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12th February, 2010 Siliconcoach Ambassador to Compete at Vancouver Winter Olympics
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 Indian Cricket Uses Siliconcoach Technology
Source: Otago Daily Times 20 November 2009 – Reporter: Neal Wallace
Analysing batting technique using Siliconcoach Pro 7
Dunedin sports video analysis company Siliconcoach has sold its cricket analysis system to India, the world's largest and most passionate cricket market.
The technology, which uses video and computer software to help players improve their technique and physical performance, will be available to coaches and players in the country's 27 state sides and seven affiliate associations.
Siliconcoach's manager, Graeme Burborough, said it had previously been used by India's high performance academies and by teams in the IPL twenty/20 ...
23rd November, 2009 Dialed in Motion Gait Analysis
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 ...
18th August, 2009 Silicon Surf Coaching
(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 ...
18th August, 2009 Specialized and Saxo Bank professional cycling
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 ...
18th August, 2009 Plummeting headfirst to glory
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 ...
7th May, 2009 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 ...
4th May, 2009 npower Cricket in the Park
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 ...
26th March, 2009 Dialed in Motion takes to the road in Aussie.
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 ...
26th March, 2009 Another World Champ
Our congratulations go out to Alison Shanks and all her support staff after winning the UCI individual pursuit World Track Cycling champs in Poland, Thursday 26/3/2009.
Ali is a long serving supporter and user of siliconcoach products.