WOODSTOCK, GA. January 19, 2011- VAS along with Silicon Coach today announced they have signed a strategic alliance agreement, which allows VAS and Silicon Coach to supply the US football and soccer communities with their combined suite of biomechanics/sports related suite of products with its Sideline Coach/Trainer™ and KickersTime ™ suite of products. Now college bound football kickers, soccer players and coaching professionals will have for the first time an "on-demand" portal for video analysis and feedback dedicated to serving the needs of this growing niche market.

In evaluating various partners, VAS and Silicon Coach have concluded that the synergy between these two dedicated organizations serving the pure athlete and coaching professional, along the expertise of their staffs and the potential for the mutual markets have been a persuasive reason for entering into this partnership.

"For over a year we have been internally working on designing our specific video analysis software applications for the athlete and coach dedicated to being the pure “kicking specialist” and coaching professional who needs a simple yet robust “on the field” and “beyond the field” way to capture and analyze every aspect of the kick. In Silicon Coach we have found not only a world-class leader, but one that shares our corporate goals. We are positive that both companies will derive important benefits from this effort." said Marc Nolan CEO of VAS International, Inc.

"Siliconcoach Limited is pleased to add VAS International to a growing list of strategic partners globally that are taking the Siliconcoach suite of products and adapting them for use in their specialist areas. When assessing a potential partnership with VAS Siliconcoach was most impressed with the company’s expertise in the specialist area of “kicking” as it relates to football and soccer. We look forward to a successful relationship with VAS." said Graeme Burborough GM of Siliconcoach Ltd.

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About VAS International, Inc. Established in 1994, is a professional teaching/coaching and software company dedicated to helping athletes and coaches become better at their skills by using analysis tools for both on and off the field training. Our commitment to our customers and niche market we serve, history and innovation and proven solutions spans over 26 years, and have trained over 700 athletes, as well as coaching over 200 professionals. The company can be found on the Web at www.thekickerszone.com

The Kickers Zone is a registered trademark of VAS International, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

About Siliconcoach- Siliconcoach is making a significant impact in the world of sport, education, clinical practice and sports retail. Our customers are amongst the most successful organizations in the world and include USA Triathlon, The All Blacks (New Zealand International Rugby Team) numerous national academies and institutes of sport and ICC cricket nations.

Siliconcoach is also used by sports retailers and manufacturers including Nike, Asics and New Balance. Additionally, Siliconcoach developed the software for bicycle manufacturer Specialized renowned Body Geometry bike fitting system.

Founded in 1997 by New Zealand biomechanist Joe Morrison, siliconcoach has grown into one of the world’s most successful video analysis companies. A company based on our passion for sport and a firm belief that video analysis can assist in improving and assessing physical performance, rehabilitation, professional development and learning. More information on the company can be found at www.siliconcoach.com.

Contact

Maricriz Nolan

1-770-591-3400

anolan@thekickerszone.com

28th September, 2010

Siliconcoach will this week commence development of a world-first on-line coach education system after the Dunedin City Council (DCC) awarded the project team $195,000.

Siliconcoach, a developer of video analysis software for sports, health providers and education, leads the project, while Sport Otago, SPARC and OceanBrowser Ltd (developer of distance learning solutions for tertiary education) will each contribute as project partners.

Siliconcoach CEO Joe Morrison believes the project can revolutionise how coach education can be delivered.

"New Zealand sport is ideally positioned to embrace the advantages of modern technology to meet the needs of National Sporting Organisations and coaches," says Mr Morrison.

"The platform we are creating will enable coaches at any level, from volunteer to high performance, to log onto a website customised to the specifications of their National Sporting Organisation and be guided through an interactive learning pathway commensurate with their individual stage of development.

"As such all sports will have access to a solution that can enhance how they currently engage, challenge, develop and retain their coaches.

"Once up and running, this coach education system has the potential to drive greater international sporting success through improved coach development and high performance sport innovation."

"The amount awarded is the largest by the DCC Industry Project Fund to a single project, which illustrates the potential of this project," says Mr Morrison.

The project draws on the collaboration of four Dunedin-based groups, each with unique skills and expertise but with common goals relating to innovation, and software development and implementation. Sport Otago specialises in the practical application and delivery of development strategies to sport; SPARC has a high performance team, which includes staff driving the use of new research and technology into sport; OceanBrowser Ltd is a development leader in e-learning solutions; and Siliconcoach has a proven history developing software solutions for sport. Together they share a vision to create a world-leading platform that will engage coaches all around New Zealand.

"We are incredibly pleased the DCC has acknowledged the potential of the project."

"It will establish Dunedin as the hub for national coach development solutions, with potential for that to grow to service the international market. This could be sold all around the world, enabling countries to centralize and power up their coaching education by harnessing the power of the Internet," says Mr Morrison.

For more information contact:
Joe Morrison, Siliconcoach: 021 241 2993
John Brimble Sport Otago: 021 465 747
Richard Young, SPARC, 021 283 3824
Rodney Tamblyn, OceanBrowser: 03 474 2102 (extn 22)

20th May, 2010

The support site for Specialized’s BG FIT DATA software (powered by siliconcoach) has just been released. It provides tutorial videos and other support material for users of this bike fitting software.

12th February, 2010, in Sport

Congratulations to Siliconcoach Ambassador Tionette Stoddard for making the New Zealand Winter Olympics Team. Tionette will be competing in the Skeleton Racing event and we at Siliconcoach wish her all the best. To find out how Tionette uses Siliconcoach in her training visit her Ambassadors Web Page

23rd November, 2009

Choose Running Shoes for Give and For Gait.

Source: The National Dubai 16 November 2009 – Reporter: Leah Oatway

Viewing gait-analysis session at Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai.

In a weekly series leading up to the Dubai Marathon 2010 on January 22, Leah Oatway learns ways to give yourself the best chance of making it through. In this article she looks at getting fitted to the right shoes using Dialed in Motion Gait Analysis system.

A runner on gait-analysis equipment in Dubai. Duncan Chard / The National

A friend once joked that I run like Phoebe from the American television comedy Friends. After watching a slow-motion video of myself on a treadmill this week, I realised that perhaps he was not joking, after all.

It was all part of a "gait analysis" service offered to runners at Go Sport in Dubai. (Gait is the action the foot performs while in motion to support, cushion and balance the body.)

This new analysis system, called Dialed in Motion, produced by the New Zealand company Siliconcoach, involves filming a customer on a treadmill so that custom-made software can be used to analyse the movement at the runner’s normal pace. Specially trained retail assistants at Go Sport in Ibn Battuta Mall and the Mall of Emirates are using it to prescribe suitable footwear to minimise the risk of injury to customers.

Watching the video replay of my legs flying out wildly to the side before landing somewhat haphazardly in front of me, I realised I do in fact resemble the ditzy blonde in one particularly amusing episode in season six. I lean to the right in a manner that amused Graeme Burborough, general manager of Siliconcoach.

"You actually have quite a pronounced supination on the right foot, which means you run on the outside of that foot, and then when your left foot comes down you roll in slightly," he said. "You need to wear flexible, cushioned shoes to act as shock absorbers for your body."

Putting aside the embarrassment of an unflattering camera angle on such a large screen, I always assumed my feet rolled in. I had no idea one was rolling the opposite way. Five years ago an attempt at the Paris marathon ended 13 miles into my training when severe pain in my knees and shins left me unable to walk down the steps at the cinema for several months. I had invested in orthotics to prop up my arches on both feet. That, I now realise, only exacerbated the problem.

Burborough, an avid sportsman, believes access to this new-to-Dubai service might have got me through to the finish line. "When you’re running in the wrong shoe you end up compensating somewhere in the leg," Burborough said. "Where it impacts depends on the individual, but typically there are knee injuries, calf muscle strains – it can run right up to the hip."

Without the correct footwear, even those who currently feel comfortable with their chosen trainers could find themselves in agony as their mileage rises in the weeks ahead, he warned. "The more running you do, the more you are going to risk injuring yourself," he said.

"Running is a hugely stressful thing to do. At a reasonable speed you are hitting the ground at a force three times your body weight every single time your feet touch the ground. At some point you will feel it."

According to Burborough, there are typically three types of shoe available to runners to correct or support the three different gaits. The first is a controlled, stable trainer for people who over-pronate, or roll inwards, when they run – "they want a rigid shoe that stops the rolling". Then there are those supinators, who run on the outsides of their feet, who require flexible, cushioned shoes that encourage the foot to roll inwards towards a more neutral position and also provide shock-absorption. And then there is the neutral shoe with stability for those with no pronation.

"I am not a biomechanic. I have knowledge about it because this is what I do, but I would always say if you are going to get very serious about running you should go and speak to a podiatrist and biomechanist," Burborough advised.

Dialed in Motion, which is not associated with specific brands, is not the only way to measure gait available in the UAE. Tread analysis, which measures the pressure applied by the foot in motion, is also used to assess a runner’s needs, but Burborough said that while pressure analysis was important, it should not be relied on exclusively. He suggested that runners should take an old pair of trainers when buying new ones so that assistants may analyse the wear on the tread.

It is recommended that trainers be changed every 500km to 600km. According to Burborough, one of the most common mistakes runners make when purchasing shoes is letting their wallets decide what ends up on their feet.

"They go in with a budget or head straight for the specials, which is not the right thing to do," he said. "It is not necessarily about getting the most expensive shoe, the cheaper one could be the right one, but it is important to spend the time and ask someone who knows what your needs are."

18th August, 2009

(Source: New Zealand Surfing Magazine www.nzsurfmag.co.nz )

The term ‘coach’ is one most usually associated with hi-performance and up-and-coming athletes across the spectrum of sport.

Surfing is no different. Many top end competitive surfers have coaches; even the young guns have them. Why? To improve their surfing of course. So if a coach can improve your surfing, then why is it a position aligned with the elite, we all want to surf better right? So have you ever thought about getting a bit of help? Most surfers would consider themselves pretty gun at their sport, it’s human nature to think you’re killing it and in no need of help. Drop your guard for a bit, open up and you’ll be quietly surprised. I myself am guilty of thinking all of the above, and never considered coaching to be part of the average surfer’s requirements. However upon talking to a bunch of weekend warrior surfers during an All Blacks game one night, I learned they had been receiving guidance and were rapt at the results. That got me thinking, if the end result means you’re surfing better then why isn’t everyone doing this?

Larry Fisher, former NZ team member, now NZ Junior Team Coach and also Raglan Surfing Academy Coach is the man I found responsible for this new fangled form of coaching so we probed him for some answers…

So tell us about this form of coaching, it’s obviously not you standing on the beach yelling out instructions via a megaphone, how does it work?

This form of coaching is focusing purely on the technical side of surfing. It’s something I really got interested in once I started my job coaching at the Raglan Surfing Academy back in 2002. Basically I can video someone surfing or they can send me some footage of themselves surfing. I can then go over this footage and pinpoint specific technical areas that the surfer is having difficulties with, or where slight adjustments can be made to perfect various surfing moves. I use the Video Analysis Software programme called SiliconCOACH. It has a split screen where I can have the coached surfer on one half of the screen and then say Kelly Slater on the other half of the screen performing the same manoeuvre. I have hundreds of examples of pros with great technique performing all kinds of manoeuvres on different sized waves so it is easy to match up the turns. You can flip the image so a goofy could be matched with someone like Mick Fanning if needed. Adjusting the timing of both surfers simultaneously going through the turn, using arrows and lines to indicate things like where you need to be looking, or what direction you should be moving your arms in, body rotation etc and voicing over the instructions and then burning all the different manoeuvres to DVD. The surfer has a DVD they can view at their leisure to see where wholesale changes or slight adjustments can be made in each surfing manoeuvre. When you get this visual picture of the movement and understand what your body is supposed to do, it really makes it easy. There is the correct way to pull each manoeuvre and also inferior or incorrect methods that hold many surfers back. A lot of surfer’s progression is held back by bad technique that can become ingrained in their surfing. However a lot of these surfers don’t realise this, or can’t accurately pinpoint where they are going wrong. This programme is really effective in rectifying these problems.

Who is it for and who should use it?

Most of my coaching using Siliconcoach is with the Raglan Surfing Academy students. I also do a bit with other junior surfers around the country. Recently I have been doing a bit for some older surfers looking to get to that next level of performance, as well as a few mates. Basically it is for anyone who wants to improve his or her surfing, which at the end of the day, if we are honest with ourselves, is all of us.

What results can people expect timeframe wise?

It all depends on the keenness and commitment of the surfer. I’ve had surfers who have just been frothing on it. They really believe in it and watch the DVD I have made for them before they go out for a surf and really focus on working on particular turns. These surfers get near instant results. On the other hand I have had a couple of grommets that kind of think they don’t really need coaching but may have been sent to me from either sponsors or parents. They kind of listen and maybe watch the DVD a couple of times but don’t really fully commit to giving it a decent shot. These surfers obviously don’t get the same results. However I haven’t had too many of these types as most surfers are psyched on getting better.

How long has this technology been around?

It’s been around since 1997, although it has evolved a lot since then. Australia’s surf coaching guru Martin Dunn has been using it effectively since it first came out. It’s not just for surfing obviously. All the top coaches in most sporting codes use it. Once you have brought the programme you get all the support and all the updates from the team at Silicon Coach. They are regularly developing it and adding more technology to the programme.

Where was it developed?

The cool thing is that it was founded here in NZ by a bio mechanist named Joe Morrison in 1997. It’s now being used all around the world.

MATT HEWIT. Age: 17. Years surfing: 4. Surfing level: Competent Riper. (Photo CORY)

“I have had a bit of coaching over the last couple of years with Larry Fisher and over in Oz. I found it really useful with understanding and developing my moves. The great thing about Silicon coaching is assessing your technique, you can see where your body is and what you’re doing wrong and then you are showed what you should be doing to get your moves right. I believe the most important thing about Silicone is how it is presented to you, I have had a few and some coaches present it really well and this can really make a difference.”

STEVE ROBERTS. Age: 36. Years surfing: 22. Surfing level: Competent. (Photo CORY)

“After working with Larry Fisher I’ve become more aware of technique and how by making a few minor body adjustments, e.g. arm placement, dropping your back knee, which way to look etc... It has totally revolutionised and improved the way I ride a wave. To be honest I’m horrified that I have been surfing waves poorly my whole life. Here’s one example. I often used to get caught up in the lip when I hit it, my solution was next time to hit is harder, I didn’t realise I was working against the power of the wave, when I should have been harnessing its power to give my turns speed, power and flow. Using Silicon Surfer Larry is able to explain what you are doing throughout a manoeuvre and on the split screen next to me is Andy Irons (or whoever Larry decides best demonstrates that particular manoeuvre) doing the same manoeuvre, at the same speed, when you see it, it’s so simple a ten year old could understand it. Throughout the manoeuvre Larry is comparing you to the professional, good and bad points. He draws arrows on the screen showing you where you should be looking and where to make adjustments to your body positioning, while verbally reinforcing what you are visually seeing. It’s epic because you can see a professional doing it perfectly right next to you.”

“I think the benefits of this sort of coaching for elite performers and comp-hungry groms is pretty well recognised. I also think it could benefit novices once they can trim along a green face of the wave and start thinking about doing turns. In fact it probably pays to correct mistakes as soon as possible before they become too in-grained. But I think the group that can most benefit from this sort of coaching (who are also the ones least likely to think it applies to them) are intermediates like me who really want to improve their surfing but don’t know how.

One of the main benefits of the coaching for me is that it makes every surf more fun regardless of the conditions – even if the surf is small and crappy you know what you want to focus on and can just go out and practise what you are working on. Having said that I think for it to make a real long lasting difference in your performance level, you have to really want to improve your technique and be prepared to keep working at it. Like anything worth doing, it doesn’t come easily. The siliconcoach isn’t a magic wand, but a very useful tool. Try it, you might amaze yourself and may even impress your mates!”

18th August, 2009

(left to right) Bobby Julich, Scott Holz, Bjarne Riis, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck discuss observations made via the BG FIT DATA dual angle camera system.

Specialized and Saxo Bank professional cycling - team up for the perfect fit using software developed by siliconcoach

Two of the top three cycling teams in the word ride Specialized bikes. One of those teams, Saxo Bank, had their bike positions fine- tuned by expert fitters from Specialized using software developed by siliconcoach.

Working to the strict design requirements demanded by Specialized, siliconcoach developed software specifically for the job. The software captures video from two views at the same time and composites them on the screen in real time. The fitter can then look at the video clips with frame by frame accuracy and use the drawing and measuring tools to make sure the fit is dialed in perfectly.

This software is now being used by Specialized retailers around the world to fit all customers to their bikes, just like the Pro’s.

Source: Specialized Bicycle Components

18th August, 2009

UNUSUAL SPORT. UNUSUAL NAME. SILICONCOACH AMBASSADOR TIONETTE STODDARD IS SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S BEST CHANCES OF A MEDAL AT NEXT YEAR’S WINTER OLYMPICS IN THE HELTERSKELTER SPORT OF SKELETON RACING.

By Naomi Arnold. Photos Sandra Mu/Getty images.Article courtesy of Skysport Magazines

From an armchair it looks insane. Skeleton is not an Olympic sport many Kiwis would be familiar with, but it is one of the most raw and exciting to watch: an athlete, a sled, a running start and a couple of minutes to zoom to the bottom of an icy bobsleigh track at speeds reaching 130km/h. Headfirst.

At the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year, those few minutes will be the culmination of six years of training for New Zealand's number-one skeleton racer Tionette Stoddard.

In 2006 she missed out on the Olympics by one point due to a crash early in the season. But with a current ranking of 13th in the world, she's giving it her all this year with the ultimate goal of an Olympic podium finish.

Based in Dunedin and training at the New Zealand Academy of Sport, the 34- year-old is a consummate sportswoman, with a diverse competitive background in rugby, bobsleigh and weightlifting.

She's currently performing at the highest level in skeleton, placing 12th at February's FIBT World Cup and seventh at the Skeleton World Cup in January 2008. She won a first at the America's Cup races in Lake Placid in April, the first time a Kiwi female skeleton racer has done so, and was one of only 10 New Zealand athletes to be granted an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship this year.

Stoddard was raised in Australia, but New Zealand is her home by choice. She moved here in 2005 with her Kiwi husband and coach, Winter Olympian Angus Ross, and chose skeleton racing after injury set her sporting career on a different track.

Stoddard was playing rugby for Queensland in August 2003 when she injured her knee, damaging her ACL, bone and cartilage so dramatically that her doctor told her she should only ever run in a straight line again.

Rugby was out. But Stoddard was not. After eight weeks on crutches, operations and months of rehabilitation, she hunted around for a sport in which she could succeed.

"I still had a fire in my belly and it was at that time that I started seeing Angus," she says. "He's a very good coach and he taught me to have good confidence in my ability. He said, ‘Look, I think you can do something really special, so don't worry about the rugby, we'll find you another sport'.

"I'd done a season of bobsleigh, but ultimately was too small to be world-class, so we thought skeleton might be another option."

Merely watching skeleton is enough to make you hold your breath. Sleds have no steering or brakes, and athletes must use minute shifts of bodyweight, negotiating hairpin turns and straightaways to find the best line and steer through. The gravitational force of those sharp turns - up to 5Gs - is comparable to that endured by space shuttle astronauts on re-entry.

Athletes hurtle down the track with their faces and toes millimeters from the ice and the only way to stop is to run out of slope. Or crash.

Which begs the obvious question: has she had any spectacular wipe-outs?

"In the first couple of seasons when I was just learning I was coming off my sled a lot and I felt a little bit like one of the gimps in the field. It was a bit naive of me, but I was quite keen to try this sport and I knew the calibre of some of the athletes who did it. I thought well, if they can do it I can as well. But I went really easy when you don't really know what you're doing to come off your sled."

She doesn't come off so much anymore. Stoddard has sprint, strength and sliding coaches, and likes to be involved in every aspect of her training. She uses video analysis, with Dunedin company Silicon Coach studying her starts and form on the sled, measuring biomechanics and modifying her movements to gain maximum power and momentum from the race's all-important start, or ‘push'.

Push times are strongly related to overall performance. Spotters scouting for young skeleton talent look for fast sprinters, and Stoddard's push is one of the best in the business; at the last World Cup she had the third-fastest in the field.

That gives her confidence for Vancouver, though by racing for New Zealand she's at a slight disadvantage. Many of her competitors train on their home tracks and thus have considerably more experience on the ice. She's also a relative newcomer to the sport, with just five competitive seasons under her belt compared to 15 years for some of her competitors. But that doesn't faze her.

"The Americans, the Swiss, the Germans - they all have their own home tracks, and whilst we can go overseas and gain access to the tracks it's really expensive. We will never, ever have as many runs down tracks as some of those athletes from the bigger nations have. They're always going to have more driving time than me, but I'm a better athlete than a lot of them and that's starting to show through with the push now."

She says innovation is one method of overcoming the handicap of training in a country that doesn't have a single bobsleigh track, and she concentrates on quality, focused preparation.

"I try and get to the tracks as early as I can, the day the track opens. I spend as much time overseas as possible. Last year I was away for five months, and then I came home for three weeks and went away for another month just to get as much time on tracks as I possibly could. Equipment plays a big role, so I'm also trying to make sure that I've got access to competitive equipment and that I've got good aerodynamics.

"I visualise a lot, I watch a lot of footage of tracks to try and improve the number of times I've seen what a track looks like. And when you knock some of these people off on race day, you realise they are not unbeatable and it's a huge boost to your confidence when you do. They're just competitors at the end of the day and there are so many variables on race day that you can only control what you do."

That's one of the things she likes about skeleton. It's completely individual: just her and the ice. "It just comes down to you once you're on the sled.

You can only rely on yourself, you're totally focused on what you're doing, it's quiet inside your helmet and you're just trying to go as fast as you can." After the camaraderie of rugby she found skeleton a bit isolating at first, but believes working on her knee rehabilitation also made her mentally stronger.

"I had to spend a lot of time training on my own and that gave me a lot of thinking time and lots of fuel for motivation. Racing overseas, you feel a little bit lonely sometimes being away from friends and family. But once you get to know the other athletes on the circuit and you're just getting on with your job, enjoying what you're doing and keeping in touch with people from home, it doesn't feel that isolating really.

"In my first two seasons I actually came home from the end of the season thinking, ‘I'm not sure if I want to do that again'. But something spurred me on - I felt challenged. The last two seasons I've come home thinking I can't wait to get back into it, whatever it takes, that's what I'm going to do. I've just been so inspired by the progress that I've made and how much I'm enjoying what I'm doing."

What are her goals for Vancouver?

"I want to beat everybody. There's nobody in the field that I think is unbeatable, and there are probably only a couple of names in the field who I haven't beaten yet. I feel like it's only a matter of time and that gives me confidence." Though only competing in the sport for five years, Stoddard feels her slightly roundabout route into skeleton has been an advantage, and she brings different strengths and experience to her racing. "I feel as though I've grown heaps as a person. Certainly I have a lot more confidence in my abilities, and I think that allows you to share that with other people and help them have confidence in themselves as well. I've learnt the power of positive thinking and believing, problem solving, coping strategies, travel and independence overseas.

They're things that you can pass on to other people in any area of work. I'd really like to use some of the skills I've developed and the experiences I've had to put back as well, when this is all finished."

Focused, confident and completely committed to her sport: you get the feeling that Stoddard won't be finished for a while yet

I want to beat everybody. There's nobody in the field that I think is unbeatable, and there are probably only a couple of names in the field who I haven't beaten yet.

7th May, 2009

Ricky Pointing has been sharpening his batting skills with siliconcoach TimeWARP, before departing for the West Indies.The video footage was fed through the plasma screen, on a five-second delay, enabling Ponting to play a stroke and then watch it replayed immediately on TV.

Ponting, who endured a run of low scores in the summer's one-day series and failed to fire for Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, emerged from the net session delighted.

"It's the first time I've used that. It is the best little coaching session you can have," said Ponting.

"It's good to have a coach or someone standing by that knows your game. To have it explained to you is one thing; to see it for yourself and be able to identify yourself what you are doing during a shot is fantastic."

"Sometimes you know yourself what you are doing but to put your finger right on it is a little more difficult," Ponting said.

"With this set-up, you hit one and you give yourself time to have a look at the replay and digest it.

"It can pick up everything, head position, backlift and whatever it is you want to work on.

To read more on TimeWARP and get your free trial click www.siliconcoach.com/sport/timewarp

Article from Ben Dorries, May 09, 2008 of Herald Sun

4th May, 2009

siliconcoach in association with Sports Mentoring www.sportsmentoring.co.uk are excited to annouce our involvement with npower Cricket in the Park.

The npower Ashes test series (Asutralia vs. England) is set to become the highlight of the sporting summer months and with npowers Cricket in the Park you won't miss any action!

See how your cricketing skills measure up against the England Team and have your techinque expertly analysed in the Sky Sports coaching zone.

Win chances of a lifetime to be coached by members of the England Team

Don't miss out on the number one fan experience of the summer

Where and When

• Southampton - Fri 10 – Sat 11 July (Cardiff Test)
• Liverpool - Sat 18 – Sun 19 July (Lord's Test)
• Cambridge - Sat 1 – Sun 2 Aug (Edgbaston Test)
• Derby - Sat 8 – Sun 9 Aug (Headingley Test)
• London - Sat 22 – Sun 23 Aug (Brit Oval Test)

26th March, 2009

Siliconcoach are very pleased to announce our exclusive supplier relationship with Casio NZ/Australia, through this relationship Siliconcoach will supply the award winning Casio EX-F1 High Speed Camera to the sports and education channels. Visit our High Speed Video page to truly see what this amazing product can do.

Your captured video footage (up to 300 fps) can be played back and reviewed through Siliconcoach Pro 7.

26th March, 2009

Members of the Dialed in Motion sales and design teams will be taking their dynamic bike fitting system to the major centres in Australia in late April and early May.

They will be in Brisbane (April 27), Adelaide (April 29), Melbourne (May 1) and Sydney May 4) where they will be showing bike dealers the system in action. (Please note that this road show is only available to Avanti Authorised Dealers).

The Dialed in Motion Dynamic Bike Fitting System uses video to capture the cyclist ‘in motion’ and then freezes them at the key points of interest. This is more accurate than conventional static measurements that often don’t represent the true dynamic action of cycling. The software has tools to measure angles, distances and relative body positions to get the cyclist ‘dialed in’ for an efficient and comfortable ride.

The software has modes of operation for less experienced fitters through to very experienced fitters. It creates reports for the customer and stores all their results in a searchable database. Probably the most important feature is that it lets the customer see what you are doing and why which creates a very positive customer experience and increases revenue.

Authorised Avanti dealers can register at http://www.dialedinmotion.com/bike/roadshow.php.

(Avanti Plus dealers please see your Avanti rep for details on your customised bike fitting system options)

Optimum Health Performance (OHP) in the USA has been using Siliconcoach Pro with great success. One of their top coaches is Kris Swarthout and he says "Everything is working perfectly! We really enjoy your product and use it daily at our training studio".

OHP uses a variety of sport analysis equipment to offer a comprehensive battery of tests for Triathletes. When it comes to technique analysis they use Siliconcoach Pro 7. They use it for anyone, from beginner to pro, to help identify areas to target for improvement. They look at the athlete’s form and technique, video tape it, and use the software to show them how to improve. This analysis will help athletes who want to take themselves to the next level by getting down to the science behind coaching - allowing them to train more efficiently and effectively.

They offer the following biomechanical analysis:

• Run Gait Analysis
• Using video, they assess the way athletes walk or run to determine any abnormalities in biomechanics and therefore gain a step on their competition.
• Swim Analysis
• Under-water analysis and above-water analysis. They assess the athletes from every angle – with video – by using Siliconcoach to look at the technical aspects of their swim mechanics. Improving technique leads to better speed and endurance.

You can learn more about the services OHP offers on their video here. You can see how siliconcoach is being used in the last half of the clip.

Link: www.optumhealthperformace.com/