GB World Bobsleigh Champions…
February 22nd, 2009 | Quintic Video SoftwareNicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke won the Women’s World Bobsleigh Championships, which were held at Lake Placid on 20th and 21st February 2009. Whereas the races that make up the eight race World Cup series consist of just two runs, the World Championships reflect the Olympics and consist of four runs, held over two days, and are only held in non-Olympic years. The results are decided on the total time for all four runs, so consistency is crucial.
After the first day, Nicola and Gillian lay in 2nd place, just 0.04 seconds behind Shauna Rohbuck / Elana Meyers of the USA, who would ultimately finish as runners up in the final standings. Although their start times were not the fastest, Nicola and Gillian had the best times in each of their two runs on the second day to finish 0.38 seconds ahead of the USA1 team and 0.62 seconds ahead of the 3rd place Cathleen Martini / Janine Tischer of Germany.
The last time that Great Britain won the World Bobsleigh Championships was back in 1965 when Tony Nash and Robin Dixon (now Lord Glentoran) won the 2-Man title, when the Championships were held at the St Moritz track. Robin Glentoran, who is nowadays President of the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association, described it as a ‘wonderful achievement by the girls’ and said he was ‘really pleased for both girls’.
Twenty six year old Gillian Cooke, who lives in Edinburgh, only came into the sport of bobsleigh this season, after having been discovered by Nicola and enticed away from long jump. Gillian was duly selected with Jackie Gunn to brake for Nicola in the 2008 – 2009 season and now loves the sport of bobsleigh.
Nicola, who is thirty years old and lives in Sheffield, had previously driven to 2nd place in the World Bobsleigh Championships at Calgary in 2005, with Jackie Davies (now Jackie Gunn) as brakewoman. Despite coming close this season, with a 2nd place and two 3rd places in World Cup races, Nicola had never before won a bobsleigh race at World Class level and certainly chose a good time to do it, just one year before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Winning the World Championships tops a great season for Nicola, who with Gillian and Jackie sharing the brakewoman role, finished 3rd overall in the FIBT 2008 – 2009 World Cup, which is based on the points from all eight World Cup races.
Attempting to finish in the top 10 in the World Championships and so qualify for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, the GB2 pairing of Paula Walker / Kelly Thomas finished the first run in a useful 14th position, but crashed on their second run, after posting a faster start time, and were duly disqualified as the bobsleigh did not cross the finish line.
Quintic Consultancy Ltd would like to congratulate Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke on becoming World Champions and wish to thank the Team Coaches, ‘Gomer’ Lloyd and Peter Gunn of the British Army (husband of Jackie Gunn), and all the Team Minichiello Support Staff for their contribution this season.
by Mark Carter – Performance Coordinator – British Bobsleigh
Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke won the Women’s World Bobsleigh Championships: Lake Placid February 2009.
Putting to the Nth Degree – Ball Roll
February 12th, 2009 | Quintic Ball Roll, Quintic Video SoftwareOut of one of the foremost biomechanics software laboratories comes a world first. The New Quintic Ball Roll System gives putting coaches and putter custom-fit professionals the kind of analysis tool they’ve never had before. What it means is that golfers need never be uncertain of the performance of their putters again.
The 2009 Quintic Ball Roll software tracks the ball for the first 12″ of the putt. It then instantly and clearly shows the ball speed, sidespin, angular rotation, vertical bounce, launch angle and point at which true roll occurs. Crucially as well – and this is the most significant advance on Quintic’s already pioneering analysis tools – all of the above are reflected graphically and numerically in a way that was formerly only available for full swing analysis software for irons and woods.
Putter manufacturers can use this tool to test their equipment, design better putters, and as a sales tool to show the golf professionals how to increase putter sales over the counter. The over-the-counter part is key. Pros who make a living out of retail and coaching have been victims of “web-watch-time-wasters” for too long. This is the practice whereby customers waste a pro’s time by trying out equipment in the shop and then sourcing the cheapest price on the internet.
Golf professionals will be able to more accurately fit their customers for a putter, give better coaching and sell more putters as part of a demonstrable package. Golfers themselves can all benefit from using the system because they will be getting facts to back up their decision on which putter is performing best and see if any alterations need to be made to fine-tune the putter to their stroke.
Shifting the Putter Paradigm
The brains behind the new software is Dr Paul Hurrion – Quintic MD and biomechanics adviser to top European Tour Pros and bodies like the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI).
“Putting accounts for over 40% of a golfer’s strokes and yet, most players buy a putter by taking a few off the rack and trying them in the shop or on a practice green – often after a bad round,” reasons Hurrion. “Up until now, you could get a vague idea that your ball was skidding and then rolling forward, but there was no actual way to quantify it alongside hook or cut side spin analysis.
“Attaining proper lie and loft will help the ball roll better but there are other factors involved. The ultimate goal is to get the ball to roll as soon as possible with as little side spin as possible. This easy tool shows you exactly what effect the putter is having on the ball. You need to understand what is happening to the golf ball in order to teach putting!”
Another important point is that the software calculates the point at which true roll occurs. Side spin (hook or cut) will have a negative effect on how soon the ball achieves true roll. It’s now possible to know, through this new Quintic Ball Roll Software, that a ball could have more forward rotation at 18″ but not achieve true roll as quickly as a ball that had less rotation at 18″, due to greater sidespin imparted by the putter.
“We introduced the software at the PGA show in Orlando in January 09,” beams Hurrion. “In less than 5 minutes we were able accurately to fit a golfer to the most suitable putter for him – not just from a lie and loft perspective but also as to blade vs mallet, centre shaft vs heel shaft, and face balanced vs toe heavy. Golfers were both amazed and impressed by how simple and easy it was – suddenly they had tangible results that they could see for themselves. Golf Professionals just couldn’t wait for the launch of this Software to enhance their putter fitting and putting coaching capabilities and convert more enquiries.”
The Quintic 2009 Ball Roll Software is available from www.quinticballroll.com. A single licence costs just $1250 and discounts apply for 5 or more licenses or if purchased with other Quintic Video Analysis products. For more information please email: info@quinticballroll.com.
Quintic Ball Roll camera stand, light & digital video camera
Inline Racing Institute become a Quintic distrubutor in the USA…
February 9th, 2009 | Quintic Video SoftwareQuintic is very excited to add another ‘World Champion’ to the ever growing list of business in the Sports Science / Coaching field of Quintic software users…
The Inline Racing Institute (IRI) and partner World Champion ‘Jorge Botero’ have become the latest to distrubute Quintic software. The IRI was developed in 2007 have already begun touring South and Central America doing clinics on inline skating along with various USA locations for 2009. “Being able to demonstrate and use the Quintic software within the IRI properly is a major technical advantage to the skaters…” comments Joseph Hanna, director of IRI.
Jorge Botero is a 7 times World Champion in Inline Speed Skating and has become a legend in the world of Speed Skating. Jorge is also the owner of JB Fitness, a Personal Training company coaching and training people in the fitness world as well as weight loss, body sculpting, training, nutrition and much more. Jorge is also involved in the research and development of the Inline skate to enhance as well as cater to the Rollersports world. To find out more about Jorge please visit his website www.JORGEBOTERO.com
Quintic believe that IRI have an excellent resume in business and business relations and would be a great assett going forward.
www.inlineracinginstitute.com/index.html
Dr Paul Hurrion (Quintic), Jorge Botero & Joseph Hanna (IRI)
QUINTIC PARTNERSHIP EXTENDS TO 2010
December 19th, 2008 | Quintic Video Software
QUINTIC PARTNERSHIP EXTENDS TO 2010
EIS Press Release – 19.12.08
After a successful two year agreement, the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and Quintic Consultancy will extend their innovative partnership which sees Quintic as Preferred Supplier of Biomechanical Performance Analysis Software to EIS up to 2010.
Quintic Consultancy are specialists in sports biomechanics and performance analysis software which they continually develop to maintain their position as one of the frontrunners in the analysis of sporting performance and technique. Having utilised the software with a wide range of sports, EIS practitioners will be able to further their application with the partnership focusing on the provision of software licences, a dedicated telephone support service, training of EIS support staff as well as some bespoke product development.
“We have benefitted from utilising the software across a wide range of sports we work with over the past two years” says Stafford Murray, EIS National Lead for Performance Analysis.“To maximise the effectiveness of our skilled practitioners, forging partnerships with leading providers such as Quintic is vital for our ongoing development and world class support services to sports.
“Now in the run up to a home Games in 2012, ensuring questions in sport around human movement, using technology such as Quintic, will prove an integral part in the delivery of biomechanical and performance analysis support. We have used their analysis tools in most sports around the EIS network, completing particularly innovative and successful interventions in performance level cycling, squash and athletics – highlighting the level to which this software is being used by our practitioners. This kind of analysis is now making day to day differences to our elite athletes’ performances, which is essentially what we are measured on” he added.
Dr Paul Hurrion, Director of Quintic Consultancy Limited says :
“Quintic Biomechanics Software provides ACCURATE, FAST & COMPREHENSIVE analysis of human movement / sporting technique. Quintic is delighted to have a close relationship with EIS and in the lead up to 2012, Quintic Software will provide athletes and coaches with the biomechanical FEEDBACK necessary to compete at the elite level.
“Quintic Software is an essential aid for coaches and athletes at all levels of sport, which is why Quintic is the preferred supplier of Biomechanical Analysis Software to the English Institute of Sport.”
The EIS Corporate Partnership Programme was launched in January 2006 and offers brands the opportunity to support the EIS and hence play their part in the delivery of sport science and medical services to the medal winning talent of today and tomorrow. A showcase for innovation, science, technology and research.
Casio Exilim Ex-FH20 High-Speed Camera
December 12th, 2008 | Quintic Video SoftwareCasio’s latest camera The Exilim Ex-FH20 allows the user to capture videos at up to a staggering a 1000fps. All of the videos are saved as avi files so they can be downloaded onto the computer via the high-speed USB lead and played directly in Quintic v14 software.
The EX-FH20 can make high-speed film recordings of movements that are too fast for the naked eye, enabling them to be played back in ultra-slow motion. To do this, you can choose a recording speed of 210 fps, 420 fps or 1000 fps. The EX-FH20 features a large, bright 7.6-cm (3.0-inch) TFT colour display (super clear LCD) that permits viewing from almost any angle. This is great for instant playback in the field…
The HD video recording feature of the EXILIM EX-FH20 makes it possible to create colourful and high-detail videos with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. (Max. recording length 10 minutes/video)
The camera can also take up to 40 photos per second with the high-speed serial picture recording feature. The recording image rate can be varied between 1 and 30 photos per second with up to 8 megapixels or 40 photos with up to 7 megapixels. A maximum of 40 photos can be taken in a second, or in intervals 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 or 30 photos in next to no time, such as 10 photos in 4 seconds. This way, you will always capture exactly the right moment!
The CMOS shift technology reduces the risk of blurred photos, even with images taken using 20x optical zoom, making it possible to photograph subjects a long distance away without blurring.
Please contact Quintic for more details regarding the EX-FH20 High-speed camera info@quintic.com
GEL is Number One Groove Putter in Asia
October 15th, 2008 | GEL Golf, Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Video SoftwareGEL Golf has firmly established itself as the number one groove putter on Tour in Asia with GEL putters dominating the statistics on the Asian and China Tours over the last couple of months and consolidating its position at last week’s Tour events.
At the Indian Open on the Asian Tour which finished on Sunday (October 12), a total of 21 players had GEL putters in their bags in New Delhi ahead of groove putter rival Yes, who had 16 players in the field using their putters.
Whilst at the Omega Championship, the season-ending Tour Championship on the China Tour, GEL putters completely overshadowed all other putter brands with 27 players – over 25% of the field – choosing to use a GEL putter.
The news completes a breakthrough year for GEL Golf which has already celebrated three Tour victories around the world in the last 12 months; Bryan Saltus of the United States won the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open on the Asian Tour last December with his GEL Sapphire putter, Taiwanese Hsu Mong-nam secured victory in the Omega China Tour’s Shanghai Championship in May with a GEL Jade putter and in early September American Tom Stankowski captured the Canadian Tour Championship in Ontario using a GEL Emerald putter.
“Considering GEL Golf was only launched at the start of 2007, we are immensely proud of the incredible progress we have made with GEL Putters in the ultra-competitive golf market,”
Alec Pettigrew, CEO of Hong Kong-based GEL Golf.
“With so many professionals now using GEL Putters on Tour, it proves that we have developed a good quality product that quite simply helps hole putts more often. Whilst we are 100% confident that groove and insert technology creates instant forward roll on the golf ball, thus reducing the unwelcome effects of skidding and giving a straighter, truer roll, the pros are now discovering this for themselves and relying on GEL Putters to improve their performance on tour. There is no greater endorsement for our product that this.”
One of golf’s most innovative technology manufacturers, GEL Golf uses horizontal precision-cut, aluminium inserts for a more responsive feel and enhanced sweet spot. Following feedback from Tour pros, GEL has made their putters larger, heavier and more balanced heads, encouraging an even smoother and more rhythmical putting stroke.
The original GEL Putter range launched in January 2007 at the PGA Golf Show in Orlando comprises of six models, namely the Emerald, Diamond, Sapphire, Jade, Opal and Ruby whilst the latest range, the GEL Paul Hurrion Signature Range boasts four models; the Rego, Scindo, Sedo and Sedo II.
Dr Paul Hurrion, a leading sports biomechanists and a renown putting coach to a host of top European and Ryder Cup stars, combined over 10 years of research and development in biomechanics and putting with GEL’s groove and insert technology, to create the distinctive GEL Paul Hurrion Signature Range.
To look at, GEL Putters are easily distinguishable using bright yellow and blue grips for men, and pink and blue grips for women, and electric blue and pink face inserts.
Hi-Tec wins GOLF EUROPE Product Awards 2008
October 8th, 2008 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Hi-Tec, Quintic Video SoftwareGlobal sports and outdoor footwear manufacture HI-TEC are proud winners of the Golf Europe Product Awards 2008 presented yesterday at the Golf Europe Exhibition, Germany. Judged by leading industry experts the HI-TEC Pure Power WPi scooped top prize at this years prestigious awards only open exclusively to innovative products scheduled for market introduction in 2009.
The brand new HI-TEC Pure Power WPi is a revolution in golf footwear, never seen before! Featuring HI-TEC’s exclusive CDT game enhancement technology, developed in partnership with Quintic Consultancy and world number 4 and 3 time major winner Padraig Harrington, this style continues to prove that winning power does come from your feet!
The Pure Power WPi also features the worlds first in nano technology – ion-mask™. ion-mask™ is a brand new, earth friendly, scientific advancement that works on a molecular level to repel water and other liquids, ensuring your footwear stays lighter, dryer and cleaner for longer, without changing the original properties of the material.
Unlike other waterproofing technologies that only offer waterproofing with a degree of breathability, the ion-mask™ water management technology offers a further 6 key benefits.
- 100 % Waterproof – By enhancing each individual fibre of the materials themselves and with particularly dense material such as leather it is possible to engineer a 100% waterproof product.
- 100% Breathable – The treatment binds invisibly (on a nano scale) to material fibres, enhancing them, rendering the material as breathable after the process as before.
- Hydrophobic – By enhancing each individual fibre the shoe itself becomes protected, much less absorbent to liquids and quicker drying.
- Lightweight – A treated shoe does not absorb as much water in wet conditions and is on average 35grams lighter than those with a membrane.
- Stay Cleaner – Like water, the treatment also helps to repel dirt and reduce staining whilst the low surface energy prevents long-term dirt and mud build up.
- Environment Friendly – Non toxic, minute quantities of chemical are used during the room temperature process ensuring virtually no waste of materials of energy in comparison to dip application (DWR’s) or membrane technologies.
The award winning Power Power WPi represents a perfect illustration of HI-TEC’s commitment to instantly comfortable and lightweight game enhancing footwear. Available from May 2009 in White / Silver and White / Cobalt in sizes 6-12’s inc halves the Pure Power WPi has a suggested retail around £109.99.
Discover more about HI-TEC featuring ion-mask at www.wetisdry.com
Discover more about HI-TEC CDT at www.cdtpower.com
ProStance : the most balanced argument yet for the optimum swing…
August 21st, 2008 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Education, Golf Biomechanics, Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Video SoftwareQuintic Consultancy Ltd is proud to be apart of the latest golf training aid to hit the market! ProStance is based on many years of biomechanical research carried out at Quintic.
Good balance is essential to powerful and consistent golf shots, putts, chips, and full swings. The human body makes compensations both at address and during the swing to give us the impression we are in balance. Biomechanical research carried out at Quintic has found that as golfers, we don’t always know where our weight is truly positioned! We may think that are weight is distributed evenly and ready to hit the golf ball, however, it isn’t until we use biomechanical analyse, in particular force platforms that the true answer is revealed. Even some of the world’s best golfers think they are doing one thing, but actually are doing something else.
The ProStance is borne out many years data collection, research, coaching experiences and ultimately feedback from golfers and coaches at all levels about the product. Research into putting and full swing biomechanics has highlighted the need for the golfer to be stable at address and dynamically balanced during the swing. The ProStance is the latest training aid to enable to golfer to help achieve this. It is simple to use, yet the results are instant and the benefits are a more consistent and powerful strike.
Dr Paul Hurrion MD of Quintic Consultancy, now brings to the consumer coaching aids market the ProStance ™ balance aid, and as one might expect, it’s a winner! ProStance is a product that forces you to become very aware of balance, it’s simple, reliable and supremely efficient.
A key collaborator with Hurrion on perfecting the ProStance is teaching pro Stewart Craig. The two professionals are prefect foils for each other in this. Hurrion’s podiatric work with companies like Hi-Tec and Titleist Performance Institute highlighted the need for ProStance in the first place. Craig’s daily contact with club and county players helped provide a working template that would fit into the training settings of every golfer. The perspective that most pros look at a student’s swing invariably from the waist up was the key to ensuring the benefits of ProStance were not just meaningful to golfers at Tour standard, but to commonplace technique needs as well.
“In my experience the majority of coaching professionals address faults with compensations, explains Craig. However, most of the root problems in the golf swing are due to static or dynamic balance issues. What happens below the waist causes the problems above the waist.”
With the intellectual ability of the partnership now making a real difference to the development of the ProStance, it still took several years to bring to market-readiness. The final results are for every golfer to try and use on a daily basis.
Enjoy the ProStance. A consistent, powerful golf swing starts with a stable set-up and dynamic balance during the swing. ProStance gives you instant feedback during every swing.
Enjoy the results… for more information please visit www.pro-stance.com
“The ProStance is a great tool for any golfer at any level. Balance is the key to the golf swing as it enables the body to make a controlled and repeatable golf swing. Without the correct balance, your mechanics are a series of compensatory movements. The ProStance helps build balance and stability for every part of the game from putting, chipping to the full swing…”
Padraig Harrington
“I would never have believed that so many faults in the golf swing and putting stroke emanate from poor balance in the set up position. The ProStance has simplified my golf swing and helped me make more powerful, efficient and most of all consistent swings…”
Paul McGinley
“The ProStance is cutting edge and simplicity all in one… It will enhance your golfing ability immediately, due to your increases body awareness…”
Bradley Dredge
“I use the product daily to confirm and maintain my posture at address…”
Richard Finch
“I first met Dr Paul Hurrion in 2005 and have unquestionable belief in his ability as a putting coach. The ProStance encompasses a lot of his principles and teachings in a training aid. Without the correct balance, your putting mechanics are a series of compensatory movement. Manipulation of the club head does not stand up to pressure… “
Philip Archer
“The importance of balance in golf is often underestimated. The research of Dr Paul Hurrion (and Stewart Craig) highlights the influence that balance has on reducing compensatory swing adjustments in turn producing more consistency and power for the golfer. The ProStance enables the golfer to establish and feel the correct balance both at address and throughout the golf swing in every area of the game. This training aid is a must for those who want to seriously improve their game.”
Alison Nicholas
The role of video analysis in self improvement
August 4th, 2008 | Quintic Video SoftwareThe commoditization of hardware has put digital movie-making within the grasp of everyone.
Consultancies such as Quintic specialize in capturing action images, and – with a combination of biomechanical knowledge and specifically developed software – clearly show how athletic performance can be optimized and risk of injury minimized.
But specifically how one can use this for best effect is something that not everyone appreciates. Humans have quite slow vision. The human eye can only separate a maximum of ten or twelve images per second. There are even some suggestions amongst scientists that events lasting less than a quarter of a second cannot usually be seen clearly, if at all.
Video cameras create the illusion of motion by ‘tricking’ the human eye. Video cameras play 25 flashing still pictures each second. As the eye cannot separate those pictures, we get the feeling of continuous movement. The use of a video camera is a very effective tool to help you improve sporting technique. Quintic video analysis software enables video capture at 25, 50 and 100fps. At 100fps each still image is 10ms apart, capable of capturing even the fastest of human movement. Add a second video camera, and the benefits of video have just doubled!
More and more athletes, coaches, scientists are using video feedback as a coaching aid. Video can very quickly help athletes to understand the basic fundamentals of a specific movement. Providing athletes with immediate performance feedback via Quintic video software is a very powerful analysis tool… the images are used to assist coaches in their task, as the athlete’s performance can be repeated afterwards and slowed down during critical phases.
By comparing performances of previous movements, or even other athletes, Quintic software enables you to compare video images via the computer screen. Differences between the techniques can be identified (competition vs. training) and this information made available immediately to the athlete. The coach and the athlete can discuss what they see and plan a strategy for improvement, then repeat the process. How the feedback is presented to the athlete when using Quintic is highly dependent upon the skill of the coach or analyst.
By studying your technique in depth, (frame-by-frame), you can start to build a picture of what you’re trying to achieve. Seeing an improvement can boost your confidence. Normally it’s difficult to correct a fault, even if you know what you should be doing. This is because you don’t normally see yourself in action. You can learn a great deal from studying your own technique on video. The benefits of video apply to all levels of performance, from the beginner to the professional golfer.
Some simple tips will greatly enhance the value of your images… There are four basic operations, which can significantly influence the use of cameras and the quality of images:
· zoom
· focus
· iris
· shutter speed
Zoom
During set-up of your camera, it is important to be at right angles, or 90 degrees to the action. The zoom function in the camera changes the picture size and allows you to stand much further back from the action. It is important that the athlete is as large as possible in the camera view. The zoom allows you to have all the details of the performance on the camera, with the view restricted to show only the golfer and nothing else if possible.
Focus
The camera should be set up so that the entire body is contained within each frame. The correct distance between the camera and subject should be recorded, to allow comparisons in the future (Typically 8-10metres). Set the camera to automatic focus. Data collected using Quintic Biomechanics must have a repeatable and consistent set-up protocol. This will ensure the numeric & graphical representation of variables such as speed, distance, acceleration are accurate. Quintic also accounts for any Parallax error values during the calibration of any particular video.
However, if using a panning or moving camera often a manual focus will ensure correct images are recorded. Auto focus constantly checks and focuses based on what is at the centre of the picture. This, though, is not always practical when videotaping athletes. By learning to use manual focus, you can avoid this problem. Manual focus is set for a certain distance (you do not need to know the distance) and anything that distance away from the camera is in focus. This is another reason for you to stand far away from the athlete (and use the zoom function).
A good hint for manual focusing from a long distance is that you zoom in as close as possible, focus your camera using something like the text on an athlete’s clothing and then zoom out to a desired level so that the whole athlete can be seen in the picture. The image stays focused as zoom and focus are independent of each other.
Iris:
The iris is the function in your camera, which allows the light come into the camera through the lens. Many cameras have this only as an auto function and so you may not be able to change it. In any case, auto iris is not such a bad thing as the lighting conditions could change during the session, as happens when clouds go in the front of the sun. If you have a camera with a manual iris option, then you can test out its influence on the picture quality. Obviously, more light (smaller iris number) makes your picture brighter (but can also make it too bright), while closing the iris makes the picture darker.
Shutter Speed:
Shutter speed options are essential for good quality video taping of athletics performance, particularly when the speeds are fast… In a normal situation, the picture is taken over 0.04 seconds (25 pictures in a second). During even that short time, however, an athlete can move a great deal and thus you see a blurred image in your slow motion tape (like TV slow motion repetitions of a tennis ball in a close line call – often you do not really see the ball at all, just a trace of blurred ball images). Shutter speed allows you to reduce the time over which the individual picture is taken. The majority of camcorders today have automatic settings for various filming projects (refer to manufacture’s guidelines). However, the sports setting – typically a picture of a golfer or runner will provide you with the highest shutter speed setting.
Note: That does not allow you to take any more pictures: there are still only 25 / 50 or 100 fps frames per second (as this is pre-determined by the camera and computer software), but each picture is taken over a shorter period of time. A shutter speed of 1/500s means that each picture is taken over a time frame of 0.002s. The down side of increasing the shutter speed is that you need much more light. This is not usually a problem outdoors, and it is recommended to use at least 1/1000s shutter speed for athletics movement if possible, shutter speeds of 1/10,000 can be used for particular sharp and clear images. However, sometimes when filming indoors you need to compromise and use a lower shutter speed. Additional lighting may well be required.
Quintic would recommend you to make a verbal report to the camera after each shot, throw, jump… for example; commenting on the flight, distance, result… Without this information, the subsequent viewing of the tape will not give the best possible information.
Finally, remember that the videotapes always rewind slightly at the end of the recording, so be careful not to cut away the end of the performance when you stop the recording. Film a few seconds prior to and after the actual performance. This also makes easier viewing, as there are distinct sequences on the tape.
Ensure that the camera is a 3CCD – CCD stands for Charged Couple Device – it’s the device that colours the pixels (little dots on your screen – comes from the words ‘picture element’). The majority of cameras only have one CCD using a filter to split the colours to RGB (Red Green and Blue). However a 3CCD camera boasts a CCD for each colour, resulting in better picture quality as the colours are more defined and accurate.
For further details please visit www.quintic.com
Padraig Harrington wins the 137th Open Championship!
July 24th, 2008 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Golf Biomechanics, Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Video Software
Padraig defends his Open Championship in style with a fine final round of one under par 69 to give him a four shot victory. He joins an exclusive club of multiple major winners, is the first European to defend his title in 102 years and is now ranked at number 3 in the world….
Six opening pars gave Padraig the start he needed in the last round of the Open and he never really looked back after that. Bogies on the 7th 8th and 9th gave him some work to do but he finished in style with birdies on the 13th and 15th before the shot of the day at the par five 17th where he hit his second shot close to make an eagle three and give himself a four shot lead down the last. Speaking afterwards he said it was very satisfying to be out in the last group in a major and to perform under pressure. He leaps to number three in the world rankings and is number one on the Ryder Cup team going to Valhalla in September…
Congratulations Padraig from all at Quintic.
With this win Padraig Harrington secured his 13th European Tour International Schedule victory in his 275th European Tour event. It was his second Major Championship victory in his 41st Major Championship appearance.
*His second Open Championship victory following his triumph in 2007. His second win came in his 12th Open Championship appearance.
*First player to successfully defend The Open Championship since Tiger Woods in 2005-2006.
*Becomes the 16th player to successfully defend The Open Championship title.
*Becomes the first European to successfully defend The Open Championship since James Braid in 1905-1906.
*Becomes the 26th different player to record multiple victories in The Open Championship.
*Becomes only the second European Tour Member to successfully defend a Major Championship, following Nick Faldo at the 1989-1990 Masters Tournament.
*Becomes the 31st different player to successfully defend a Major Championship.
*Becomes the first player to successfully defend a European Tour title since Tiger Woods at the 2006-07 US PGA Championship.
*First time he has successfully defended a European Tour title in his career.
*The 51st occasion a European Tour event has been successfully defended.
*The 28th different player in European Tour history to successfully defend a title.
*The third Irish victory in a Major Championship, following his win in 2007 and Fred Daly in the 1947 Open Championship.
*His fourth top ten finish in The Open Championship from his 12 appearances – and 11th overall top ten from his Major Championship career.
*His victory becomes the 34th Major Championship victory since 1979 by a European Tour Member.
*Becomes the ninth different European Tour Member to win a Major Championship since 1979.
*The sixth Irish victory of The 2008 European Tour International Schedule. The most in a single European Tour season, beating the five of 1989. They are: Graeme McDowell (Ballantine’s Championship and The Barclays Scottish Open), Damien McGrane (Volvo China Open), Darren Clarke (BMW Asian Open), Peter Lawrie Open de España) and Padraig Harrington (The 137th Open Championship).
*Moves to fourth in the European Tour Order of Merit with €1,438,076 from 29th.
*Moves to the top of The Ryder Cup World Points List with 238.64
*Second victory of 2008 following the Ladbrokes Irish PGA Championship last week.
*Third consecutive European Tour season with a victory.
*Moves to a career-high of third in the Official World Golf Ranking.
*Gains a five year exemption into The Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship and USPGA Championship.
*Gains a place in the 2008 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
*Gains a place in the 2008 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational
*Gains a place in the 2009 HSBC Champions
*Extends his European Tour exemption until the end of 2018.
*Moves over €18 million in European Tour Official Career Earnings – just the fourth player to achieve the feat
*The 44th Irish victory on The European Tour.
*Third top ten finish of the 2008 season and 95th of his European Tour career
*His 23rd win as a professional.
