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An Overview of Dartfish-Enhanced Videos The Dartfish DartTrainer is an invaluable resource for athlete training. It is used to create multimedia sports presentations that can be found throughout the Coaching Guides section of the Special Olympics Web site. The DartTrainer's chief function is video analysis; it can isolate key positions in a sport drill and offer written and/or spoken commentary on each position or the video as a whole. Further analysis can be achieved by superimposing diagrams over key positions or the original video. Dartfish also allows for multiple analyses, and can be further enhanced through the use of StroMotion. StroMotion captures images of an athlete (or a ball) and renders them frame-by-frame as the video plays. Using the advance and rewind frame-by-frame buttons (on either side of the Play button) can be helpful in examining an athlete's body position at key points during the video. Above: Written commentary and key position selection. Below: instructional drawing overlaying video.  StroMotion enhances the Dartfish analysis functionality to an advanced degree of precision.   StroMotion is used to show a frame-by-frame sequence of an athlete's movement or the trajectory of a ball. StroMotion works within the framework of the video or can be shown as a stand-alone image. For more information on StroMotion, please visit the StroMotion page on the Dartfish Web site. Dartfish videos can currently be found in the Teaching Sports Skills sections of the Aquatics and Football Coaching Guides on the Special Olympics Web site. StroMotion will make its first appearance on the Special Olympics Web site in the Athletics Coaching Guide.