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Getting started Open the studio, install it as an app and load a match: your own data, or one of three open-data finals.
Touchline Analysis Studio Install Touchline Analysis Studio Drop your match data here Choose files · Choose a folder Or try an open-data match
Open it, and install it as an app touchlinelogic.com/analytics
Open touchlinelogic.com/analytics. Replaying a match is free and needs no account. Tap Install Touchline Analysis Studio. It opens full screen with its own icon, "TAS". No install button? iPad: Share → Add to Home Screen → Add. Chrome or Edge: the install icon in the address bar.
Account Free; needed only to save and share
Best on iPad or laptop, installed as the app Installed, the studio has the whole screen: no browser bars over the pitch. Drop your match data here StatsBomb · events + lineups JSON StatsBomb 360 frames (optional) Metrica · 2 tracking CSVs + events Opta F24 · coming next
Load your match data Studio · Drop your match data here
Drop the files on Drop your match data here, or use Choose files / Choose a folder. StatsBomb: the events and lineups JSON, plus 360 frames if you have them. Metrica: both tracking CSVs and the events CSV. The match rebuilds on the pitch in your browser. The same files always give exactly the same replay.
Today StatsBomb, Metrica
Coming Opta F24, plain CSV
Privacy Files stay in your browser until you save Add the 360 frames when you have them: more men are placed from the data, fewer by the engine. Or try an open-data match Argentina 3–3 France · 2022 Spain 2–1 England · 2024 Italy 1–1 England · 2021
Try an open-data final Studio · Or try an open-data match
No data yet? Pick one of the three finals under Or try an open-data match. Each comes with 360 frames, so it is the best way to learn every tool before your own matches.
Finals World Cup 2022 · Euro 2024 · Euro 2020
Data StatsBomb open data Argentina v France · 3–3 Save to my account Add data source Import another match
Save the match to your account Studio · above the pitch
Tap Save to my account. The match gets its own link and is there next time. Add data source adds more files to the same match. Import another match clears the studio for a new one. Save the match before you share scenes from it: Save scene & share stays greyed out until you do.
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Watching a match The replay puts the ball and the man on it exactly where the data says. Find the moment you want in seconds.
Playback Play · Step · Restart Speed: Instant · Fast · Natural Skip to 45' · 90' · ET · Full Match position ━━━━●━━━━
Play, step and skip The playback dock, bottom of the screen
Play or Pause; Step moves one frame; Restart goes back to kick-off. Speed: Instant, Fast or Natural. Skip to 45', 90', ET or Full: playback stops there, so you never run past your moment. Drag the Match position bar to scrub. Ticks mark the halves and the goals. Hide the dock with its arrow when presenting; the clock button brings it back. Key moments ▶ 00:00 Kick-off ◎ 08:41 Shot · Saved ⚽ 22:37 Goal ▮ 35:10 Card ⇄ 64:02 Substitution
Jump to a key moment Panels → Key moments, or the wheel
Open Key moments: every kick-off, goal, shot, save, card, substitution and penalty, with its clock. Tap one and the pitch jumps straight to it. Then Step frame by frame to the instant the decision was made. The decision usually sits a touch before the pass or the run you want to talk about. Cameras TV camera Behind goal High angle Free cam
Pick the camera for the point Wheel · camera buttons
TV camera: the broadcast view players recognise. Behind goal: depth, the back line, shots. High angle: the whole team shape and the spaces between lines. Free cam: any angle you set by hand. Zoom in, Zoom out and Night mode are on the wheel too. Keep one camera per topic. Players read a familiar view faster. Gestures 1 finger · turn (or draw) 2 fingers · turn, twist, pinch 3 fingers · slide across 2nd finger mid-stroke · camera wins
Touch gestures Anywhere on the pitch
One finger turns the pitch, or draws when a pen tool is picked. Two fingers turn it the same way; twist to spin, pinch to zoom. Three fingers slide the pitch across. A second finger during a stroke cancels the stroke and moves the camera instead. Stills Add a still Half · Clock 46:30 Tap the 4 corners (2 of 4) Tap each man Apply 1 still to the replay
Place players from your own stills Panels → Stills
Add a still: a whole-pitch photo or screenshot with the clock showing. Set the half and the clock, then tap the four corners of the pitch when asked. Tap where each man stands, then the ball. Apply the stills to the replay: men on a still are pinned there; the rest are drawn towards their next still.
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The control wheel Everything you use while presenting sits on one wheel that floats over the pitch. Put it where your thumb rests.
What is where on the wheel The floating wheel
Centre: your pen colour. Tap it for the style ring. Inner ring: the pen tools (Select & move, Pass, Run, Line, shapes, Label, Spotlight, Ring, Measure, Unit shape). Outer ring: your shortcuts, up to 12 actions you choose. Beside it: Undo, the grip to move it, the gear to customise and × to collapse.
Put the wheel where you want it Wheel · the grip
Drag the grip and the wheel goes anywhere on screen. × shrinks it to a small button; tap it to open the wheel again, or drag it to move it. The studio remembers where you left it. Park it under your thumb, and away from the side of the pitch the play is on.
Choose your shortcuts Wheel · the gear (Customise shortcuts)
Tap the gear, Customise shortcuts. Tick up to 12 actions for the outer ring, then Done. The studio and the tactics board keep their own sets.
Worth adding Cover shadows, Distances, Reset to actual, Clear all drawings
Colour, opacity, thickness, curve Wheel · tap the centre
Tap the centre of the wheel to open the style ring. Pick a colour from the fan, Saved colours, or Any colour for an exact shade. Slide Opacity, Thickness and Curve. For shapes, pick the fill: Solid, Hatch or Check. Save this colour keeps your club colours one tap away. 04
Analysing a moment Pause, tap Analyse this moment, and the pitch is yours to rearrange. The match underneath never changes.
Freeze the moment Wheel · Analyse this moment
Pause on the moment. Tap Analyse this moment. The ticker shows ANALYSIS and the pitch is yours. Every move you make is an edit: the real match is never changed. Turn on the overlay that proves the point before you change anything.
Drag the run he should have made Analysis · press, hold and drag a player
Press and hold the player and drag him along the run: curve it, double back, whatever the run is. Let go. He stays where you dropped him; a faint ghost marks where he really was. The run plays at once: he runs from his real spot along your path.
With the ball It goes with him
Undo Reset to actual puts everyone back
Drag the pass that was on Analysis · press, hold and drag the ball
Press and hold the ball and drag it where it should go; drop it on a player and it snaps to him. For a lofted ball, drag up the screen: the further up, the higher. The flight line shows the height. Let go. The pass flies straight away and its line stays on the pitch.
Turn his body or his head Analysis · tap a player, drag his handle
Tap a player to pick him. Drag his rotate handle: turning the body brings the head with it. The eye handle turns the head on its own: show the check over the shoulder he did not make. Cones and shadows follow where he faces, so a turn changes the picture.
Undo, and back to the real picture Wheel · Undo and Reset to actual
Undo takes back the last drawing. Reset to actual puts every player and the ball back where they really were. Seeking to another moment leaves analysis; your drawings stay until you clear them. 05
Drawing Arrows, shapes, spotlights, measures and labels, drawn in 3D on the grass so they stay put when the camera turns.
Pass, run and line arrows Wheel · inner ring: Pass, Run, Line
Pick Pass, Run or Line on the wheel and drag on the pitch. Pass: a solid arrow. Run: a dashed arrow. Line: no head. Freehand follows your pen and smooths the wobble out. 4 11 6 UP: LOB · SIDEWAYS: BEND
3-point arrows: straight, lofted, bent Pass or Run → wheel centre → 3-point
Pick Pass or Run, tap the wheel centre and choose 3-point. Draw: the arrow comes out dead straight, with three handles. Drag the middle handle up to loft it over the top, or sideways to bend it along the grass. The end handles move the start and the finish. 3-point for a ball you are teaching; freehand for a movement.
Rectangles, circles and freehand shapes Wheel · inner ring: Rectangle, Circle, Freehand shape
Rectangle: drag corner to corner. Circle: drag from the centre out. Freehand shape: draw the outline and let go to close it. Pick the fill in the style ring: Solid, Hatch or Check. Hatch reads as "space to exploit", solid as "area we hold".
Wheel · inner ring: player tools
Spotlight: tap a player for a beam of light. Ring: a ring at his feet. Measure: tap two players for the distance between them. Unit shape: tap three or more, then Done: their shape and its width. All four follow the players when you move them.
Labels on the pitch Wheel · inner ring: Label
Pick Label and tap where it goes. Type a few words and Place. Short beats long: two or three words. 6 8 1 · Pass selected · change it on the wheel
Change a drawing after you drew it Tap a drawing; the wheel edits it
The drawing you just finished stays picked: move the wheel’s colour, opacity or thickness and it changes as you go. Tap any other drawing to pick it, even with a pen in hand. Tap the grass, or Done, to let go. Drawings & analysis lists them all: change type, colour, opacity, thickness, loft, curve, fill or text; move it Earlier or Later; Delete. Clear Clear passes (2) Clear runs (3) Clear shapes (1) Clear all Undo clear
Clear the screen, your way Drawings & analysis · Clear
Clear one kind at a time: Clear passes, Clear runs, Clear shapes… Or Clear all. Undo clear brings the last clear back. Clear all drawings is also on the wheel. 06
What the pitch shows Three overlays explain a moment without a word: what a player can see, what the defence covers, and how far things are.
Vision cones View · Vision cones: Off · Selected · Everyone
Selected: tap a player to see what he can see from where he faces. Everyone: every player on both sides. Turn him and his cone turns with him. "He could not see it" lands harder with the cone on than in words.
Cover shadows View · Cover shadows: Off · Selected · Everyone
Shadows are cast by the side without the ball, behind each defender, in their colour. Dark: a passing lane the defence can cut. The darker, the more that defender owns it. Near goal: each defender’s stretch of the goal, the gaps in green with "Goal open %", the keeper’s angle dashed.
One defender’s shadow View · Cover shadows → Selected
Pick Selected, then tap the defender you want to talk about. Only his lanes and his stretch of the goal show. Drag him a few metres and watch the lane close. Use Selected for one player’s positioning, Everyone for team shape.
Distances on runs and passes View · Distances: Off · Metres · Yards
Turn on Metres or Yards. Every run and pass you draw shows its length. 07
Playing it out Two ways to set a moment in motion, and they answer different questions.
Play the moves Wheel · Play the moves, or the dock
Tap Play the moves: players run the paths you dragged or drew, the ball flies your passes in order. Your drawings draw on one after another. Set how long it lasts in the dock. The end holds until your next edit.
Answers "This is what we wanted"
Engine Not used: exactly your plan Analysis Play forward 15 turns Simulating… Simulation · both sides CPU Back to the match
Play forward from your moment Analysis panel · Play forward 15 turns
Tap Play forward 15 turns: the match engine plays on from your edited moment, both sides CPU. Faint discs show where the real players went, so you can compare. Back to the match returns to the real frame, with your edits kept.
Answers "What would have happened from here?" Play forward does not yet follow the runs you dragged: the engine decides every player’s move.
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Saving, sharing and exporting A moment leaves the studio as a live link, a still or a video clip, each with your match, score and clock on it.
Scene Save to my account ✓ A line for this moment… Save scene & share Open share link
Share a scene as a live link Analysis panel · Save scene & share
Save the match first (Save to my account). Write a line in the Scene note so the viewer knows what to look for. Tap Save scene & share, then Open share link and send it. Anyone with the link can turn the pitch and switch the overlays. Export 16:9 · 9:16 10 s · 20 s · 30 s PNG still Record clip Share… · Download · Copy scene link
A still or a clip Wheel or Panels · Export
Pick the framing: 16:9 for screens, 9:16 for phones. PNG still for one frame; Record clip for 10, 20 or 30 seconds. Then Share…, Download, or Copy scene link for a saved scene.
16:9 1920 × 1080
9:16 1080 × 1920
Brand strip Match, score, clock, Touchline Logic mark Record a clip while Play the moves runs: the whole explanation, not just a frame. Scene Presenter view Make your own in the studio
Presenter view A scene link · Presenter view
Open a scene link and choose Presenter view. The site around the pitch is hidden: ready for the big screen, a stream or a screen recording. 09
The tactics board No match data needed: pick two sides, build a move step by step and play it back.
Home side Club · National team · Generic Formation 4-3-3 Shirt ■ · Trim ■ 11 of 11 picked Start the board
Set up two sides touchlinelogic.com/analytics/board
For each side choose Club, National team or Generic. Pick the formation and the Shirt and Trim colours; for a club or nation, tick the eleven who start. Tap Start the board.
Formations 32, 4-3-3 by default
On the pitch Names, numbers, positions; never ratings
Build the move, step by step Board · Add step, Step panel
Arrange step 1: drag players and the ball, turn them, draw. Add step, then move players and the ball to where they go next. A man dragged along a path runs that path. In the Step panel: a Caption ("What happens here") and the Hold: 1.5, 3, 5 or 8 seconds. Shape: pick a side and a formation, then Stand in shape for this step only.
Steps Up to 60
Pace Players at a real running pace, the ball at passing speed The move Play the move Play from step 2 Board title · Save to my account Open the share link Record my voice
Play it, save it, send it Board · the dock and the Board panel
Play the move runs every step with its caption; Play from step N starts part way. Board panel: a Board title, then Save to my account; Open the share link sends it. Export records the whole move as a clip; Record my voice narrates it. Exit (top left) leaves the board. An unsaved board waits in this browser: Carry on with your board next time.
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Getting the best out of it Good clips make one point, show the real picture first and the better option second, and are short enough to watch twice.
One clip, one point 1 Find it 2 Prove it 3 Fix it 4 Mark it 5 Send it
A clip in five steps Any moment
Find it: Key moments, then Step to the instant of the decision. Prove it: the overlay that shows the problem (cone, shadow, distance) before you touch anything. Fix it: Analyse this moment; drag the run or the pass that was on. The ghost keeps the real picture. Mark it: one or two arrows, a ring on the key man, one label. Send it: Play the moves and Record clip, or save the scene and send the link with a one-line note.
Colour with meaning Style ring · Saved colours
Save your colours once: your team, the opponent, and one for "the better option". Use the same colour for the same meaning in every clip. Red for the problem, gold for the solution reads at a glance on a phone. Habits that pay off One camera per topic High angle for team shape, Behind goal for the back line, TV camera for individual decisions.
Selected, not Everyone Cones and shadows for one player read best with only his on screen.
Set your wheel once The five actions you use most on the outer ring, the wheel where your thumb rests.
Clear by kind Clear the runs and keep the shapes when you move from one point to the next.
Name everything A title and a note turn a pile of clips into a library you can find again.
9:16 for players, 16:9 for staff Players watch on phones; meetings use a screen.
The board for what never happened Set plays, pressing triggers and opposition patterns need no match data.
