Getting Started in Motion Analysis

The Best Kept Secret

If you've watched any recent summer or winter Olympic games then chances are, many of the athletes you saw were trained with the help of computerized motion analysis. Olympic teams learned years ago that motion analysis is the next frontier in athletic training. Until recently, it's been a "best kept secret" and has been out of the reach of all but the very elite teams and athletes. Our goal at Sports Motion is to make motion analysis affordable and available to every team and athlete.  

Your Eyes are Not Enough

If you're an athlete, coach, trainer, physical therapist or anyone involved with athletics or human motion studies then you need to accept the fact that your eyes and brain cannot process information fast enough to see all the details associated with rapid body motion. Even as trained sports or medical professionals, we cannot possibly see everything that happens with the human body as it goes through rapid and complex movements. We study athletes and patients over and over attempting to see underlying problems with their motion but in many cases we really can't know for sure what's going wrong, so we resort to trial-and-error to find solutions. Is there an alternative? Well, thanks to the innovations at Sports Motion, there is an alternative.

Motion Analysis the Right Way

Sports Motion recognized the need for video motion technology in athletic training, sports medicine and physical therapy so we brought together the expertise necessary for building effective and affordable motion analysis products. Since we began back in 2001, we have focused on developing leading-edge motion analysis systems that employ the right equipment for the right job. To be done correctly motion analysis requires expertise in areas of video software, computer hardware, camera equipment and photography. Few people (or even companies for that matter) have the necessary expertise in all these areas to really do motion analysis effectively. We, at Sports Motion, have that expertise. We custom-design systems for our clients that take into consideration critical variables ranging from the type of activity or sport to lighting conditions and environmental issues (indoor, outdoor, extreme weather, etc.). When it comes to critical components like video cameras, for example, there are only a few that are acceptable for true motion processing. Picking the wrong equipment spells disaster in this business and horror stories abound for those who insist on trying it themselves. For example, many DVD and HD camcorders, although impressive, may not be the best for certain applications. Why? First, they do not have real-time video streaming that can be captured by a PC. Video must first be captured in the camera and then downloaded off-line. Secondly, they utilize aggressive video compression which strips out critical frame detail. Your eye can't detect it when played at full speed but when analyzing individual frames, the loss in detail will become apparent. Many of our current clients have come to us in desperation after having tried to do it themselves or after spending thousands of dollars on the wrong products.

We Can Help

So, if you are ready to advance to the next level in training technology then you owe it to yourself and your athletes/patients to do it the right way. Please browse through our website to learn more about our motion analysis products and solutions. Then give us a call. We'll be glad to help you get started.

Jay Lomberk
President
Sports Motion, Inc.

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