Genius Hour: Week 3
Genius Hour This last week, I experimented with using a GoPro and importing video into the Technique app . Below is one of the videos I took and imported into the app for analysis. The GoPro was able to capture a wider field of view. However, it was difficult to thoroughly examine my rowing stroke as I had placed the GoPro at a far distance from myself. Below you can see a screenshot which was my attempt to analyze the video. I had to zoom in a great deal on the app to see how my body was moving, so the line takes up much more space than in previous weeks. That being said, I was able to determine that I continued to improve my body positioning and placement at full compression. Below you can see that I appear to have significantly reduced the opening of my upper body at the initiation of the stroke. Overall, I would say the GoPro is a handy tool for taking video footage when training alone. If I were to continue to use the GoPro, I believe I woul...
