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9th May, 2008 Official Supplier of the 2008 UEG European Trampolining Championships
siliconcoach will be the official video analysis supplier at the UEG European Trampolining,Tumbling and DMT Championships in Denmark commencing 28th April.
For further information on the use of siliconcoach at this event please contact Andrew Delafield at andrew@siliconcoach.com
9th May, 2008 TEST skipper Ricky Ponting has turned to hi-tech
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 ...
18th March, 2008 Siliconcoach centre stage at ECB Coaches conference
The siliconcoach UK team have taken centre stage in a large scale demonstration of video analysis at the recent ECB Coaches Association conference held at Warwick University. During three presentations led by Kevin Shine, Head of the ECB Fast Bowling Programme, over 300 delegates were shown how the Pro and TimeWARP systems can be used to give valuable feedback to players within the training environment. During each session, former Somerset Head Coach Shine worked on a one-to-one basis with an up-and-coming local talent and demonstrated how the bowling action could be enhanced using technique drills, strength and conditioning and, of ...
14th March, 2008 The man behind siliconcoach- Biomechanical Entrepreneur
An interview with the man behind siliconcoach and his new venture in the golfing world.
10th March, 2008 Congratulations NZ Black Caps
The New Zealand Black Caps cricket team claimed the first test of three with a victory over England at the weekend, siliconcoach congratulates the team.Both the England and NZ teams are supporters and users of siliconcoach, it is fair to say that the use of siliconcoach was more evident in the bowling than the battting though!
4th March, 2008 Cycling Australia Embraces siliconcoach
At the recent Australian Track Cycling Championships ,Conrad Pearson, siliconcoach’s Asia/Pacific Product Manager, demonstrated timeWARP as a tool for assisting the Commissars (judges) in officiating during events. Using the simple but powerful tool allowed the judges to instantly replay points of interest in races without having to stop recording and rewinding tape as was previously the case. The tagging feature of the software meant that they didn’t have to take their eyes off the races at key times, but rather were able to review possible infringements immediately after the race or during “slow” non sprint laps in ...
27th February, 2008 UK Olympic coach praises siliconcoach at ISPAS conference
At the recent ISPAS (International Society for Performance Analysis in Sport) conference at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, delegates were given an insight into the use of siliconcoach at the highest levels of sport. Martin Laws, International Performance Coach for Trampolining and coach to Gary Smith, finalist in the 2004 Olympics, discussed how he integrates siliconcoach software into training to enhance the performance and monitor the development of his athletes.
Delegates were able to watch Gary’s performance in the Athens final and then see how siliconcoach software was used in the lead up to the event to ensure that technical faults ...
26th February, 2008 Rugby it's all about rugby
siliconcoach we will be launching a program to focus purely on the global rugby market in 2008.Haagon East, Key Projects Manager, will head up siliconcoach's assault on the rugby market.Haagon comments, "siliconcoach is currently used by many of the worlds top rank nations including England, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of Super 14 franchises and Premiership clubs, we believe that siliconcoach has a number of great offerings that can genuinely assist coaches and players alike". Haagon, himself a former NZ secondary schools and Universities representative, and having recently worked with the All Blacks to create rugbysportswizards ...
25th February, 2008 SportsCo Performance stores go live
SportsCo Performance is a franchised chain of Australian sports stores with over 100 locations nationwide. Recently a trail of the new siliconcoach product Dialed in Motion – Running was conducted at four stores in across three states. Conrad Pearson, the Asian/Pacific Product manager was able to install the software and train store staff in the basics of video analysis.
Over a 8-12 week trial, store managers reported increases in sales numbers and average sale price. Just as importantly they stated that customers left the store happier with their purchase and confident in the fact that they had been fitted into ...
22nd February, 2008 Use siliconcoach with your school interactive whiteboard
siliconcaoch is accredited to be used with Promethean Interactive Whiteboards, a powerful teaching combination, to find our more contact us today, details on website.