One of the questions I get a lot is about how to do video analysis.  Believe it or not, I don’t have any fancy video equipment – just an old mini-dv camcorder and computer programs that were either free or hand-me-downs.

Last week I received the following:

“What program do you use to sync the videos when comparing swings? I am giving hitting lessons and would like to show my hitters not only before and after but compare their swings to others”

My first piece of advice is to go to this site and download the free version of V1 Home.

If you have figured out how to log on to a computer and use email, you should be able to figure this out without a problem.  It’s about the easiest program I’ve found to use – especially for free.

Plug your camcorder into your computer and you can run live video, capture and show your players instantly….give your bit of instruction, and moments later you can show a split screen comparison to see improvements or not.  It has different slo-mo speeds and frame by frame, forward and backward.

This is the type of thing I did often with players while working in Atlanta.  See softball 1 for an example.

If you’re into drawing all sorts of confusing lines and shapes, you can do that with the program also.  Have fun.