Welcome to the Glasgow School of Sport blog by Chris Smith Associates where we keep you up to date with our videos and audio that make up The Glasgow School of Sport podcasts. Here you can find all things we are doing around the school. We are a small band of dedicated podcasters and digital media specialists delighted to be working with the school. Glasgow School of Sport is a school dedicated to sporting excellence and keen to share their best practices. So you can find lots of video clips and podcasts...about training, skills, drills and what it's like to be at the school. We hope you enjoy your visit and come back soon because there's always something new here !
June 16, 2010
Sad to see you go.
One of my memories of producing the videos was Philippa. I had never worked with a gymnastics coach and had expected a real hard disciplinarian in some sort of East European mould. Well, as the videos will show, Philippa is demanding coach. But my memory is this. After filming a long session with all the students one week, I put the rushes on a DVD for Philippa to review. And it was pretty clear, Philippa didn't think the filming was good enough. I have worked with a lot of people who know what they want and they can be a bit difficult to persuade to include others in their deliberations. And that's being polite. I thought I was going to have to concentrate on getting Philippa to articulate what was right and what was wrong. The following week, I walked in to find Philippa and and the gymnasts huddled around the DVD player watching the session. They were all being critical of their performance and everyone was chipping in with suggestions as to how they could do better. It was obviously a group who wanted to do better. So,the next time we filmed, everyone nailed their best performance. But the sight of coach and gymnasts reviewing together was memorable. It also gave me an insight into what coaching is.
When I heard Philippa was leaving, I thought it would be good to talk to her and record a short interview with her. She has some interesting things to say about her time at the Glasgow School of Sport. Philippa wouldn't be a coach if she didn't also have some advice for present and future athletes. On a personal note , we had our moments, but it was a real pleasure to work with her. I hope you enjoy the interview and thanks again to Philippa for being a good sport!
June 15, 2010
It's been a long time but...
Yes, it has been a while since I blogged anything here. So here's a brief round up of what has been going on behind the scenes. We have a new YouTube Channel and lots of people have been very complimentary about it. There has been a lot of excitement in the press about this venture as you can see from this press release.
Also coming up is an interview with one of our video stars which I recorded last week. Expect to see it tomorrow !
August 12, 2009
Craig explains his choices
As promised, we got Craig Robertson the elite badminton coach to sit down for 6 minutes ( count'em ) and talk through the videos he made. He explains how he has approached the task as a coach. This will give valuable insights into how an elite coach operates. This should be useful for any coach of any standard. Craig has given a lot of thought and has a lot of experience which he shares in this short podcast. Click here to download or listen to Craig thoughts.
As ever, your thoughts, comments and feedback are always appreciated.
Watch this space...because hockey is coming here ...soon.
August 11, 2009
December 08, 2008
The recording was a blur
The first recording went so fast, it was a blur and here is the photo of the first victims interviewees. Susan and Frank were the first to talk about their best coaches. It was very interesting. The blowers in the background made it sound like we were recording in a submarine but we can fix that. All in all; a good conversation to start our podcast series off. We have recorded the first one so watch this space...
December 01, 2008
Team work
Another example of team work and why it's so important. The gymnasts go to Rostov and take a video camera. A number of them film different things. Angie comes home and watches the video footage. She makes a few notes; ( reproduced in slightly photocopied dull format to make a point). Someone else picks these notes up and edits the film to reflect the notes. Everyone, including parents, friends and people who are not lucky enough to be gymnasts; get to see the film. And yet, it was all down to team work. But all of the members of the team who 'made' the video were never in the same room together. Impressive huh?
November 28, 2008
November 25, 2008
Now where were we ?
After a wee break, it is back to the Glasgow School of Sport to meet the coaches and talk about the next set of podcasts and videos to plan. As ever, it is really great to meet and work with positive people who have got great ideas. Ideas are flying around. The challenge, for me, is to keep up. Craig shows me a superb skipping video - we could develop on that. Sue has some thoughts about web based stuff and our conditioning gurus have some thoughts about Christmas.
So with so many ideas, it's time to start to think through the best ones. The aim in the next few days is to meet everyone and get a programme organised.
