FA Learning Coaching Tool User Guide Ver 1.0 ........... 5 Load Exercise............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Application Download................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 The Pitch Hoarding.......................... 14 Play............................ 6 Save Session As ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Snapshot ......................................................................2 Installation ........................................................................................................................................ 1..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Home Kit ..................................................................................................................... 9 Team Players.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Info-Palette ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Goals ............. 12 Add Pause........ 6 Feedback ...... 16 FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver......................................................................... 14 Playback buttons ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 The Menu ............................. 3 Application Launch ............. 7 Teams.......................................................................................................................... 6 Save Session .............................................. 11 The Timeline ......0 2 ....................................................................................................... 15 Play Speed ......................................................................................................... 10 Balls...................................................................................................................... 14 Stop ................................ 10 Cones and Flags............................ 9 Non-Team Players......................................................................................................... 8 Away Kit ................ 6 The Bench ............ 13 Delete Frame/Pause ...................................................................12 Add Frame .................................................................. 6 Quit................................................................................................. 9 Referee ................................... 9 Assistant Referee ...................... 6 Pitch Zoom ..................................................................................Software .....3 New Session ......................... 1GB RAM • Fedora 8.5 • 512MB of RAM LINUX • Intel® Pentium® III 1GHz or faster processor. you agree to the conditions outlined below. 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On pressing the New button.The Menu The menu is a simple toolbar across the top of the screen containing the following command buttons. Normal Pitch Five-a-side Futsal Mini Soccer Training Selecting any of these options with a single click will return the coach to the FA Coaching Tool interface where the chosen pitch will be displayed ready for a new exercise to be created. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. If there’s an existing exercise already loaded then coaches will be presented with the option to save or discard it prior to continuing. New Session The New session button allows the user to create a new blank exercise based on one of five official pitch types. the user can select one of the following pitch types. All sessions need to be saved as a type ‘. For example.Load Exercise Clicking on the load button allows the user to open previously saved sessions. Feedback Clicking the feedback button provides the user with information on how to suggest improvements to the tool and also request assistance. Save Session If a session has already been saved. 1. . This will load the saved exercise into the main application window and allow the user to continue working on the exercise.bmp). pressing this button will save any additions since the last save. Should a session be loaded. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. Pitch Zoom Clicking the pitch zoom buttons allows the user to zoom In and Out of the session. CoachinSession1.442’ file. .jpg. and save the exercise in their preferred location. If an exercise has not been saved previously then clicking the save button will launch a standard Save Session dialog box where the user will be given the option to save the file to a default folder or alternatively navigate to. Snapshot Clicking the Snapshot button will allow coaches to save a snapshot of the current step as a standard image format (.442 Save Session As Clicking the Save as button will allow coaches to save an additional copy of the session.gif.0 6 . users will be provided with the option to save or discard the active exercise. Quit Clicking the quit button will enable users to exit the application. It is split into three main sections. Participants.0 7 . 1. they all have the following attributes (editable depending on the type of participant). All participants are represented by circular discs with ‘boots’ to indicate the direction they are facing. the InfoPalette allows the attributes of any selected item to be edited. Equipment (includes Non-Team Players and Officials) and the Info-Palette. Participants Participants are the players and officials that take part in an exercise. Officials consist of one “Referee” and two “Assistant Referees”.The Bench The Bench is the toolbar on the left hand side of the pitch area. Name: Name or nickname of player Shirt Colour: Colour of shirt worn by player Shorts Colour: Colour of shorts worn by player Number: Squad number of player (must be unique in a team) Number Colour: Colour of number on shirt worn by player Direction: Direction player is facing (indicated by ‘boots’) FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. Players and Equipment are dragged from The Bench and placed into the exercises. Some players are part of a home or away team and are known as “Team Players”. Additional players are also available which are not part of a team and are known as “Non-Team Players”. 1. Each team can be personalised and identified by the colour of their shirt. boots and squad number. Only when the relevant team icon is selected (located at the very top of bench area) will all the players in that team be highlighted and the entire team’s attributes editable in the Info-Palette.0 8 .Teams There are two teams (home and away) consisting of a squad of up to16 players. Home Kit FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. shorts. Non-Team Players Non-Team players have none of the restrictions of team players. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver.By default. Their individual kit colours cannot be changed (as they are part of a team) and only one of each of this type of player can exist at a time. the original space on The Bench that was occupied by that player will be greyed out. Once a team player has been dragged to the pitch. one face down. Each team player can be named by clicking on the individual player and editing the default text. away team players will all display the England away kit and face down the pitch. the same number (or even no number) and there can be as many of them as the coach wants on the pitch. Each one can have a completely different kit colour. 1. Users can select their preferred kit colours using the colour palette and there is an option to save the changes as the team default colours. Away Kit By default.0 9 . Team Players Team players are members of either the home or away teams. all in different kits. . two default non-team players are provided. If the player is on the pitch then he can also be rotated by selecting the player and clicking the left and right arrows. his name and player number will still be visible. To speed up the design of sessions. Referee Only one Referee can be dragged on to the pitch and the only editable attributes for a referee are his shirt and number colour. home team players will all display the England home kit and face up the pitch. one face up. 0 10 . However. goal types will correspond to the type of pitch that it is being dragged on to. When selected the attributes of each object are editable in the Info-Palette. Any number of these objects can be placed onto the pitch. the only editable attributes are the shirt. Balls Ball colour and power can be controlled by right clicking on the ball once on the pitch or in the info palette) FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. All objects are rotated in 5-degree increments to make placement and connecting to other objects simpler. 1. Equipment The Equipment section contains the objects that can be placed onto the pitch area and used in the exercises.Assistant Referee Up to two Assistant Referees can be dragged on to the pitch. the goal icon in the equipment panel will always remain the same. Equipment can be deleted from the pitch by right clicking on the object and selecting Remove. as per the Referee. boots and number colour. shorts. Goals When dragged to the pitch area. Info-Palette The Info-Palette displays the attributes of any selected item and allows the relevant attributes to be modified.Cones and Flags The colour of the cones can be selected in the info palette. 1. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver.0 11 . When a timeline has too many frames to fit on a single screen the up and down arrows become active to indicate that the scroll bars can be used to scroll the timeline up and down bringing all the required frames into view. During playback all players and balls end up at their final positions specified in each frame at the same time. allowing the user to modify the Objects and Motion Lines. 1. Add Frame FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. The starting position is the ending position of the previous frame. Therefore players or balls with further to travel must move faster in the frame than those with less distance to cover. official or ball in turn to its ending position for the current frame. Clicking on a frame in the Timeline displays the contents of that frame on the pitch. The Info-Palette will also be active and contain instructions on how to use frames and pauses. The initial frame (frame 1) is just used to setup the starting positions of all the participants and equipment in the exercise.The Timeline The timeline shows all the frames that make up this exercise.0 12 . Every frame (except 1) contains the starting and ending positions of the participants and balls in that step. the coach then moves each player. increasing or decreasing the curve using arrows to the left and right of the initially straight line. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. This Motion path also indicates the path of movement in playback. When the motion path is selected. a notes area and a number of drawing tools are made activated in the Info-Palette. When the pause frame is selected. Officials and Balls have been repositioned and their paths of motion determined.Each Additional new frame will be added after the last frame in the exercise series and it will only be possible to add a new frame to the end of the sequence.0 13 . Using these tools and the notes window the user can annotate a particular point in the exercise. the user will have the ability to edit the path by clicking and dragging the motion icon. Add Pause A pause is a still frame that contains written and/or illustrated comments. 1. When dragged from their starting positions a ‘yellow’ line will be created between this and the ending position. Once a frame has been added Players. Once Players. further steps can be added in order to build up the session for ultimate playback. The drawing tools consist of a freehand highlighter tool plus a rectangular and a circular spotlight tool. Officials and Balls can be moved to a secondary location. A pause is added to enable the user to stop the animation of an exercise in order to bring attention to a certain topic or area of interest. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. pressing the button again will enable playback to the next pause and so on.During playback the animation will stop on a pause frame and display the annotations.0 14 . Playback buttons Three playback buttons and a Play Speed selector are available to view your interactive session. Delete Frame/Pause Clicking the relevant delete icon will delete the selected frame or pause from the timeline. The user can also start the session at any point within their session by selecting the appropriate frame before the play button is clicked. 1. playback will continue when the play icon is pressed. If annotations have been added to a pause an icon will be added to the pause frame in the Timeline to indicate this. Play The first playback button will provide playback of frames up to a pause. Once playback has cease at the pause. FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver. 1.Stop The second playback button allows the user to stop the playback button. Play Speed Each session can be viewed at one of four different speeds by selecting the appropriate icon.0 15 . This will automatically reset to the first frame in the Timeline. 1.0 16 .The Pitch Hoarding The pitch hoarding allows the user to navigate to the following websites and gain further information on: The Football Association FA Learning The FA Coaches Association The FA Learning Shop Full Time. The FA’s League Administration System FAL Coaching Tool Software – User Guide ver.