Recording Swimming for GCSE PE - Solutions and Alternatives

[phenom552]

Do you need actual filming or just record of what he has swam?
Could you get a smart watch that records activities. I have a Garmin watch and you can record swimming walking etc then download as evidence. My son did walking for his DofE and recorded it using Strava

 

[lilly93]

@phenom552 they need video for technique, skills, tumble turns etc

 

[jdesou7]

A pool would not allow you to film, especially if there were other people using it. My advice would be maybe find a local swimming club who may allow you to quickly use part of their pool time. I am in Scotland so maybe slightly different, I am a head coach and alway film my swimmers at competitions but if someone came to me and asked I would happily give them the small amount of time needed to film.

 

[igivemylife2jesus]

@jdesou7 it depends on the pool! Plymouth Life Centre allows filming!

 

[jdesou7]

@igivemylife2jesus as I said it may be different as I am in Scotland, filming is not allowed unless a photography form from Scottish Swimming is filled in and at that no other members of the public are allowed to be there unless the also consent. I would also imagine hotel pools and other private pools would be different.

 

[igivemylife2jesus]

@jdesou7 well the poster isn’t in Scotland…

 

[jdesou7]

@igivemylife2jesus I know that, I was only trying to help with a suggestion of trying to ask a local swimming club as that what has to happen here.

 

[blazingtruth]

@jdesou7 my local allows filming as long as you get a free permit from reception and don't film others

 

[husbandhoping]

I film my son at his gala for his pe gcse
I try to zoom in so its just him swimming

 

[pfdixon]

Your data. Put a sar and request itm can't be denied this way

 

[anglicandude]

@pfdixon Not the case if it hasn't been filmed to begin with.

 

[pfdixon]

@anglicandude I read it like it had happened. My bad

 

[terapoison]

Pay for a 1:1 and do the filming then.

 

[andrew_nguyen1980]

@terapoison our pool still wouldn’t allow it unless there is nobody else in the pool. Then they still can say no.

 

[mayr]

@andrew_nguyen1980 hire any pool yourself?

 

[andrew_nguyen1980]

@mayr Guess that would depend on your money situation and the cost of the pool!! But you would still technically have to have the pools permission

 

[mayr]

We have a few private pools locally that don’t cost too much at all. I’m sure there’s a way to get some video of him doing what he loves!

 

[rizzerz]

@intothelightx - any help here?

 

[cml1225]

Does the swim at a club and compete ? Lots of our swimmers have used races filmed or we’ve done pretend races after everyone except a few who’ve volunteered to be recorded have left .

 

[forseen]

Hire a pool? We have a local one to us and it’s not overly expensive