The Super 6 Challenge is now up and running.  Get your Hotspot and take part! Can you beat the trainer???

Hotspot Super 6 Challenge – Video

MAKE IT COUNT WITH HOTSPOT!

Hotspot feature in SPIRRS Product Watch!

http://soccerpirrs.com/education/software-and-programs/spirrs-product-watch-hotspot/

Hi all. I (Fraser Harban) Just returned form a quality convention and trade show – the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in Baltimore. Really impressed with many things – not least – boy do they know how to put on a great event and I now have a rather large selection of NSCAA branded goods!

So what really struck me the most was the knowledge, dedication and passion of the coaches on the ground. Every single one who visited the stand (quite a few I can tell you) really wanted to see what the HotSpot had to offer and how it could help their sessions and ultimately their teams.

Here is a link to the Peak Performance Magazine that features hotspot on page 11.

http://www.gameseducation.co.uk/images/webgraphics/295.pdf

Make it Count – Team Hotspot

In the past people (including me) have been critical of mini tennis as it hasn’t been adopted across the rest of the world (until recently) and that other countries have managed to produce world class tennis players the “good old fashioned way”.

Well firstly, the UK is not the rest of the world and let’s face we have to do stuff differently due to the culture of the country.  With that said perhaps mini tennis is the way forward.

Mini Tennis Videos

WARM UP

PAIR DRILLING

POINT PLAY AGAINST THE COACH

MATCHPLAY

In the past people (including me) have been critical of mini tennis as it hasn’t been adopted across the rest of the world (until recently) and that other countries have managed to produce world class tennis players the “good old fashioned way”.

Well firstly, the UK is not the rest of the world and let’s face we have to do stuff differently due to the culture of the country.  With that said perhaps mini tennis is the way forward.

Welcome back..this post is about player production from start to finish.  It is not about the technical details required to produce players i.e good coaching knowledge and the ability to teach but more about structural requirements and where do we (the UK) seem to go wrong?

I would like to start with taking out the governing bodies.  In tennis we have the LTA but also we have smaller groups who essentially are trying to do the same things just on a smaller level.  There has been slating of the LTA by these groups yet weirdly where is the production from these groups?  Can the LTA be slated if the alternatives don’t work either?

Hotspot has broken into the English Premier League.  Blackburn Rovers under the guidance of fitness and sports science professional Mark Howard contacted Games Education Ltd a few months back requesting to see the system in action.  Obviously we were more than happy to put the Hotspot through it’s paces at the wonderful facility that is the Senior Training Ground at Blackburn.  The Blackburn staff seemed impressed with it’s simplicity and wide applications.  A few weeks later Games Education had an order for 4 Hotspot XL systems and again were invited to deliver a workshop on the system and how best to integrate the system into the Blackburn set up.   Coaches were again very receptive and even took part in a variety of exercises.

Mark Howard, Head of Fitness later commented on the hotspot system and had this to say;

“Hot Spot offers a really easy and affordable tool for measuring a player’s ability to perform a specific task. It is really quick to set up and can be manipulated by changing the start settings and timing modes making it a great way to benchmark a squad on any given functional drill or practice.

I like how simple the kit is and the fact that it has the potential to be used across a range of departments in the club including sports science and medical departments at both first team and academy level.”

see images at…

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=166260966717463&set=a.166260953384131.42210.100000006814523

www.gameseducation.co.uk

Due to recent demand for additional split timing function Games Education has reacted and produced Hotspot XL. Hotspot XL has the same standard HotSpot functions, time and count modes with 3 starting options but now comes with split timing mode (St). St mode takes a snapshot of the time as each pod hit is received. The result is flashed alternately with it’s corresponding pod number.

Existing Hotspotters can upgrade their system should they want to. Please see the Shop at www.gameseducation.co.uk/shop.asp for pricing.

Worcester, England, 22 September 2010: Games Education’s revolutionary HotSpot® three-dimensional coaching system has become a global success far out selling expectations in its first year. The HotSpot® system and training philosophy has been fully embraced by elite athletes and grass-route programmes alike around the world.