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User Guide (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) |
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Windows Mobile
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Step 1 - Setting up a match
Start ProTracker Tennis from the icon.
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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
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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.
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The first time you run ProTracker you will be prompted for
your name and to choose Settings, we'll look at these later. |
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Step 2 - Tracking

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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: |
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Tap Server End - Tap on the end of the court from which the server
will serve.
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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).
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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. |
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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. |
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Tracking will stop automatically when the match is
won or lost. Or, if the match ends prematurely tap the 'Early End' menu
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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.

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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. |
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Step 4 - Analyzing a match |
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The Analyze button can be used during or at the end of the match. The
following types of analysis are currently provided on the iPhone version:
- Stats - Scatter Diagrams - Momentum Chart
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Stats - Detailed statistics can be shown, which can be filtered by
Set if required. There are some options as to how
Stats are counted: Serve Winners can be separated or they are counted with
other Winners Forcing an Error; Forcing Error Winners can be separated or
counted just as Winners.
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Scatter Diagrams – Serves, Returns and Key Shot directions and
outcomes can be viewed graphically. For Returns and Key Shots a line is drawn from the shot
position to the bounce position, at which a coloured ball is shown (green
for winner, red for out etc) - a key can be displayed if required. Filters
let you select the player, shot, set and game score - so that you can
home-in on particular aspects of the play. Useful information can be
obtained from the displays, such as which shots are producing errors and
where winners are coming from. Numerical Counts and %ages can be overlaid on
top of the shots. By default shots from each end are grouped
together but they can be separated if required - for example, to illustrate
the affect of a strong wind. |
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Momentum Chart - The flow of points in the match can be seen to
pick out momentum swings and turning points. Often an incident during a
match, such as a disputed line call or long deuce game, can change the
outcome - this chart helps identify this and graphically illustrate it to
the player. Each time the player named at the top left of the screen wins a
point a line is drawn diagonally upwards, and downwards when the other
player wins a point. The score and set times are shown along with any
comments that were recorded, and the line colour reflects which player is
serving. You can also Overlay shot outcomes on the chart; coloured balls as
on the Scatter Diagrams are used. Serves and Returns are shown near the
player names and key shots along the match flow line - these enable you to
see at what stages in a match points are being decided by winners or by
errors, and the impact of serves. |
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Settings, Data and Options
The Options > Settings menu option lets you define the level of tracking you want to
do. Two tabs are provided:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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