in the top right corner to create a new feed.
- Give the feed a name.
- Optionally add a cover image, and set the sport to Climb so everything posted to the feed carries that tag without anyone adding it.
- Tap Create to finish setting it up.
One feed per squad or per athlete both work. Squad feeds suit camps and training blocks where everyone benefits from seeing the same beta, and individual feeds suit athletes you are tracking through a season.
1.3
Add Your Athletes
How you invite an athlete depends on whether they already have sportsense.
If they already have the app:
- Open the feed and tap the feed title at the top to open feed settings.
- Tap Invite or Add Member.
- Show the QR code and let them scan it to join instantly, or copy the invite link and send it.
If they have not downloaded it yet:
- Open feed settings and tap Invite or Add Member.
- Select the email option.
- Enter their email address and send the invite, and they will get a link to download the app and join the feed.
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