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Case Study2: Using KANDLE in the Windsor High Sports College Golf Academy

What does the Academy involve?
Windsor Sports College Academy was established in the summer term 2003 to provide opportunities for all pupils from Windsor High School who had participated in golf in PE lessons to continue playing golf outside of the school environment.
 

Partnerships between Windsor High School and local Golf Clubs
As a specialist Sports College, Windsor High School has responsibility for establishing relationships with local sports club. Within Golf this relationship involves 2 local golf clubs – Halesowen GC and Hagley Golf & country club. Jon Nicholas from Halesowen GC attended initial KANDLE training at Windsor High School in May 2003.
 

Use of technology within the teaching of golf
Technology in the form of video analysis has been used quite extensively within golf coaching during the last 10 years. This has usually consisted of state of the art analysis suites, available only at premier golf facilities, or very basic video recording and playback service offered by the majority of golf professionals.

In order to maximise the use of KANDLE to support the delivery of W.H.S golf programme models of good performance in golf for all facets of the sport delivered via our PE curriculum were required. This footage was not initially available to this extent therefore we needed to create it. Filming took place at Halesowen GC with Jon Nicholas. Footage of the correct performance of techniques of putting, short and long game was recorded in line with requirements of WHS KS3 scheme of work for golf
 

KANDLE in action!
Video footage was taken of all academy members during coaching sessions over the summer holidays. Jon Nicholas and the school’s sport development office, Chris Jew then edited this footage and compared pupils performance against models of good practice.

Academy members were involved in a video analysis session as part of their autumn term academy event programme. The KANDLE software was utilised to highlight areas of good performance and areas of improvement in individual performers. The text box option was used to record comments for each member and then this action shot saved as a picture file allowing each member to receive a print out of themselves plus highlighted areas for improvement. All pupils found this feedback extremely useful, not to mention great fun!
 
Example of print out:
 

Future developments

The KANDLE systems will now be used to support the delivery of golf within the curriculum and will provide an extremely useful method of pupil feedback and self-assessment (particularly on wet weather occasions). It will also be used with higher level performers through the Golf Academy and will be further supported by Jon Nicholas who was so impressed with the KANDLE system that he has purchased the equipment and software to be used in all his teaching of golf.

Chris Jew
Sports Development Officer
Windsor High School
 
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