Manchester City Academy uses Coach's Eye app to train future stars Fitzpatrick said that, in a training session, it is often difficult to give individual players the one-on-one support that they need to master a skill. Coach's Eye allows them practice skills in their own time, using videos that break down the skill into stages. "The most useful feature in the app is the visual learning, because 70 per cent of all sports people are visual learners," said Fitzpatrick. I think that if you could use the app to actually set them a homework task and say practice this skill. They can film themselves doing it and watch themselves over doing it, and they can break things down and work at their own pace. Fitzpatrick said that young players who watch Match of the Day are used to seeing pundits analysing players' moves in slow motion and circling and highlighting things on the screen, so this helps them to engage with their own performances in a similar way. Coaches can also upload their own videos to the app, and Fitzpatrick has made several videos himself of how to do a bicycle kick or an overhead kick, with commentary and diagrams. "Next semester I'll be using Coach's Eye as part of their assessment criteria, in terms of skills acquisition and performance analysis," said Fitzpatrick. So I'll give my group individual taks, and they will have to be in pairs, record the task, the movement, and then analyse it, and provide feedback for development. Coach's Eye costs £2.99 and is available on the iTunes Store and Google Play.