Development of a User-Centric Sports Highlight Capture and Sharing Platform

Many athletes, coaches, and fans lack an intuitive and comprehensive tool to efficiently capture game highlights, create engaging reels, and share their sports moments on social media platforms, limiting their exposure and opportunities for recognition.

A digital platform aimed at athletes, coaches, and sports fans to easily capture, create, and share sports highlights to increase visibility and engagement.

• Provide users with a seamless tool to capture sports game highlights on mobile devices.
• Enable creation of engaging video reels from captured footage with editing features.
• Facilitate easy sharing of highlights within the platform and on external social media channels.
• Enhance user engagement and help athletes attract attention from teams, coaches, and recruiters.

• Capture direct video footage of sports events using mobile devices or uploaded footage.
• Create personalized reels with editing tools such as trimming, cropping, overlays, and special effects.
• Share highlights privately within the app or publicly on social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.
• User account management, including profile creation, customization, and privacy controls.
• Social features such as commenting, liking, and following other users.
• Notification system to alert users of new interactions or highlights.

• Social media APIs for seamless sharing (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook)
• Video hosting and encoding services for high-quality playback
• User authentication platforms for secure login
• Analytics tools for tracking user engagement and platform performance

• Support for high traffic volume with minimal latency, ensuring quick video uploads and sharing.
• Scalable architecture to accommodate increasing user base and media content.
• Ensure data privacy and security compliance, including secure user authentication and content protection.
• App availability on iOS devices, with potential expansion to Android.

The platform aims to significantly enhance athlete visibility and engagement by simplifying highlight capturing and sharing. Expected outcomes include increased user activity, higher engagement rates, and greater exposure for athletes, ultimately aiding in talent discovery and career advancement. Quantitative goals include a target increase in user-generated highlights, social media shares, and active user growth over the initial deployment phase.