Hick’s Golden age – Analyse his technique with ‘Batting Mechanics’

June 10th, 2007 | Cricket, Quintic Video Software


The Worcestershire batsmen Graeme Hick needs 49 runs this week to join an elite club of cricketing legends in the 40,000 club. He will become only the 16th batsman in history to reach 40,000 first-class runs.

Already, in all professional cricket, only Graham Gooch (67,057) has scored more runs and only Sir Jack Hobbs more hundreds (197) than Hick, whose tallies stand at 62,115 runs and 174 centuries.

Graeme Hick is the co-author of the QuinticCricket. The CD incorporates video footage of all the correct techniques and visual shapes of the various batting shots. It is an invaluable coaching tool as it enables a coach and player to analyse technique in fine detail. It caters for players of all standards giving instruction on how to play all the different shots with accompanying video & audio footage. It also contains coaching games & drills that can enhance cricket awareness and maximum activity.

Batting Mechanics also allows video footage of a player to be viewed and compared through the Quintic Software. A variety of coaching drills, as performed in this manual are proven methods and short cuts to enhance and develop the various batting shots. You can also watch Graeme demonstrating a number of shots that have help make him one of the most successful batsmen in the English game.

For further information regarding ‘Batting Mechanics’ please visit: www.quinticcricket.com

The 40,000 club
1: J Hobbs (1905-34) 61,237 av 50.65
2: F Woolley (1906-38) 58,969 40.75
3: E Hendren (1907-38) 57,611 50.80
4: C Mead (1905-36) 55,061 47.67
5: W G Grace (1865-1908) 54,896 39.55
6: W Hammond (1920-51) 50,551 56.10
7: H Sutcliffe (1919-45) 50,138 51.95
8: G Boycott (1962-86) 48,426 56.83
9: T Graveney (1948-71) 47,793 44.91
10: G Gooch (1973-2000) 44,846 49.01
11: T Hayward (1893-1914) 43,551 41.79
12: D Amiss (1960-87) 43,423 42.86
13: C Cowdrey (1950-76) 42,719 42.89
14: A Sandham (1911-37) 41,284 44.82
15: L Hutton (1934-60) 40,140 55.51
16: G Hick (1983-) 39,951 52.56

Graeme Hick : 134 centuries, 152 fifties, 507 matches, 840 innings, 80 times not out, 405 highest score!

Sunday 17th June 2007 – Graeme Hick became the 16th player to reach 40,000 first-class runs by making 49 against Warwickshire. Hick adds another accolade to his career – and he is the first man to pass the milestone since Graham Gooch 13 years ago. “For someone who has achieved as much as he has in the game, to still have the drive, work ethic and hunger is great,” said his captain Vikram Solanki. “It takes a particular type of character and personality to be able to do it. As a player, he is the ultimate professional. He is still in fine shape. He has always looked after himself, he is still fit, still works hard, probably harder than anyone else now. He is an amazing guy.” Maybe the moment got to him, but Hick fell straight after passing the landmark when he was caught behind off Dale Steyn. Nevertheless, Worcestershire moved to a 56-run lead just when they were all out on the stroke of stumps at Edgbaston- thanks largely to Stephen Moore’s 112 – as the game heads towards a draw.

Quintic 4 Education Case Studies…

June 9th, 2007 | Quintic Video Software

Quintic are pleased to announce the launch of the Quintic 4 Education case studies. Quintic software can be used across a wide selection of subjects and levels, allowing interactive examples and questions to be given whilst staying within the requirements of the National Curriculum.

Over 200 videos can be chosen from the vast selection available with the Quintic software to demonstrate a topic and provide a practical application of theoretical concepts.

Below is a list of example case studies and the subject, topic and year group/level they are available for. All the case studies are supported by FREE downloads, including videos and excel data spreadsheets:

  1. Impulse
  2. Performance Analysis – Swimming
  3. Coefficient of Restitution
  4. Power
  5. Screening of Athletes
  6. Cycle Ergometer
  7. Newton’s Cradle – Conservation of Momentum and Energy
  8. Performance Analysis – Shot Put

There are more to follow, please keep an eye out for the Quintic 4 Education Case Studies : www.quintic.com/quinac/education.htm

English Institute of Sport partners with Quintic

June 9th, 2007 | Quintic Video Software

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The English Institute of Sport (EIS), a nationwide network offering sports science and medical support services to elite athletes, is leading the way in performance analysis through an innovative partnership with Quintic Consultancy Ltd, a specialist in sports biomechanics and performance analysis video analysis software.

This partnership will focus on provision of software licenses, a dedicated telephone support service and training of EIS support staff.

“Forging partnerships such as this is crucial for driving performance at an elite level in English sport” says Stafford Murray, EIS National Lead Performance Analyst.

Stafford Murray explains how cutting edge technology is helping to provide coaches with enhanced feedback – allowing them to make informed interventions…

“Research shows that on average, athletes and coaches can only recall 30% of performance correctly. Performance Analysis can help with the missing 70%.

Essentially performance analysis is the provision of objective feedback to athletes trying to achieve an improvement in performance. It’s telling the athlete what actually happened as opposed to what they perceived to be happening.

Both video and statistics are used to assist the athlete – after all the camera never lies! Performance analysis is widely utilised in elite sport today; it’s instant, it’s simple, it’s real and it can have immediate effect on performance.

World Squash No.1 Peter Nicol uses it before and after each competitive match and during his training to monitor and modify his technique. Every England cricketer – bowlers and batsmen – would have been exposed to it and the RFU and National Badminton Association have both utilised it. Performance Analysis can take place in either training or competition. Within a training environment, technical changes would be made to an athlete’s technique. Using technical analysis software packages we can provide real-time feedback to the coach and athlete. Within the software we are able to create split-screen comparisons of the athlete with themselves pre and post injury or pre and post coaching intervention or against a role model.

In a competition environment, things are slightly different. The night before a match the athlete would look at the profile and stats of their opponent for the next day. From that, they would discuss the data with a coach and that would contribute, along with past experiences, to a gameplan. They would also watch their own (last) match and discuss any areas of concern.

On the morning of the match, the athlete would watch a motivational video, recap on the gameplan with the coach and hopefully win!

A performance analyst will never try to tell a coach what to do, but will back up the coach and highlight areas that may need attention.”

For further information please visit: www.quintic.com/quinac/eis.htm

Quintic Biomechanics v14 with AutoTracking!

June 6th, 2007 | Quintic Video Software

It is through our extensive biomechanics consultancy and constant liaison in the fields of elite sport, physiotherapy, podiatry and education that our three levels of premier sports video analysis software systems have evolved. It is this unique contact that allows us to produce easy to use, market leading software systems that specialise in 2D Biomechanical Analysis.

Quintic Biomechanics 9.03 v14 is our premier video analysis software, designed for the elite coach, elite athlete, sports scientist, podiatrist, physiotherapist and biomechanist. It includes all the functionality of Quintic Coaching 4.01 along with Automatic 21-point 2D Digitisation – Measure Linear Velocities, Accelerations & Angular Rotations. Digitise images (2D) and create point trajectories of specific markers or even an 18-point anatomical model, calculate horizontal, vertical, and diagonal calibration – Increased Accuracy of Data Collection, 3D Data Input Tables – Convert 2D Data into 3D Results & Synchronisation with Force Platforms – RS Scan Systems.

To download a FREE 21 Day trial of the new Biomechanics software please visit:
http://www.quintic.com/software/trial/index.pl

Titleist ups the ante on its Performance Institute

June 5th, 2007 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Golf Biomechanics
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Biomechanist and MD of Quintic Consultancy, Paul Hurrion has been invited to join the Biomechanics Advisory Panel of the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI).

 
The TPI was born out of an ongoing search for knowledge about bodies in sports motion. Morphing out of a private facility that was created for the benefit of Titleist staff players worldwide, the public side of the TPI was first opened in 2004.The TPI was born out of an ongoing search for knowledge about bodies in sports motion. Morphing out of a private facility that was created for the benefit of Titleist staff players worldwide, the public side of the TPI was first opened in 2004.It is one of the most technologically advanced golf evaluation facilities in existence focusing on swing efficiency, physical conditioning, and custom equipment fitting. It combines industry leading experts, state of the art technology, and world class facilities to enhance the performance and physical well-being of golfers of all skill levels. You’d find that a good deal of what is discussed and debated by the members of the Institute is over the heads of most club golfers, but it’s meat & potatoes to professional athletes for whom the game is a livelihood.There are eight people in total currently consulting just on the TPI biomechanics panel – each with discrete disciplinary skill-sets and in different sports. The idea is that physiological & biomechanical aspects of all sports have information that can be applied to golf. Considering that this will involve processing vast amounts of data to extract valid components, an exhaustive degree of knowledge is needed.

“We met Paul through Padraig Harrington and knew that he was doing research on shoes and motion analysis of elite athletes,” explains Dr Greg Rose of TPI. “We look for advisors that can help direct us in each discipline and we try to get experts from different sports that may have great information that we could apply to golf. We definitely try to get advisors who don’t think the same so that we can get great discussions on each topic.

“We try to meet at least once a year, we pose monthly questions to discuss and debate through email, we all write articles to post on our website, and we will try to publish 6-10 research papers over 12 months from the group.”

2007 and 2008 are going to be very busy years for Paul Hurrion. As demand among PGA players and management grows for Hurrion’s one-to-one consulting time, Quintic itself is poised to launch a range of very special training aids under the Quintic brand.

Designed, packaged and priced to have appeal among the broadest range of golfers, these training aids are distinguished by their simplicity and instant feedback.

Paul Hurrion and the Quintic team have amassed a vast body of work on the complexities of the professional athletes’ sporting performance. An innate knowledge of this data firstly enables a biomechanist efficiently to target a problem or an opportunity for performance improvement. Secondly, it makes it possible to identify accurately the common problems of most golfers and crucially, the quickest and most effective cure.

“At its purest level, yes, biomechanics is probably deathly dull to men and women who simply love the game of golf and always want to play better,” says a sanguine Paul Hurrion. “The point is those people don’t have to bother with exhaustive analysis of their game because we’ve done that. For those that are interested the facts and figures, we can gladly discuss these, otherwise they can just benefit by our research… and play better golf.”

The TPI will be a Shangri-La for serious golfers, irrespective of the brand of club they swing. They’ll sell truckloads of very worthy Titleist gear off the back of it, but that’s a given and no secret. What is perhaps a more closely guarded secret is just how coveted a place is in this particular school.

Greg Rose : “We are a private facility – used mainly by our professional Titleist staff players worldwide (almost 8,000 players in total). We do offer 35 fantasy camps called ‘experiences’ each year – where 6 amateurs will come in for three days and we treat them like they are Adam Scott for the week. We charge $7,500 per person and it is usually sold out well in advance!”

Sayers’s new UK javelin record under the microscope

June 5th, 2007 | Athletics, Biomechanics Consultancy, Quintic Video Software
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Goldie Sayers has broken the British javelin record with a mark of 65.05m at the Loughborough International athletics match on May 20th.

The 24-year-old beat her own personal best by 3.60m and eclipsed Kelly Morgan’s previous national record of 64.87m, which was set in July 2002. And the effort also helped Sayers – a Loughborough graduate herself – claim top spot in the 2007 world rankings.

“It’s a shock but not that much of a shock. I knew I was going to throw a personal best because training has been going fantastically well,” said Sayers.

And that training is down to some highly sophisticated sports analysis software, designed and developed in Britain. For the last 6 years, Sayers has been working with Midlands-based biomechanist Dr Paul Hurrion, who in 1997 founded ‘Quintic Consultancy’.

Quintic continues to be responsible for the evolution of some of sport’s most highly regarded analysis and performance development software. Using a combination of high-speed video analysis and proprietary Quintic Biomechanics software, every single aspect of Goldie Sayers’s throwing technique – both in training and competition – was broken down and examined with her coach Mark Roberson to determine areas for improvement and for potential stress.

It’s vitally important, says Hurrion for several reasons.

“Goldie is representative of a type of sportswoman whose best achievements are yet to come,” he explains. “Underlying all our work is the given that at her level of biomechanical ability and preparedness it is possible to make a marked improvement in most components of her performance, but only after the most penetrative understanding of the body’s kinematics.

“Secondly… and thirdly, I suppose,” says Hurrion with enthusiasm. “Goldie is young and there’s no reason she shouldn’t win Olympic medals in 2008 and 2012 – provided she is spared injury.

“And that’s an important preventative benefit of potent biomechanical analysis – it’s no use being the best if you’re always injured.”

In a red-hot field, GB & NI’s Goldie Sayers proved her early season form is no flash in the pan as she won the Norwich Union Glasgow Grand Prix (Sunday 3rd June) competition with a fine second round effort of 63.59m, just less than one-and-a-half metres down on the British record she set at the Loughborough International a fortnight earlier. Last year’s European Champion and current Olympic silver medallist Steffi Nerius (Germany) was 2nd with a best of 62.57m and European silver medallist Barbara Spotakova (Czech Republic) was 3rd with 62.26m. “It wasn’t a bad day as we’ve trained in far worse weather than this! My aim was to throw long and I’d expected to throw that far on a good day so I’m pretty pleased about it. I haven’s backed off training for Osaka (World Championships) so in theory I should have some more big throws.”





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