Imagine being able to break down every stroke, review body position, and spot areas for improvement —all in slow motion and from multiple angles! Video analysis apps like Onform make this possible and are quickly becoming a must-have for swim coaches everywhere. Swim coaches at every level, from local club teams to top NCAA programs and beyond, are using Onform. Here are five reasons why you need to consider adding video analysis to your coaching toolkit to improve your swimmers’ form and make your life as a coach easier.
1. Break Down Technique
Video analysis lets you slow things down—literally. With tools like slow-motion playback and frame-by-frame analysis, you can examine each stroke, start, and turn in incredible detail. This helps you catch those small details you might miss with just the naked eye during a live swim. Whether it’s perfecting turns or improving hand entry, you can provide specific feedback that leads to real improvement.
2. Show, Don’t Tell
Sometimes swimmers need to see it to understand it. With Onform, you can show them exactly what’s happening in the water. Swimmers can watch their own videos back in slow motion, and with multi-angle recording, they can see their form from multiple angles. Sharing these videos with swimmers and parents helps everyone understand exactly what they need to work on.
3. Track Progress Over Time
Onform allows you to save and track videos over time, so you can easily compare past videos side-by-side with more recent performances. This shows athletes how far they’ve come and reinforces the effectiveness of their hard work and your coaching strategies. You’ll be able to customize practices as their needs evolve, making your coaching even more effective.
4. Analysis Tools for Personalized Feedback
One-size-fits-all training doesn’t work when you’re trying to shave off hundredths of a second in a 50 free. Onform’s tools make it easy to share personalized, video-based feedback with each swimmer. With tools like a built-in stopwatch and annotation features, you can really analyze specific aspects of each swimmer’s technique—whether it’s hand entry, stroke count, or flip turns. Then, with the communication tools, you can share all of the analysis markups and add voice-over commentary so they can review after practice on their own.
5. Save Time (for you, and for your swimmers!)
As a coach, you’re trying to run practices and communicate with parents and swimmers, so the idea of adding something else can feel like a lot. Onform’s easy-to-use platform is designed to make your life as a coach easier, not create more work. From recording to analysis and communication, everything you need is in one place to record, analyze, and share videos with your swimmers inside of the app. You can focus on coaching, and your swimmers will become more efficient with their starts, strokes, and turns so they can shave time off their best events.
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