Video analysis is an ever developing part of skills coaching, especially with the ready availability of high speed cameras and analysis software on modern phones and tablets. This blog is going to take a quick look at some different ways to use video (before, during or after a lifting session) and try to put together some recommendations for video use.
Fifteen years ago I wrote my BSc dissertation on how carrying a pole-vaulting pole affected an athlete’s sprinting kinematics. As well as pole-vaulters there are many athletes who use a modified sprinting model, for example rugby players carrying a ball or amputees who use prosthetic limbs. Since then there have been a number of papers exploring these topics. The purpose of this blog is to try and solidify some of my thoughts on what I’ve been reading.
Video analysis is an ever developing part of skills coaching, especially with the ready availability of high speed cameras and analysis software on modern phones and tablets. This blog is going to take a quick look at some different ways to use video (before, during or after a lifting session) and try to put together some recommendations for video use.
In the summer I had a moto-x rider come to me after having surgery to repair MCL, PCL and meniscus injuries caused by getting his leg trapped under his bike. What was different with this case was that he came to me one year after the operation. In this post I go through some of the rehab program used with this patient.
This is a theoretical use case scenario for a digital method of using the SCAT 3 to recognise and monitor concussion in athletes. I think it could work quite well, but can't advise you of the legalities of it in your country. The data safety and privacy of medical information if very important and rightly heavily regulated, therefore please take advice local to your country before implementing any of these ideas.
