4thCoach turns a single phone video of your player into a short feed of coaching findings — each one a looping moment, a plain-language cue, and a drill to work on. You don’t need any equipment beyond your phone.

First analysis in three steps

  1. Record or import a video. Tap the + button on the library home and choose Record a clip to film with your camera, or import a video you already shot. One move works best — a swing, a pitch, a serve — about 5 to 10 seconds of one athlete, head to feet in frame, phone held still. A whole game or a full practice won’t work. 4thCoach coaches one move at a time, so a long video has to be trimmed to a single move before it’s analyzed. The app says this the first time you record or import, and you can re-read it any time from How to film a great clip on the import screen.
  2. Your clip uploads and analyzes. A fresh recording starts uploading and analyzing on its own — there’s no separate Analyze tap for a fresh recording. An imported clip starts analyzing when you confirm the import with Add & analyze. Findings typically appear in 30–90 seconds, each anchored to the exact moment it’s about.
  3. Add your player when 4thCoach asks. Once your first findings are in, if you haven’t added a player yet, 4thCoach prompts you to name the player right there in the feed — auto-detecting the sport and skill either way. After that, you can attribute future clips to a player right away, or leave one unassigned and tag it later.
4thCoach library home screen: a grid of clips with READY badges and the + capture button in the bottom-right corner
The library home — the + button is where your first video starts.
Library grid with a just-added clip greyed out and marked Analyzing, under an Analyzing-in-background banner
Your clip uploads and analyzes on its own — findings usually land in 30–90 seconds.

If something doesn’t look right

  • Analysis is taking longer than usual: most clips finish in the 30–90 second window, but a longer clip or a slow connection can take a bit more. It keeps running in the background even if you leave the screen.
  • Wrong sport detected: see How do I fix a wrong sport?.