Using Your iPhone as a High Speed Camera with Trackman
- Craig Sorensen
- Nov 1
- 5 min read
How to Use the TrackMan Camera App with Private Fairway Studios
Overview
This guide explains how amateur golfers can use the TrackMan camera app on their iOS devices to enhance their golf practice at Private Fairway studios. It covers installation, setup, camera settings, and practical tips for optimal video capture during shot analysis.
Leverage the TrackMan camera app on your iOS device to act as an additional camera in Private Fairway studios, enabling high-quality video analysis similar to professional golfers.
Key Steps and Concepts
1. Installing the TrackMan Camera App
Search for "TrackMan camera" on the App Store.
Download and install the free app on your iOS device.
2. Connecting to the TrackMan Unit
Ensure your device is connected to the studio’s Wi-Fi.
Open the TrackMan camera app.
Use the app to connect to the TrackMan unit in the studio (automatic detection).
3. Adjusting Camera Settings
Access settings within the app:
Video format: Choose between square or wide video.
Frame rate: Adjust for smoother video.
Angle: Select between wide angle and default angle.
4. Positioning Your Device
Use the provided tripod in the studio:
Place your phone vertically (portrait) or horizontally (landscape) as preferred.
Adjust the angle for optimal view of your swing.
Alternatively, use phone clamps on studio walls for different perspectives.
5. Integrating with TrackMan Software
In the TrackMan software’s shot analysis section, select your phone as a camera source.
Further adjust video settings if needed (e.g., video shape, shutter, frame rate).
Activate live view for real-time video or review recorded footage.
6. Multi-Angle Setup
Add multiple phones for various camera angles (e.g., if practicing with friends).
Examples/Applications
Live swing analysis: Use your phone’s camera for immediate feedback on your golf swing.
Multiple angle review: Combine footage from several devices for comprehensive analysis.
Flexible positioning: Utilize studio tripods and clamps to experiment with camera placement.
Key Takeaways
The TrackMan camera app is free and easy to set up on iOS devices.
Connecting your phone enhances your practice with high-quality video analysis, similar to professional setups.
Studio equipment (tripods, clamps) allows flexible camera positioning for best results.
Multiple devices can be used simultaneously for multi-angle coverage.
Review Questions
What are the steps to connect your iOS device to the TrackMan unit?
How can you adjust camera settings for different video formats and angles?
What equipment is available in the studio to help position your device?
How can you use multiple devices for enhanced analysis?
Use this guide to maximize your experience and improve your golf game at Private Fairway studios!
Full Video Transcript
Hi, this is Craig with Private Fairway, and I'm an amateur golfer just like you. And I asked myself the question, what if I could have the same technology the pros have? So at Private Fairway, we have TrackMan, just like all the pros use week to week on tour.
And we're helping amateur golfers like me and like you get better. I want to show you today how to use the TrackMan camera app on your iOS device and add it as a camera in the studio here at Private Fairway. I'm in the new South Jordan Private Fairway today. And I'm going to show you how to do this.
So the first thing you need to do is you need to get the TrackMan camera app. The easiest way to do that is just to come in to your phone and just search for TrackMan. You can search TrackMan camera, and it should pop up. And this is the app that you're looking for right here. And you'll want to install it.
It's a free app for your phone. And then I already have it installed, so you click open like this. And then the first thing it's going to want to do is attach to the TrackMan unit in the studio. So it's important that you're on the Wi-Fi. And then you're just going to click this button, connect to your TrackMan.
And then it's going to find the TrackMan automatically. And then here you have it. So you, in this little settings feature, you can change some settings, like if you want to have square video or wide video, you can change the frame rate. And you can change like from wide angle to the default angle.
In each studio, we have a tripod here that you can use. And you can put it in the tripod, and you can either use it in like the up and down format if you want, or you can put it in a, or you can turn it sideways if you want. So we'll put it in the up and down format here and see how it goes.
On the wide angle, it works pretty good. And then you just kind of line it up how you want. Then we come over to the TrackMan software. So now we're in our shot analysis. And up here under cameras, you should see now it's added your phone as the camera. You can also change some settings for it.
So up here, you can change back and forth between square video and non-square video if you want. You can change the shutter, you can change the frame rate, you can do some different things if you want. And then you click close. Now it shows up here as our, as another camera.
So if we were to look at video here, and we were to turn on the live feature, and I want to pick Craig's iPhone 11, there we go. So now, that, now that's set up as live view, and I can view it with the live camera.
You can see the video comes just the same way that it came before, however, it's a lot higher quality frame rate. So if we turn the live button off, now we can scrub through and look at that video. You guys can all pick apart what you don't like about my swing.
So the other thing, if you want to just look at it, what we can also do is you can turn it sideways. So let's see what that looks like. It's going to look funny on my little inset camera here. But if we turn it sideways like this, and we go to the live view. Now we have it. Let's see if we can get it straight.
It's a little tricky when you're standing in front of it. So now you have it as wide as the landscape view. Same, same idea. Let's turn that off. So that there is how you use the TrackMan app. And then, so we have in the studio, in each studio we have the little tripod on the desk that you can move around.
And we also have the, we have them on, we have phone clamps on the sides of the walls so you can put your phone wherever you want. You can also add up to multiple phones. So if you have a few phones lying around, or if you have a buddy that's with you, you can use multiple phones and get more angles if you want.
So that's how to do it, and we hope you enjoy it, and have a great, great time at Private Fairway.
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