Today — Launchpad
Also known as: Today, launchpad
The Today launchpad is SwingVantage's daily entry screen that presents three prioritized cards. This means Focus (what to work on), Practice (the drill to do), and Retest (how to confirm improvement). This means. As a result, every session starts with a clear direction.
Rather than dumping you into a dashboard full of options, Today distills everything down to three questions. This means what is your priority issue right now, what should you practice today, and how will you know if it worked? The cards are generated from your latest analysis, progress history, and the current phase of your practice plan. If you haven't uploaded a swing recently, Today prompts you to record one so it can give you fresh direction.
Open Today at the start of every practice session, not in the middle. The card order (Focus → Practice → Retest) is a deliberate sequence; following it in order maximizes the coherence of each session.
If Today is showing the same focus for more than three sessions and the retest delta is not improving, use it as a signal to upload a fresh analysis session. This means Today recalculates from new data. The stale card likely means your primary fault has shifted.
Example
Today card for a golfer. This means Focus. This means 'Reduce early extension (Critical)'. Practice. This means '20 reps wall-hip drill'. Retest. This means 'Film 5 irons after drills, target hip angle at impact.'
Why it matters
Starting a session without a goal is the most common form of wasted practice time. Today eliminates that decision.
How it shows up on video
Today's Practice card shows the specific drill for your current session. This means review the drill video in the card before starting your session, then film your practice reps and upload them directly from Today to trigger the retest comparison without navigating away from the launchpad.
Common mistakes
- Opening Today midway through a session rather than at the start. This means the card sequence (Focus → Practice → Retest) is a deliberate flow. Starting mid-sequence disrupts the intended session structure.
- Ignoring the Focus card and going straight to the Practice card. This means the Focus card contains the specific fault context that makes the drill meaningful. Without it, the drill is disconnected from the diagnosis.
- Completing the Practice drill but skipping the Retest card. Without the retest, the session produces no confirmation data and Today cannot update its advice for the next session.
- Using the same Today content across multiple sessions without uploading a new analysis. This means Today becomes stale when the last session is more than 2 weeks old and needs a fresh upload to recalibrate.
In SwingVantage Motion Lab
The Retest card in Today links directly to the Motion Lab retest comparison view, pre-loaded with the most recent analysis as the baseline. After uploading post-drill swings, the retest delta appears on its own within the same Today screen without requiring separate navigation.
Related terms
- Practice PlanA practice plan is a structured, time-blocked schedule of drills and tasks designed to address your diagnosed fault with the right repetitions, feedback cues, and retest protocol.
- One-Fix PlanThe One-Fix Plan is SwingVantage's core methodology. This means identify the single highest-impact fault, build a focused practice plan around fixing only that fault, and confirm the fix with a structured retest before moving on.
- RetestA retest is a short follow-up protocol attached to each advice. This means how many shots. This metrics, and what counts as success. This means that confirms whether a fix actually worked.
- Player ProfileThe Player Profile is the persistent record of an athlete's sport, skill level, swing history, fault patterns, progress metrics, and linked sessions that SwingVantage uses to personalize every analysis and advice.
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