iPads for Coaching

… The iPad has “invaded” the pool deck and revolutionized the way diving coaches train their athletes, says coach Aaron Dziver, who guides the careers of Canadian Olympians Alexandre Despatie, Reuben Ross, and Jennifer Abel. …

Over the past year, Dziver says it has become the norm to see international coaches raising aloft their iPads en masse during competitions to record and analyze the dives of their athletes. …

Dziver uses an app called Baseball Coach Plus HD and adapts it for diving. … $2.99 …

Canadian divers newest weapon, the iPad

Be careful not to buy the Tom Daley game, by accident. :)

Al Fong told us that he prefers iPad analysis over any and all of the fixed video review systems he’s seen in Artistic gyms.

related – Major College Football Teams Join a Growing Number of NFL Teams Adopting The iPad

4 comments ↓

#1 MissEducated on 08.19.12 at 11:13 am

Perhaps my comment about Ubersense would have been better here!

#2 Blair Lowe on 08.20.12 at 1:21 am

Which is precisely why I bought my Tablet. It’s not as to type on a 7″ than a 10″ tablet but I can carry it in my pocket if I wanted to at a meet or in the gym. It has also has a 5 or 8 megapixel video camera that shoots pretty well.

However, it’s not an Apple as I dislike Apple, period. Android, FTW. I must admit though the Ipad’s are still a head of the pack.

Then again, I’m male and I prefer the black color of my tablet. Also being a Techie, I prefer dealing with Google and the Android platform.

And the price was right at $200-300 instead of $450.

#3 wordsmith on 08.24.12 at 7:04 am

I don’t know if this ever really took off, but one of Tom Forster’s parents promoted this application for ipad2 at last year’s bar boot camp.

#4 coach Rick on 08.24.12 at 8:53 am

Thanks. I downloaded it for testing. Free.

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