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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 18, 2012 -- After successfully deploying cutting-edge technology to help America's long jumpers go farther, faster, BMW is now turning its attention to USA Swimming. This latest effort will provide quantitative analysis of swimmers' starts and turns -- critical to success in the sport -- via a unique motion tracking system. This technology initiative is central to BMW's comprehensive U.S. Olympic program which endeavors to advance the performance goals of Team USA while bringing communities across the country closer to the excitement of the Olympic Games.
[Link]Personally, to get to the level that our Olympic swimmers are at, I suspect tweaking starts and turns 100-days away from the 2012 games may be something that is either too late to "monkey" with or summarily unnecessary.
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"tweaking starts and turns 100-days away from the 2012 games may be something that is either too late to "monkey" with or summarily unnecessary."
- my thoughts exactly
You'd be amazed at how "body-aware" these athletes are, especially in the pool.
Motion tracking and video analysis would be used up 'till the day of the race. More often than not, at the elite level, you're not using either technology to introduce something new, you're using to re-enforce existing patterns.
You'd use it show, for example, how when the athlete is tiring at the end of a set or race, where their turn is breaking down; is it a hand position or is their head to low?
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