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Analysis Concepts Glossary
Plain-English definitions of how SwingVantage reads your swing — honest, explainable, and free.
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- AI Swing ReportBeginnerThe AI Swing Report is the comprehensive analysis document SwingVantage generates after processing your video, combining the deterministic engine's findings with optional AI-enhanced commentary into a single, prioritized report.
- AI-Enhanced AnalysisBeginnerAI-Enhanced Analysis is the optional second layer of SwingVantage's analysis pipeline — added on top of the deterministic heuristic result — that uses an AI language model to generate contextual explanation, drill language, and coaching narrative.
- BalanceBeginnerBalance in a swing context is the ability to maintain a stable base and controlled center of mass through the full motion — from setup through the end of the follow-through.
- Baseline MeasurementBeginnerA baseline measurement is the first recorded data point for a metric, captured before training begins, that all future improvement is measured against.
- Camera Angle QualityBeginnerCamera angle quality describes how well the recording position allows the system to see the relevant joints and movement plane — the single biggest controllable factor in analysis accuracy.
- Confidence ScoreBeginnerA confidence score is a 0–100 calibration of how much to trust a finding, scaled by sample size, shot-to-shot consistency, and how complete your inputs were.
- Data Source LabelBeginnerA Data Source Label is the badge shown alongside every metric in SwingVantage that identifies where that data came from — Measured, Estimated, AI Interpreted, Placeholder, or Real — so you always know how to weight it.
- Deterministic IntelligenceBeginnerDeterministic intelligence is analysis that follows explicit, written rules, so the same inputs always produce the same answer and you can trace exactly why.
- Diagnostic ConfidenceBeginnerDiagnostic confidence is how certain SwingVantage is about a given finding, based on how much data was available and how reliably the pattern appears.
- Estimated ValueBeginnerAn estimated value is a number derived from observable cues and encoded rules rather than from direct sensor measurement. A confident, grounded inference that is never presented as a measured fact.
- Evidence LabelBeginnerAn evidence label separates what SwingVantage measured (a sensor or launch-monitor number) from what it estimated (an inferred likely pattern). As a result, an estimate is never presented as a lab measurement.
- Heuristic AnalysisBeginnerHeuristic analysis is smart, rules-and-pattern-based analysis that reads observable cues to surface what is most likely happening in your swing — a confident, data-backed estimate, not a guess.
- Instant EstimateBeginnerAn Instant Estimate is a fast, heuristic-only analysis result available immediately after upload — clearly labeled as an estimate derived from rules, before any AI-enhanced processing completes.
- Lighting ConditionsBeginnerLighting conditions describe how evenly and brightly the subject is illuminated — poor lighting is one of the top causes of low-quality video and degraded pose estimation.
- Measured ValueBeginnerA measured value is a number that came from a real sensor or instrument. A launch monitor, radar gun, or wearable — and was not inferred or estimated from video or rules.
- Mock / Demo DataBeginnerMock or demo data is pre-generated illustrative data used in product demos, onboarding flows, and feature previews — always labeled to distinguish it from real user data.
- Motion LabBeginnerMotion Lab is the browser-based 3D motion analysis tool in SwingVantage that turns your video into a three-dimensional avatar and timeline, letting you rotate, scrub, and measure your swing without any installed software.
- One-Fix PlanBeginnerThe One-Fix Plan is SwingVantage's core methodology: 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.
- Phone Video LimitationsBeginnerPhone video limitations are the practical constraints of recording on a smartphone — lens distortion, stabilization artifacts, variable frame rate, and compressed color depth — that can reduce analysis accuracy relative to purpose-built cameras.
- Placeholder DataBeginnerPlaceholder data is a temporary illustrative value shown in a UI before real data is available — always explicitly labeled as a placeholder so it is never mistaken for an actual measurement or estimate.
- Player ProfileBeginnerThe 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 recommendation.
- Practice PlanBeginnerA 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.
- Progress TrackingBeginnerProgress tracking is the longitudinal record of how your key metrics change over multiple sessions and retests, displayed as a timeline that shows improvement, plateaus, and regressions.
- Real / Live DataBeginnerReal / Live data is data captured from an actual user session or sensor — not a placeholder, not a demo, not a mock — and is labeled accordingly so you can trust it as genuine input to analysis.
- RetestBeginnerA retest is a short follow-up protocol attached to each recommendation — how many shots. This metrics, and what counts as success — that confirms whether a fix actually worked.
- Skeleton OverlayBeginnerA skeleton overlay is the on-screen visualization of detected body joints and the lines connecting them, drawn over your video so you can see exactly what the system tracked.
- Skill TreeBeginnerThe Skill Tree is a visual map of a sport's key technical skills, organized into an unlockable hierarchy that shows where you stand and what to develop next.
- Swing DecodeBeginnerSwing Decode is SwingVantage's golf-specific analysis view that breaks the swing into distinct phases — address, takeaway, top, downswing, impact, and follow-through — and annotates each phase with the relevant mechanics detected.
- TempoBeginnerTempo is the timing relationship between the two halves of a swing — the rhythm that separates efficient, repeatable mechanics from a rushed or laboured transition.
- Today — LaunchpadBeginnerThe Today launchpad is SwingVantage's daily entry screen that presents three prioritized cards — Focus (what to work on), Practice (the drill to do), and Retest (how to confirm improvement) — so every session starts with a clear direction.
- Video LengthBeginnerVideo length is how many seconds of footage you submit — long enough to include the full swing motion but short enough not to slow down analysis or introduce irrelevant frames.
- Video Quality GateBeginnerThe Video Quality Gate is the automatic pre-analysis check that evaluates a submitted clip's usability and blocks or warns before processing video that is too low-quality to produce reliable analysis.
- Video Quality ScoreBeginnerA Video Quality Score is a pre-analysis rating (0–100) that tells you how usable a submitted clip is before pose estimation begins — catching bad angles, motion blur, or poor lighting early.
- Warm-Up ProtocolBeginnerA warm-up protocol is a structured pre-session routine designed to prepare the body for skilled movement — raising tissue temperature, activating relevant muscle groups, and syncing the nervous system before full-effort swings.
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