Welcome to the first edition of powered by siliconcoach, our bimonthly online newsletter that keeps you up to date with the latest developments in the world of video analysis and siliconcoach.
We want you to be a part of the news and encourage your feedback, tips on using siliconcoach and look forward to rewarding your good ideas.
In this first edition of powered by siliconcoach we bring you up date with website additions, product upgrades and introduce you to one of our Ambassador Partners along one respected sc staffer Thor Besier.
Regards,
The siliconcoach Team
Products
Hot of the production line this month are a number of new features added to the new Pro 7 software including dual capture - check out the upgrade features
Movement Resource Packs for teachers to enable student learning in biomechanics, functional anatomy and the appraisal of performance in a graphic and interactive way.
Website
There have been a number of additions recently to the siliconcoach website all based on giving you the best possible user experience and support available. One of the biggest undertakings has been the updating of the Support section where you can now view tutorials, gain tips on using siliconcoach products including areas like "Getting Good Video" - remember quality in equals quality out - you can participate in our user blogs and find interesting research articles.
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siliconcoach - In the field
Video analysis can assist in many areas of development, but at the same time prove to be a fun interaction with users, a great example of this is when siliconcoach video analysis software product, TimeWARP, is used in conjunction with products such as Crazy Catch rebound nets and PLAYM8 children's inclusive play products. There is a general agreement in today's society about children becoming more active, but, we cannot ignore the fact that society as a whole is now engaged through technology, therefore how can we combate the growing issue of getting kids active and being engaged?
Using TimeWARP, siliconcoachs hands free instant feedback with a built-in delay function kids, coaches, athletes, parents and teachers can now engage in the best of both worlds- be active and use technology to learn and engage with.
siliconcoachs marketing man, Brandon Evans, recently ran a series of trials with primary school teachers and children using the two products above, and had this to say "It was almost a terrifying experience to see 20 kids in one place looking at you then thinking how I am going to manage them, having one 18 month old at home was a challenge! but once we got operational with Crazy Catch and the PLAYM8 products and ran TimeWARP as an instant replay system the kids were away and the teachers, well they had time to engage with the kids and not worry about their whereabouts, it was incredible to see"
Paul Norton, a primary school teacher in attendance believed this is the way forward for future activitys with kids at school, sighting that one of the features within TimeWARP called tagging that allows you to tag key events post event therefore creating a log of video clips of kids performing that could easily be integrated into school reports.
To find out more on TimeWARP as a video analysis tool visit the TimeWARP product page Where you can view an overview video on TimeWARP's features
How do you use siliconcoach?
Let us know by completing the form below and go into the draw to win a copy of TimeWARP or a free Pro 7 online training session, with siliconcoach Head of Product Management - Steve Stanley.
Ambassador Profile:
Over the coming months siliconcoach will be introducing to you our Ambassadors, users of siliconcoach products such as elite coaches to club coaches, athletes, teachers, podiatrists - people like you. Sharing with you their user knowledge - true reflections on what features they use, provide helpful tips and tell you a little about their story.
The first Ambassador "of the mark" is Tionette Stoddard, a truly incredible athlete taking on the world in one of the most adrenaline rushing sports around, Skeleton, yes the head first down a slippery slope sport. Read more on Tionette and see how Tionette makes the most of siliconcoach.
Team Profile: Thor Besier
We would like to take time to introduce you to some of the team at siliconcoach, we are spread across the world come in all shapes and sizes and have a wide variety of interests and areas of specialty.
One of the "brains trusts" at siliconcoach is a member of our US based team, Thor Besier, some of you may have read articles that have been published based on research by Thor without even knowing it. As a role within siliconcoach Thor is one of our biomechanical "gurus", specializing in the mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury and disease with a key focus on non-contact ACL injury, patellofemoral pain and knee joint osteoarthritis - not many here will disagree with him - or he will kick us in the knees causing great pain and discomfort and we will have to seek his advice on the best form of rehabilitation!
Thor is the Director of the Human Performance Lab at Stanford University and the Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics, a past winner of Prince de Merode award for best scientific paper at the IOC Sport Science Congress (1999) and Young investigator: International Society of Biomechanics in Sport (2001) amongst many others.
Outside of sports science and body parts, Thor is a keen Windsurfer and climber.
If you wish to contact Thor in the first instance please contact us with your request
Wanting to read more on Thor and his achievements and published articles visit Thor's bio page