Last updated: September 22, 2026
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Stick your phone to the glass back wall with a suction mount, open Videotapr, and play. The app holds on to the last 30 seconds at all times, so when you win a rally you tap the screen once or swipe up on your watch, and exactly that rally is saved. Squash suits this better than most sports, because a rally rarely runs longer than twenty seconds and so fits comfortably inside the buffer.
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On the glass back wall, from the outside, at roughly chest height. From there you look down the length of the court and see both players plus the front wall. A suction mount costing a few tenners holds fine, as long as you wipe the glass where the cup goes.
Inside the court is not an option. A squash ball comes off the front wall at over a hundred kilometres an hour and hits anything that sticks out. Outside the glass your phone is safe, and the glass costs you almost no picture quality as long as no bright lamp reflects straight into it.
| What you want to keep | Clip length | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The winning shot only | 10 seconds | The nick or the drop, no build-up |
| The whole rally | 20 seconds | Covers almost any rally from serve to point |
| Rally plus the reaction | 30 seconds | The part people actually forward |
Twenty seconds covers virtually every rally from serve to winner. That is the setting most people leave it on, because you then never start halfway through a rally.
Ten seconds is enough if you only want the finish: the nick, the drop that could not be reached, the point that decided the game. Thirty is for the long defensive rallies and for the bit afterwards — the reaction to a won rally is often exactly the footage people forward.
Better than people expect. Glass costs you some contrast and the occasional reflection, but your phone corrects most of that itself. What matters more is where the light comes from: if a lamp sits directly behind you, you will see it in the picture.
Two things help. Put the phone as close to the glass as it will go, because the smaller the gap the weaker the reflection. And wipe the glass clean where you are filming — squash courts are covered in ball marks, and one black smear in the middle of frame takes away more than the glass itself.
Videotapr is free to download for Android and iOS, with 3 clips per day. Pro is a one-time purchase — not a subscription.