England Athletics have teamed up with Quintic to offer fantastic discounts for licensed coaches on their sports analysis software. To obtain this discount you must be an UKA licensed coach with up to date CRB check.

The options are:

Quintic Sports – just £195
Quintic Coaching – just £300.00
Quintic Biomechanics – just £475.00

For more information on how to order, please contact your local Club & Coach Support Officer – find their contact details here. Coaches on our National Coach Development Programme may qualify for a larger discount – contact your National Coach Mentor.

For further details please visit : http://www.englandathletics.org

With over 250 Tour professionals already trusting this unique product, including three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, Oliver Wilson, Rory McIlory, Paul McGinley, Henrick Stenson, Bradley Dredge, Philip Archer, Richard Finch, Anna Nordqvist, Becky Brewerton… (the list goes on and on). The simple balance aid is steadily confirming it’s position as one of the most-advanced, game improvement tools on the market today.

The show this year had a very positive feel about it, much more so than last year and there was a very strong feeling amongst the golf industry that 2010 is going to be a great season.

Anna Nordqvist and ProStance Director – Stewart Craig

With results at the elite end of the game that include improving driving distance, more consistancy, greater accuracy and the potential to reduce putts by up to three strokes, ProStance ensures weight is concentrated through the centre of gravity of the golfer’s body. The result: improved balance leading to powerful more consistent ball striking and smoother more consistent putting strokes.

Beatriz Recari shows off the ProStance tour bag she will carry on the
LPGA Tour this season, with caddie Andreas Thorp.

The PGA 2010 show was very successful for ProStance with plans to expand its distribution and sales both on-line and in the USA and more countries worldwide, including Japan, Korea, Ireland & South America. The biomechanical research and teaching ethos behind ProStance is set to branch out into teaching academies and high-tech laboratories, starting with Academies in the USA & Europe later this year.

 Hank Haney stops by the ProStance stand to find out all about ProStance

For more information, please visit www.pro-stance.com or to view the ProStance video please visit http://www.pro-stance.com/videos.php

KIOC operates throughout the day as many senior state cricketers utilize the facility for specific training. The five bowling machine’s available at the Institute are a great boon to the trainees – beginners as well as professional cricketers can make good use of the facilities. With the Quintic Video analysis facility and the Gray-Nicoll’s software available at KIOC it is a dream come true for any aspiring cricketer. 

Irfan Sait, started Coaching in 1995 after visiting various clubs and academies in Australia. He has played in every division of the Karnataka Cricket league (from the sixth to the first division) He also played the Times Shield in Mumbai. Over the years he has developed “KIOC” into the best Cricket academy in Bangalore. To the day he remains a humble servant to Karnataka Cricket.

Mr Irfan Sait (KOIC) and Australian Cricket Captain, Rick Ponting

The KIOC ”Cricket Academy in Bangalore” provide visitors from abroad with programs tailored to meet their personal needs. This may include Fitness, Physiotherapy, Injury Prevention, Psychology, Captaincy and Tactics as well as the usual batting, bowling and fielding coaching. It doesn’t matter if you are in India for a week or for one year, you will go home a much improved cricketer. The cricket academy has visitors from countries such as Sri Lanka, Canada, Dubai, U S A and the U K. 

Top Karnataka cricketers including the likes of Bharath Chipli, Deepak Chowgale and more recently CM Gautam have been groomed at our “Cricket academy”. The Indian Women’s team regularly train at the KIOC facility under the watchful eyes of Mr Irfan Sait. The impact “KIOC” has had on Karnataka cricket is immeasurable, rolling out high performance cricketers year after year.

KIOC – Bangalore’s finest cricket academy is thoroughly equipped with latest cricket accessories and equipments. We have introduced 5 Bowling Machines, Quintic Digital Video analysis equipment and Software, Speed check gun / Radar, Multi-Gym, 16 “BOX TYPE” nets, Many other Training Aids. Hostel Facility for overseas and outstation trainees including an indoor facility during the summer months.

For further information, please contact: Mr Irfan Sait – Mobile +9198444 74743, Office  080 3247 3434. cricketkioc@hotmail.com

Camp Location :
Karnataka Institute Of Cricket,
R B A N M’s Ground,
Opp Ajanta Theatre,
Near Commercial Street / Ulsoor Lake,
Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore – 560001.

Mailing Address:
Karnataka Institute Of Cricket,
Ground Floor ‘A’,
Casa Miller Apartments,
Nandidurga Road,
Benson Town, Bangalore – 560046.

http://kioc.net/index.htm

Nigel Edwards

Director of Player Development & Coaching
Golf Union of Wales Ltd

Whether you are a teacher, coach or player (or all 3) Netball Coaching Made Easy is the interactive resource for you – it contains schemes of work and lesson plans for High Fives, Year 5 and 6 plus 1 hour lesson plans for Year 7, 8 and 9 and many more skills and drills to aid your coaching repertoire – and it’s quite inexpensive.

This downloadable product brings Alex’s book to life with videos of top level netball players demonstrating the various coaching drills and the correct skill techniques. Seeing is believing because sight enhances understanding and memory. This is an invaluable coaching tool which can help both coach and player to analyse technique in fine detail.

It caters for players of all standards, giving instruction on how to execute the drills with accompanying video. It contains great coaching games that enhance netball awareness, maximise activity, create fun and stimulate interest.

Quintic Netball Player

QuinticNetball allows video footage of a player’s technique to be viewed and compared through the extra features of the inclusive Quintic Netball Player Software. The Quintic Netball Player and over 80 netball videos can be simply purchased and downloaded for you to use on your computer. The software enables you to view all of the training and practice videos in full PAL (720 x 576) resolution. In addition, frame by frame advance, slow motion, full speed, voice overs, full screen option, resizable window, zoom in & out, export jpeg still images, stopwatch, key frame markers…

No player executes every drill or technique perfectly every time, however QuinticNetball enables any player of any level to use the Netball videos and Alex Spring’s instruction to analyse and improve technique and skills. The best players in the world never stop working to improve their game. QuinticNetball is the latest technology to help you improve yours.

QuinticNetball – Coaching Made Easy can be purchased for £49.95 from the following page : www.quinticnetball.com/purchase.asp Along with the Quintic Netball Player and the 80 videos, you will also recieve a PDF document which includes screen shots of the practices, written coaching points and common errors for each activity within the Warm ups, Basic Skills and Game Skills sections of the website.  

www.quinticnetball.com

Example for QuinticNetball : Chapter 1 – Warm Ups

In Chapter 1, we shall be looking at Warm Ups. I’ve sectioned these into
• Static warm ups with a ball
• Active warm ups without a ball
• Active warm ups with a ball AND
• Relays with a ball

Static Warms ups with a ball – Practice 1 : The Clock

The set Up : In pairs standing 2m a par, Player A is the feeder and Player b the worker .

The Practice : The feeder passes the ball to Player B who holds both hands up at the 12 o’clock position. Player B snatches the ball into the chest and feeds the pass back to the feeder. The practice continues with Player B changing the position of her arms from 1pm round an imaginary clock. The feeder is to concentrate on feeding an accurate pass to Player B’s hands so Player B does not have to move her arms to cleanly catch the ball.

Teaching Points :
The feeder needs to:-
• Step into the pass, transferring their weight from the back to the front foot
• Using a chest pass, position their hands in a W shape behind the ball
• Push through the ball following through to where the ball is to go
The worker needs to
• Stand with feet hip distance apart with soft knees which will ensure they are well balanced throughout the practice
• Fingers are soft and outstretched with the palms of the hands facing the feeder
• Worker is reach for the ball at full extension and snatch the ball into the chest

Common errors to look out for in this practice are:-
• The feeder over stretching the worker putting pressure on pass
• The feeder not stepping into the pass therefore not practicing the correct technique for a chest pass
• The worker waiting for the ball to come to them rather than reaching for the ball and snatching it in

Quintic Ball Roll v1.8

The edit function enables you to ensure you always have a 100% reading, the feature enables you to go back over a putt and tell the software where a dot is manually, this is if it didn’t track it properly in LIVE mode… The additional ability to create a summary of the putting session is a significant upgrade enabling the user to compare and analyze up to 20 putts. The average, range and standard devaition of the putts is automatically updated after each putt and can be save into a session folder. It is then possible to compare session results, for example, compare two different styles of putter, before or after a lesson, increase or decrease the loft of the putter… The software measures the performances of the golf ball, which at the end of the day, if what matters.

“I sold more putters in the first month I used the Quintic Ball Roll software than I did the entire previous year. It is so fast and easy to use, and gives you the results needed instantly, it completely verifies which putter is right for each customer. Thank you for putting life back into my putter sales”

Eric Simonson
Pro-Vision Golf

Quintic Ball Roll v1.8 – Summary

“I cannot thank you enough for all your help over the last few weeks; I am very excited to add Quintic’s Ball Roll Software to my Putting Academy at The Club at Cordillera! The data provided by your system adds much more credibility to the skid and roll videos that I show each client currently. This information coupled with the SAM Puttlab offers each student- the true “Facts NOT Opinions” about their stroke. It is really nice to actually be able to quantify what is happening as we alter a putter’s lie, loft, and length over time.

Quintic is on the verge of something great with this simple analysis tool- every serious teacher should have this software on their computer!”

Tom F. Stickney II
The Club at Cordillera

To download the 21 day demo version please goto http://www.quinticballroll.com 
Click on the Demo Version Download and follow the instructions on the screen.

The new software range has been completed with the priamary focus on increasing the video file format compatibility with the new style of video cameras. Hard Drive & DVD are replacing the older mini DV cameras as technology improves. With the increased file foramts avaialble to Quintic, (*.avi, *.mov, *.mpeg,*.wmv,*mp4) videos even recorded on mobile phones can be played in the software.

In addition the new Casio high-speed hard disk cameras enable quality 300 frames per second biomechanical analysis with immediate playback with the software.

Enhanced functionality within the Quintic v17 range:

1. Increased Video Format Compatibility with HD / DVD cameras – *.avi, *.mov, *.mpeg,*.wmv,*mp4 …
2. URL Feature – stream, analyse and store videos from a web server
3. Fantastic analysis qualities with recommended Casio High Speed (210 – 1200 fps) Cameras
4. Multi LIVE Camera Capture from up to 4 live-streaming cameras
5. USB 2 or Firewire 1394 IEEE Capture
6. Increased Automatic Digitisation Accuracy – Quintic Biomechanics
7. Improved Butterworth Filters – Quintic Biomechanics and Quintic Coaching
8. Open and analyse Jpeg & Bitmap still images – *.jpg & *.bmp
9. New Quintic Player v9.04 from www.quintic.com/software/player/ with a host of features
10. Windows XP or Vista compatibility in each program

 Options, prices and discounts can be obtained from info@quintic.com
See www.quintic.com/software for the complete range of features and your free 21 day trial of the software 

http://www.quintic.com/software/trial/index.pl

The Quintic Player v9.04 is a free software program that allows users to view the majority of video file formats. The program is only 1.7MB in size and can be easily emailed to clients or pupils to allow them to view any videos that you may have captured via Quintic together with any saved analysis (Export Avi function / Audio Memo…) Video files distributed with The Quintic Player are ideal for: Coaching instructions; Reminders; Remedial routines; Information; Conferencing; Records; and many other uses…

The Quintic Player v9.04 includes: frame by frame advance, slow motion, full speed, Full Screen option, sizeable window, zoom in & out, text & audio memo pad, create your own jpeg images, stopwatch & keyframe marker functions…

To download the Free Quintic Player v9.04  http://www.quintic.com/software/player/

The software is compatible with Windows 2000, XP & Vista Operating System. We have also updated the link to Quintic Sample Videos Download that include over 150 free example videos. http://www.quintic.com/software/sample_videos/index.htm

Over 300 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
9. Pythagoras
10. Cricket Batting 1
11. Cricket Batting 2
12. Acceleration
13. Equations of Motion
14. Moment of Inertia
15. Projectile Motion
16. Velocity
17. Relative Velocity
18. Cricket Bowling 1
19. Simple Harmonic Motion

Please visit Quintic 4 Education Case Studies : www.quintic.com/quinac/education.htm

ProStance, the must-have tool for any golfer wanting to improve their game, is set to revolutionise the way golf is taught.

Still relatively new to the market, ProStance has been the result of three years of research and development with professionals and amateurs alike. In fact, its the professional game who cannot get hold of the product fast enough. Over 70 Tour players already trust this unique product including three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, Paul McGinley, Rory McIlory, Bradley Dredge, Philip Archer, Richard Finch and Becky Brewerton.

In addition, ProStance is making the teachers re-think, with PGA Teacher of the year, Martin Hall, pictured, another advocate who was keen to ensure he was one of the first to have ProStance at his Academy at the Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Florida.

PGA Teacher of Year 08  Martin Hall & ProStance Director Stewart Craig

Whilst results at the elite end of the game include improved driving distance by up to 30 yards and reduced putts per round by four strokes, this simple balance aid is establishing its position as one of the most advanced game-improvement tools on the market today.

The brainchild of directors, Dr Paul Hurrion (Quintic Consultancy Ltd) and PGA Coach Stewart Craig, ProStance has been developed following extensive research into both putting and full swing biomechanics.

The research conducted at Quintic highlighted that golfers do not always know where their weight is truly positioned with 95% of both professional, as well as amateur golfers, not enjoying a balanced golf swing.

With the majority of golf coaches addressing faults with golf swings through compensations, it became apparent there was market for a product that addressed the root cause of the majority of swing faults – static and dynamic balance. The research reinforced the need for golfers to be stable at address and dynamically balanced during the golf swing – the result: powerful, more accurate ball striking and smoother consistent putting strokes.

Dr Hurrion commented: “Before we created ProStance, the only way to determine if an individual was perfectly balanced was to use force or pressure platforms. These are not accessible to the majority of golfers, but with ProStance we have developed a simple, yet highly effective alternative producing the same end result at a fraction of the price.”

Essentially, ProStance is an inflatable balance aid that ensures weight is concentrated through the centre of gravity of the golfer’s body. Initially it makes it more difficult for the golfer to stay in balance, but the body works very quickly to adjust to its new surroundings. Within a few swings, and without thinking, users will identify where their own weaknesses lie and begin to refine their balance.

As effective for full-swing as it is to chipping and putting, ProStance can be used to highlight where your weight is concentrated and will tune your body for improved balance. The result: improved dynamic balance leading to powerful more consistent ball striking and smoother consistent putting strokes.

With the ability to increase or reduce the pressure inside the ProStance, the product can be tailored to any size and weight. Because of the way ProStance affords you instant feedback during every swing it is set to revolutionise the way golf is taught, wherever you are in the world.

Pro/teaching packages, consisting of five units as well as single ProStance units are available, each come complete with their own carry case. For more information or to find out how to become a stockist contact info@pro-stance.com  

 ProStance RRP: £44.65 www.pro-stance.com

http://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk:80/Golf/News/searchresults/April-09/ProStance-Set-To-Revolutionise-The-Way-Golf-Is-Taught

By TG Staff Writer : Gear News