http://www.motioncoach.com/
In staying with the theme for this week's assignment (creating some sort of virtual teaching lesson) which I must say I'm still having a hard time with, I came across a site that uses the same technology to teach golf instructors how to coach. This website utilizes virtual movies and demonstrations with the goal of teaching instructors how to teach others how to become better golfers. Ultimately, I'm sure this technology can be used by golfers themselves to improve their golf game. Technology such as this has already been used in other forms before, most commonly VHS tapes. I'm sure we've all seen the commercials endorsed by Fred McGriff in which a national AAU team won back-to-back-to-back national championships via instruction from the instructors on the VHS. It's the same principle. A virtual learning experience, through the means of some sort of communication medium. I believe it is a matter of time before other sports begin to have coaching or instructional videos or online lessons. Undoubtedly, the human aspect, and person to person experience is missing, but the instruction is still the same. Depending on what learning type a person can be, a virtual learning experience could be just as beneficial as a live one.
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The commercial with the Crime Dog that you're describing is the Tom Emanski Instructional Baseball Video Set and I can't believe you didn't remember the name of it. That commercial has been running for at least 15 years.
And I think I found the rival to your site: http://www.mycoachonline.com/. There are 19 separate topics on here; everything from tennis to offensive linemen drills to stretching. And then there are multiple videos within each topic. This is really good stuff. You just register for access online, then you go back to the website, log in, and watch hours of instructional videos in what looks like a Flash player. There's not a basketball or flag football one though, maybe I need to get involved.
This kind of teaching is a great way for others to learn. To be honest, I had no idea that this kind of technology even existed. This gives educators all sorts of options when teaching and as you can see with the sites that CJ and Hoss have posted, can really help coaches.
I think that you should do the flag football video Hoss. These videos offer a great way for people like Grant who are teaching sport classes at the college level. It can be used for homework as well as a time saver for class. If people watch a video on certain plays for flag football then when they come to class the next day instead of spending time on teaching they will get more opportunities to play actual games.
These videos are great and I really think they can help in the sports industry.
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