In short
If your camera system or phone lets you download the match as an ordinary video file, you can analyse it in SeeKick: every player on both teams followed, running data, clips and a written match report. How many players get named depends on how big they are in the picture. A camera that follows the play gives the most names; a fixed wide camera still gives tracking and running data, with most names coming from your team sheet and a few clicks.
Why bring a recording you already have
Plenty of clubs already film every match: with an AI camera such as Veo or Pixellot, a camcorder on a tower, or a phone on a mount. The video sits in an account or on a laptop, and someone watches it once if there is time. Analysing it means getting more out of footage you have already paid for, without buying another camera or carrying more kit to away games.
What you need
The match as a video file, or a link to it
Download the full match, or a half, from your camera's app or website. A link that downloads the video works too.
The ordinary widescreen view
Use the normal picture that follows the play. A panorama stitched from several lenses is curved, and it cannot be placed on the pitch yet.
Both team sheets
Numbers and names for both teams, or the game picked from the list if it is a listed fixture.
What you get from each kind of recording
| Recording | What works well | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| A camera that follows the play, from high up | Every player followed and named, running data, clips, the report | The best results |
| A fixed wide camera (Veo and similar) | Every player followed, running data, clips, the report | Players are small in the picture, so you name more of them yourself, in a few clicks. It takes longer to analyse. |
| A phone on a mount | Everything, if it stands high and follows the play | From a low position players hide behind each other |
| From behind a goal | Not yet | Half the pitch is too far away |
Check the footage first
Every upload starts with a footage check. Before any analysis runs, it looks at the video and tells you what to expect: how many players are likely to be named, and whether anything will be reduced. Nothing is analysed until you know.
If you are still choosing how to film, read how to film a football match first. Small changes, such as filming from higher up, make the biggest difference.
What happens next
By the next evening the match opens in your browser with every player followed on the video, a page for every player, clips ready to share and a written match report. Your camera keeps doing what it does; SeeKick works on its video.
Comparing options? See a Veo alternative for clubs that already film and how SeeKick compares with AI cameras and tagging software.
Questions
Can I analyse my Veo recording in another tool?
If you can download the match as a video file, yes. SeeKick analyses the downloaded video: every player followed, running data, clips and a report for both teams. On a fixed wide camera players are small, so most names come from the team sheet and your clicks.
Can I analyse a football match filmed on a phone?
Yes, if the phone stood high up near the halfway line, on a steady mount, and followed the play. A phone at pitch level gives poor results because players hide behind each other.
Do I need to buy a new camera?
Usually not. Most clubs already film with something good enough. Where the camera stands matters more than which camera it is.
Does a panoramic recording work?
Not yet. A panorama stitched from several lenses is curved and cannot be placed on the pitch. Upload the camera's ordinary widescreen view that follows the play.