Draw on video in your browser — no download
Open a tab and start breaking down film. ProPlayVision is a full football telestrator that runs entirely in your browser — draw on game film, annotate plays, track players and send broadcast-grade output to OBS, with no software to download and no plugins to install.
A telestrator lets you draw over video to explain what's happening — the arrows, circles and highlighted lanes you've seen on every NFL broadcast since John Madden made them famous. For years that meant dedicated broadcast hardware or desktop telestration software that costs thousands and requires a sales call to buy.
An online telestrator, sometimes called football video annotation or telestration software, moves all of that into the browser. There's nothing to install, it works on the computer you already have, and updates arrive without you doing anything.
Plenty of online telestrators give you a pen, a highlighter and a few shapes, and that's fine for quick notes. ProPlayVision is built football-first, so the tools start where generic ones stop. Many of them work on any sport; see the sports telestrator.
Gap indicators, QB vision cones, slide protection, zone depth and 1-2-3 read chains — tools that already know what you're drawing.
Per-tool camera tilt matching puts every route and marker on the turf instead of flat on top of the screen.
Lock a drawing to a player and it rides with him. If it drifts, one drag puts it back.
Drawings are made at full HD, so they stay sharp on a projector, a stream or a YouTube upload.
Time-code each drawing to your voiceover and the breakdown runs itself.
A built-in timeline editor and thumbnail creator, so the finished piece never leaves the browser.
Teach from film in the meeting room or send players clips that explain themselves. Tag plays into a searchable library — see film breakdown software. Weighing a team platform? See our Hudl alternative breakdown.
One click opens a clean canvas window to capture in OBS, with DVR replay to draw on what just happened. Here's how the OBS telestrator works.
Crop to 9:16 with auto-pan for Shorts and TikTok, and build thumbnails in-app — see telestrator for YouTube. Making video game content? Start with the Madden telestrator.
A telestrator lets you draw over video — arrows, circles, lines and markers — to explain what's happening. Broadcasters use it to break down replays; coaches use it to teach from film. Here's how to telestrate football film. For any kind of clip, see how to draw on video.
No. ProPlayVision runs in your web browser. There are no plugins and nothing to install.
There's a free Film Room you can use in your browser with the basic drawing tools: routes, circles, pointers and notes on your own film. The full X's O's Chalkboard is paid, with plans starting at $19.99 per month. See pricing for what each plan includes.
Drawings are made on a native 1080p canvas, and clips can be cropped to 9:16 vertical for Shorts, TikTok and Reels.
X's O's Chalkboard is live. Plans start at $19.99/month, month to month, cancel anytime.