If you're going to have a virtual coaching session with myself,
then we're going to need to get some footage of you riding.
So in this video, I'm going to give you some tips to show you
the easiest way to get yourself on camera so that I can see what you're doing wrong
and then show you what to do right
Bear in mind, we're not looking for a cinematic masterpiece.
We just need a few clips that allow me to see the mistakes that you're make it.
Also, be aware we're not looking for a long movie of your whole session.
Usually we just need two to five clips
of 10 to 15 seconds each showing you
making your typical mistakes for a specific trick or technique.
Now, there are two main ways to film yourself: GoPro on the lines
or getting a friend to film you from the beach.
The footage shot from a line mount is probably the most common clips
I receive, as you don't need anyone else to capture them.
And they work great for showing board and body positions.
So any action camera will do.
I just happen to use GoPros.
You can use a standard one or one of the 360 versions
This is set up with the camera too close.
And this one here is too far away.
As you can see, this works pretty well.
You can see both your board and your foil,
if it's for foiling, and you're in shot the whole time.
Plus we can see the horizon, which can be really helpful in certain situations.
For a normal GoPro
where your bar has a low V, and so the camera's really close to you.
Then you want the camera set up on a super wide setting.
And if you have a high V and therefore the camera is further up the lines,
then experiment but a wide or linear setting will probably work best.
Any stabilization settings like hyper smooth is great
as it will make the footage easier to work with.
Now, if you have a 360 cam like the GoPro max, that will always need to be placed
lower on the lines, actually as close to you as possible.
And if you have a high V, you should still be able to place it
between the parallel lines, closer to the bar.
Now remember, I only need three or four clips
so you don't need to ride for hours at a time to get the footage that you need.
If you film less, it's way easier to find the clips you need to send over to me.
So when it comes to filming, from the beach, an iPhone
or a decent Android phone will work great.
They now shoot in 4K and have great stabilization
and actually even a GoPro hero set in linear mode will work
pretty well for a wide shot.
So these beach shots
are great when we need to see the timing and movement of the kite.
Something that could be important if you're having issues
with gybes or tacks or jumping.
they are also the easiest to shoot as you don't need to be too close
and it's just important that you and the kite are in the shot the whole time.
The close up shots are actually really difficult to get
unless you can ride really close to the beach.
Otherwise, you know, you're probably going
to need a pretty good camera and a decent tripod to make that work.
The reason being that we need the footage to be pretty stable.
You can't be shooting in and out of shot the whole time,
and that's actually a lot harder than people think to film.
So when it comes to editing the footage, there's lots of different apps you can use
on either your smartphone or on a laptop or desktop computer.
I'm not going to go into it all now.
But ultimately, you just need to go through your footage
and cut it down and export a small number of clips
that just show the trick you're wanting to work on with me.
And the best way to think about it is you want about 5 seconds
leading into the trick, then the trick itself,
and then allow another few seconds afterwards for the exit.
You want to export them as MP4 files with a medium quality
so you can get the files into the 20 to 50 megabyte range
And in total, I don't want more than about 200 megabytes of footage.
And that's kind of 60 to 90 seconds maximum.
If you look in the
description for this video, I'll link it to a few of the different apps
that might be worthwhile using because they'll change over time.
But for most people, the app that comes with
your camera is going to work the best.
So if you use a GoPro, the Quik app on your smartphone is going to be the best,
or the GoPro video player on your desktop computer.
And when you're ready to send the footage to me, then something like WeTransfer
is probably the easiest to use as you don't really need to set anything up.
I am happy for you to send it to me through
Dropbox or OneDrive or one of those kind of services.
Just make sure that I don't need to have an account myself
to be able to log in and download the footage.
If you.ve got any questions about filming or sending me footage, then get in touch.
I'm also happy for you to send me like a single small clips
that I can check to see
if the quality of what you're getting is going to be good enough.
And if you want to know more about Progression's Virtual Coaching,
you can check out this video or you can go and check out our website