Written by Press Release    Wednesday, 30 June 2010 03:53    PDF Print Write e-mail
SFGG Academy Joins Forces With SiliconCoach
Colleges - Camps & Clinics

 

Siliconcoach is combining its latest innovations into a comprehensive package that will create leaders of the San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club (SFGGRC) and San Francisco Rugby Academy (SFRA) in the area of skill development and technology.  These tools, provided by Siliconcoach, will help the skill development of SFGGRC and SFRA players with communication between players and coaches - on and off the field.

Siliconcoach is making a significant impact in the world of sport, education, clinical practice and sports retail.  Their customers are among the most successful organizations in the world. They include Nike, Specialized Bikes, numerous national academies and institutes of sport, and many of the world’s leading Rugby Unions.

Siliconcoach is sponsoring SFGGRC and SFRA with their complete line of video analysis software.  This software provides SFGGRC and SFRA the ability to create an unparalleled learning environment, ability to display successful skills, analyze skills in real time, provide an online network to prepare for sessions, and share information to improve skills and decision making.  SFGGRC and SFRA are excited about the opportunity this puts at their disposal.

“This is  an amazing opportunity and we consider ourselves fortunate to be able to have access to these programs.  They will provide us with technology that leading teams such as the New Zealand All Blacks have utilized for years”, states Paul Keeler, SFGGRC and SFRA Director.  “We are looking forward to working with Siliconcoach”.

San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Football Club, commonly abbreviated to SFGG, is a rugby union club based in San Francisco, California.  SFGG's first side competes in the Rugby Super League.  SFGG also fields a developmental squad in the Northern California Rugby Football Union's Division II.  The SFGG Youth Program includes Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh-Soph teams.  The San Francisco Rugby Academy, founded 2008, is the cornerstone of their community development program.