okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Friday, June 30, 2006
If I had a video Ipod...
I read a newspaper story about MLB teams using video Ipods to help their players prepare for games. For a pitcher, the team loads an Ipod with videos of the pitcher throwing pitches and the results (like a batter taking a strike or hitting a home run). The pitcher can then study the video and get an idea of how to pitch to a specific opponent or how their own pitching motion looks.
But, I'm an orienteer, not a baseball player. So, if I had a video Ipod, I'd load it up with Tero's Follow Me videos, like his latest effort.
Does it work? Does watching a video help?
The newspaper story included interviews with players and coaches about the videos. In baseball, there is a clear feeling that video study works -- that it can help a player. It would, if you had the time and the information, be pretty easy to do some analysis to see if, in fact, it did seem to work. Maybe some of the teams already have done that study.
Would it help an orienteer? It might. Sitting here at my desk and watching Tero run through the Finnish forest, and looking at the map and terrain, feels like it puts my mind in orienteering mode. And even if it doesn't, it sure is cool to watch.
Updates in coming days
I'll be at a mini-training camp over the next few days. I plan to update this page, but might not manage to do that every day.
posted by Michael |
1:18 PM
