The phrase "above the player" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a position or location that is higher than a player, often in contexts related to games, sports, or visual representations.
Example: "The scoreboard displayed the current scores above the player, making it easy for everyone to see."
Alternatives: "over the player" or "atop the player".
A carnyx towers six feet above the player and is topped by a serpent or boar's head, with a mouth sometimes able to flap open and closed to mute the sound.
Seventeenth- and 18th-century German organs were usually constructed on Werk-principle lines: each department of the instrument, or Werk, was separately cased, the Hauptwerk (main manual) in front of and above the player, with the pedals at each side and the Rückpositiv (auxiliary manual) behind on the gallery railing.
Alternative designs, likewise in E♭ and BB♭ but encircling the body, include the circular bass, or helicon, with the bell resting across one shoulder, and the American sousaphone, with an extremely wide bell raised above the player's head.
Ads show up as drop down text links at the top of video or as a static box displayed above the player.
8tracks also does a nice job of placing the (quite ugly) ads just above the player controls so I accidentally click them every once in a while.
In video games, "third person" refers to a graphical perspective rendered from a fixed distance behind and slightly above the player character.
DiCaprio is, to use an old-fashioned, studio-era phrase, an above-the-title player: a real star.
Not that he was a huge above-the-rim player, but how much pain will he encounter next season?
I kept finding my attention drawn away by the shimmering ribbons dangling above the players, lighted a sickly green.
The sky above the players seemed to change, with 7-foot-4 Christ Koumadje and others altering shots.
Ms. Cnaani designed a set with seven video screens: three hanging above the players, two each on either side.
