First-practice checklist

The first time you bring RepRecap to a real practice, the gym is the wrong place to discover that you forgot to grant camera permission or that your tripod height is wrong.

Run through this once before practice and you'll be set.

The night before

• Open RepRecap. Tap Start, see the live feed, tap Stop. (Confirms camera permission is granted.)
• Tap the Team tab. Make sure your athletes are entered. First names are enough.
• Charge the iPad to 100%.
• Pack: the iPad, the tripod, the tablet mount, a power cable, a wall charger.
• Optional: Pack the Apple TV + monitor kit if you're bringing one.

At the gym, before athletes arrive

• Set up the tripod somewhere out of ball-path.
• Mount the iPad in landscape. Check that the tablet mount is tight.
• Set the iPad height to roughly chest height of your athletes.
• Plug the iPad into power if practice will be over 30 minutes.
• Open RepRecap. Tap Start.
• Stand where an athlete will stand. Use a friend, an assistant coach, or just imagine.
• Walk back to the iPad. Does the framing look right? Adjust if not.
• Optional: If using AirPlay, mirror to the TV now and confirm it's working. See AirPlay to a TV.

During the first drill

• Set the delay slider to a reasonable starting point (10 seconds for a hitting line, 5 seconds for stationary drills).
• After one or two reps, ask an athlete: "Can you see yourself?" If they say yes, you're set.
• After a rep that's worth keeping, tap Save. Just to confirm the workflow.
• Watch the iPad temperature in your hand. If it's noticeably warm after 15 minutes, plug it in for the rest of practice.

At the end of practice

• Tap Stop on the Record screen.
• Quickly scan the Library tab — how many clips do you have? Anything to tag right now while it's fresh?
• Unmount the iPad. Pack the tripod.

After practice (couch session)

• Open the Library. Tag clips to athletes if you didn't do it during practice.
• Add a one-line note to clips where the cue matters ("good platform", "late on transition").
• Delete any clips that didn't end up being interesting.

Things to try that aren't required

• Vary the delay between drills. A 5-second delay feels very different from a 20-second delay. Both are useful.
• Try a backward-facing setup. Filming the athlete from behind shows hips and footwork in a way no front view can.
• Try a TV review session at the end of practice. Pick three saved clips from across the practice and review them as a group on the TV.

Where to go next

• Recording and replay — the core daily loop.
• Saving clips — what Save actually captures.

Last updated 2026-05-11