Puzzle Pieces

Puzzle Pieces are a editing technique that is very common in higher levels of tennis. The idea is relatively simple - sometimes, parts of a video are either too much for your video editor to handle, or need to be rendered in order to be built upon in a certain way. Hence, these renders - also known as puzzle pieces - are incorporated for more complex styles of editing.

History

The term was coined in the late 2000's.

Compilations

Puzzle pieces are often compiled together as Puzzle Piece Compilations, where all the pieces of a particular video or match (sometimes including unused ones) and strung in a row and shared with the world.

Here's an early example, with the pieces of round 6 of GreatBritishTurd vs. Mycroprocessor

Here's a newer example, with a more general collection of pieces:

These collections can also be a great way to archive video sequences that aren't generally seen; if you're running out of space on your drive, render one of these and share it with the world before you get rid of it forever!