If you think videotaping your athletes and team is a great idea then you should look into taking it one step further. There are many ways to use technology for player evaluations. One example is Dartfish Software.

With Dartfish Software you can transfer videos to your computer from a video camera, VCR, DVD player or television and play them back on your computer screen. From there you can modify the user interface with convenient features to help you define your own screen layout. You can capture the action of the game, and run video clips of either fixed or variable length. Dartfish Software makes it easier for you to locate and replay particular events, and select events from one or more games using simple queries or multicriteria searches. Then you can instantly replay clips just by clicking the mouse and create your own playback lists. The possibilities are endless!

With Dartfish Software you can make a tactical analysis adding lines and curves straight to the video. You can measure angles, distance and speed, use multiple stopwatches, and track objects automatically. When making a technical analysis of a particular player you can compare video clips in split-screen or overlay mode, view videos in zoom, close-up, slow-motion, or frame-by-frame mode, analyze a player’s movement in detail and even superimpose one athlete’s actions onto another’s for comparison.