The Video Package Manager enables analysts and media teams to enrich video packages and live streams with advanced visualisations derived from analyst-generated data, Vision AI, or other data sources. This includes Pitch Map and Ball Arrival overlays, which show the location of each delivery on a static pitch image. Analysts can also create a Release Point graphic, visualising each delivery from the batter's perspective. All graphics can be generated from any query in the Multi-Match Stats Wizard and added directly to a video package.
These visualisations are a valuable coaching tool for assessing a bowler's consistency, and identifying differences between bowlers, batters, sessions, innings and so on.
Create a Ball Pitch and Ball Arrival image in VPM
To create a Pitch and Arrival visualisation from Match Stats Wizard:
- Go to Statistics > Multi-Match Stats Wizard. The Select Matches dialogue opens.
- Filter to the Teams, Match Types, Competitions, Venues, Date Range etc that you need
- Select the matches you require
- Create a Stats Wizard query to filter the data according to your analysis needs
- Add your Ball Pitch and Ball Arrival image to Video Package Manager by opening the Play Video contextual menu and selecting Add Pitch Map and Beehive to Package
- A new ball clip is created and added to the Video Package Manager Timeline, containing a static image of all balls in the selected query. Note that only balls that have been coded with Pitch and Arrival data (from any source) are included
- From Video Package Manager you can control what elements you would like to display from Pitch Map, Ball Pitch, Ball Arrival and the Ball Arrival Grid
- Use the Colour by option to colour the elements by category, or select None for the default colour scheme. Available categories are:
- None (default colouring)
- Wickets
- Appeals
- Batting Hand
- Pace v Spin
- Power Play
- Session
- Innings
- Bowler (maximum of 11 can be displayed)
- Batter (maximum of 11 can be displayed)
- Add a Title and Sub-Title in the free text fields to give your viewers context for the image, such as the bowler's name, the query applied, or the match details
Create a Release Point image in VPM
The Release Point visualisation displays the position where the bowler released each delivery. This graphic provides a clear overview of a bowler's release consistency and can help identify variations in angle or crease usage.
Like the Pitch Map and Ball Arrival graphics, the Release Point visualisation can be created from any set of ball clips returned from the Match Stats Wizard or Multi-Match Stats Wizard.
To create a Release Point visualisation
- Go to Statistics > Multi-Match Stats Wizard. The Select Matches dialogue opens.
- Filter to the Teams, Match Types, Competitions, Venues, Date Range etc that you need
- Select the matches you require
- Create a Stats Wizard query to filter the data according to your analysis needs
- Add your Release Point image to Video Package Manager by opening the Play Video contextual menu and selecting Add Release Point to Package
- A new ball clip is created and added to the Video Package Manager Timeline, containing a static image of all balls in the selected query. Note that only balls that have been coded with Release Point data (from any source) are included
- From Video Package Manager you can control what elements you would like to display, e.g. the Ball Arrival Grid
- Use the Colour by option to colour the elements by category, or select None for the default colour scheme. Available categories are:
- None (default colouring)
- Wickets
- Appeals
- Batting Hand
- Pace v Spin
- Power Play
- Session
- Innings
- Bowler (maximum of 11 can be displayed)
- Batter (maximum of 11 can be displayed)
- Add a Title and Sub-Title in the free text fields to give your viewers context for the image, such as the bowler's name, the query applied, or the match details
The Release Point visualisation can be inserted anywhere within the video package and is often used at the start or end of a sequence of deliveries to summarise a bowler's release consistency.
You can also use Match Stats Wizard or the Ball by Ball panel to create a Multi-Ball Tracking compilation
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