User Guide (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch)

Step 1 - Setting up a match

Start ProTracker Tennis from the icon.

Enter the players' names, or select them from the drop down lists (if you have tracked them previously).  For doubles matches use '+' or '&' symbols between the player's names. Then enter information about the match, the date (which defaults to today), the Event, court surface and match format.

Make sure the match format is correctly entered, especially the minimum number of games needed to win a set (usually 6), the number of sets and the format of the last set of the match (which is sometimes different from other sets, maybe just a tie-break).

After selecting the Court Surface you will be promted for a Court Color, tap the color you want.  It can also be changed from the Options button.

Tap the Start >>> button to start tracking.
 

The first time you run ProTracker you will be prompted for your name and to choose Settings, we'll look at these later.

Step 2 - Tracking

The Score screen is displayed. The first thing you must do is indicate which player is to serve first - Tap on the player's name.

Now tap the Continue >>> button.

A Tennis court will be displayed on the screen. If you are standing at the side of the court, rather than the end, just rotate the iPhone/iPod and in landscape mode prompts and menus will appear correctly.

During a match flashing text will indicate the action needed, as follows:

Tap Server End - Tap on the end of the court from which the server will serve.

First Serve and Second Serve - Tap or Touch-and-Move on the court on the position where the ball bounced (or hit the net) and select an option from the pop-up menu of outcomes that appears. (TIP: the first option in the list is usually the one required and it will be Tapped automatically for you after a short pause) To move the server position, Tap to the left or right of the racket. Tap on the Racket itself to record a Foot Fault.

Return Outcome – This prompt will appear only if you have chosen to track Serve Returns. If so, Tap or Touch-and-Move on the court at the position where the ball bounced (or hit the net), and select the option from the pop-up menu of outcomes that appears, the default option will indicate the ball was In. The position from where the Return was played is assumed from the angle and depth of the serve.

Key Shot - When the point ends decide if the key shot was an error or a winning shot, Tap or Touch-and-Move on the court at the position where the shot was played from. Two pop-up menus of shot types will appear in sucession from which the type of shot that was played can be entered. If you are tracking a doubles match, you will also first be prompted for the player's name who played the shot.
 

Shot Outcome - Tap or Touch-and-Move on the court at the position where the ball bounced (or hit the net), and select an option from the pop-up menu of outcomes that appears. (TIP: the first option in the list is usually the one required and it will be Tapped automatically for you after a short pause).
 

If you make a mistake Tap the small button by the net, and select Undo. You can press undo as many times as required to reverse multiple mistakes.

Other options are available from this button. You can record missed serves, returns, points or games - if you don't know who won the point or game that you missed, assign it to '?' and resume tracking - when you next discover the score record the missed Point or Game again against the correct player.

If players go to the wrong end or serve from the wrong end or the wrong player starts serving (which typically might happen after a tie-break set), you can follow this by pressing the Switch button.  And if the player's decide to play a tie-break unexpectedly, this can be indicated with the Set Tir-Break button.

An important aspect of tracking is to record comments for future reference. This can either be done from the score form (Actions menu), which is displayed at each change-of-ends, or on the court input form. Pre-defined comments can be entered by clicking on the drop-down list or you can tap-in a new comment (which will then be added to the pre-defined list for another time).  Tap the button with the player that the comment refers to on the pop-up dialog that appears. The comments will appear on the Momentum Chart.

At each change of ends the score screen will be displayed. On here is a summary set of stats. Press the Continue >>> button when the players resume.

Tracking will stop automatically when the match is won or lost. Or, if the match ends prematurely tap the 'Early End' menu option.

You can now E-mail the match to yourself or a coach who has the PC version of ProTracker Tennis, where the match can be fully analyzed and reports can be printed.  Press the E-mail Match button and enter the To address.

Step 3 - Saving and Loading matches

Every point tracked in a match is automatically saved to a match file - so you can save it or e-mail it for later analysis.

To load a saved match, enter the players names and the date of the match and tap the 'Load >>>' button. Alternatively you can browse for the match you want from the File > Browse menu option.

Settings, Data and Options

The Options > Settings menu option lets you define the level of tracking you want to do. Two tabs are provided:

Tracking Tab - Your name should be entered here, it is used on e-mails and to record who tracked the match.

If you dont select the option to Track Serves and Key Shots, only the score will be tracked - buttons will appear on the Score screen to tap-in the player who wins each point.  Typically this option would only be used by Umpires.

You can choose if you want to track Serve Returns for each player. It is recommended that you switch Return of Serve tracking off if you are having difficulties keeping up with the play.  Then turn it on again when you have more experience.

Shot Input Tab - This tab is used to manage how shots are input on the Court screen.  When you tap in the ball position on the court a number of options for the outcome are displayed - the defulat option (which is the first in the list) can be chosen automatically using either: Single tap, Double tap or after a short delay.  Choose the options here for this that you like - you may want to change them after tracking a few matches.

Because your thumb of finger would obscure the ball or racket position being input, options are provided when you touch-and-move your finger on the Court screen.  You can select to offset the touch point above (and to the side) of your finger, or you can show crosshairs.  Both or neither option can be selected.

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Data - lists are displayed for: Player names, Events, Court Surfaces, Comments and Other Information.  The appropriate list is displayed by tapping the small button next to each text box.  From each list you can select the text value required, or you can Add a new value or delete a value (by swipping over the text or by pressing the Delete button).

When you enter text directly into a field the value will be automaticaly added to the list, to save you typing next time its needed.

Options are availble at other times, to change the Court color, Line color and Text color - these may need to be changed if visibility is poor or yu need to save battery life.