This guide walks you through a real exchange: find the clip, slow it down, mark the hit, and share your analysis.
Every screenshot uses real ReBout footage. The controls are the same ones you will use in your Gallery.
1Make your call
2Move frame by frame
A clip is one exchange you can study in detail. A match brings several exchange clips together with the score, fencers, event, and full-bout playback.
Open a clip when you want replay controls, slow motion, frame-by-frame review, drawings, comments, or a shareable analysis of one exchange.
1Replay one exchange
2Annotate the action
Open a match to see its fencers and score, play every exchange in order, share the whole bout, update match details, or add and reorder exchange clips.
1Match information
2Add exchanges
3All exchanges
A clip can also stand alone. It only becomes part of a match when you add it there.
Pause close to the action, then drag the filmstrip until you can see what happened. Step through it frame by frame, replay a short loop, or lower the speed when the timing is tight.
1Phrase lanes
2Frame step
3Annotation tools
Move frame by frame
Drag the filmstrip, or use the arrows to move one frame at a time.
Watch it again
Set A–B or turn on Loop to replay the part you are judging.
Slow it down
Switch to 0.25× or 0.5×. You will stay on the same part of the clip.
A useful annotation says who acted, what happened, and what you called. ReBout keeps it all on the frame where the action happened.
How to read the hit buttons
Blue landed the hit
Open the blue fencer's tab and select Touch when they score.
Red landed the hit
Open the red fencer's tab and select Touch when they score.
Left and Right refer to where the fencers are standing on screen. Blue and Red identify the fencer who scored. If they swap sides, the colored buttons move with them.
On a phone
A phone shows one thing at a time, so the clip header carries a Watch / Annotate switch. Watch keeps the clip clean for watching. Annotate holds the video still at the top of the screen and opens the annotation panel below it, so you can see the frame while you mark it. The steps below need Annotate. Judging a blind review? Make the call right in Watch, from the Your call card under the video; switch to Annotate only to explain it.
ReBout remembers which one you chose, so the next clip opens the same way.
Pause close to the hit, then use the timeline and frame arrows to find the exact moment. Your next mark will be saved there.
Open the tab for the fencer who scored and select Touch. ReBout adds the hit to the timeline on the frame you selected.
Choose the action, such as attack, parry, riposte, or afterblow, then add the outcome. Cards for that fencer live at the bottom of the same tab.
Your call sits at the top of the panel, and the saved hits, actions, and any drawing below it. Got one wrong? Select that action or drawing in the timeline lanes: Delete removes it, and Swap side moves an action to the other fencer. Every change saves automatically. People with access to the clip can see your annotation and vote.
Your work saves as you go.
There is no Save or Publish step. Each call, hit, action, card, or drawing is saved automatically and shared according to your playlist privacy choice. During a blind review, you still see only your own calls until the comparison is revealed.
Pause on the frame you want and select Draw on frame. The drawing tools open over the video, so your marks stay tied to that moment.
Line or Arrow: choose a color and width. Draw up to eight strokes, then select Save.
Hit marker: drag across the hit location, or click once at each end. The marker saves as soon as you place it.
Tie it to a hit: select the crosshair beside a saved hit, then place the marker. It uses the same blue or red color as the fencer who scored.
Clear removes the strokes in your current edit. Cancel closes the tools without saving. When playback reaches that frame again, the saved telestration appears.
Choose a tool and draw on the paused frame.
You can share one clip, a full match, or a coaching folder. Anyone with access can replay it, compare published annotations, vote, and leave comments at specific times.
Public appears in Explore. Unlisted stays accessible only through its link.
Check the visibility first, then use Copy link on the clip or match page.
Open Referee review directly from a playlist card or from the playlist's tabs, then choose Start review. The state changes to Collecting. Colleagues with a ReBout account open the playlist link and make their calls. Each sees only their own, and none of them sees yours or the score. A referee can tick Keep my results private on the playlist: only that referee and the playlist owner see their calls, annotations, comments and result. The choice saves immediately and still lets them submit and compare.
Open review shows you every call side by side. Click a referee’s name to view their calls. Use their ⋯ menu for Show comparison, or Actions → Show comparison to completed for everyone who has finished: they then see your calls and those of referees who share their results, and can no longer change theirs.
Don't want to wait for each referee? Tick Show the comparison when a referee submits. A referee who has called every clip then presses Submit & compare on the playlist and sees the comparison at once — their calls lock the same way. Keep it off for a test, since an early submitter sees your calls while others are still judging.
Every fencer named in a shared match gets a public page at rebout.tsc.sk/fencer/<name> listing their bouts, opponents and events.
If one of them is you, open it and press This is me — once an admin approves the claim, the profile shows your ReBout handle and your bouts link to your account.
Only matches whose owner set them to public appear there; your own unlisted bouts are visible to you alone, marked on the page.
Pick a short clip. Find the hit, mark who landed, and add the outcome. Your first annotation does not need to cover every moment. You can add more later.