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I am seeking information from anyone with experience on starting a web site using live video and audio feeds.  I am a golf teacher who is interested in using the web-site to give live lessons on line.  Other web-sites out there claim they have live lessons on line but, when you go to there all you can do is down load a video or up load a swing for them to look at and send it back to you.

I am starting a new golf school which the foundation of the school is bassed on a true rotary golf swing.  What this means is that there are no lateral or vertical movements. A golfer will be able to swing on plane and understand how and why this happens every time.  Many of today`s top instructors in the world think their students are swinging on plane and rotating around a fixed axis. However, they are not. 

This is  the base for the web-site.  What I would like to be able to do is to have a lesson that would start, let`s say at 8pm eastern time and have as many people sign up for it as possible. Broadcast the lessons live for a fee.

If anyone can help me understand what is need in this process by me and the end user I would be greatful.

Thanks,

Golf247

 

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There are actually some benefits to having the video available at any time. For example, TV is moving towards an on-demand world. If I want to go to the Golf Channel (and we do, A LOT, in this house) and watch .. oh, say ... The Big Break XII (or whatever number they are at), I don`t have to watch it live. I can record to DVD-RAM, record on Tivo or Comcast DVR, or watch it online (with some channels, not necessarily Golf Channel). This actually increases the number of viewers because they can watch it at their convenience.

While having the actual session live works (you can even have something like an online Q&A session after the video), you should also make it available to people who want to watch it later. (My poor husband hasn`t made it through a single golf show in a year thanks to our 1yo who has now learned how to turn the TV off to gain attention.) This will increase your viewership. It also makes people think the fee has more value if they can watch it now, and then watch it again later if they need a refresher course.

On a side note, no live TV is even live anymore ... they have some lag to allow for mishaps, even if it`s just a minute. Your show might play better if it is recorded and edited, and you can edit out flubs like if your swing shanks once. In terms of time/equipment/technology ... it is considerably easier and cheaper to pre-record your lesson, edit it, get it ready for the web, and then put it up. The server and bandwidth constraints of forcing everyone to watch at the same time increases your costs immensely, and makes you change your model so that you have to practice for a week for every show. By pre-recording, you record all your "practices" and just splice together the best ones to make the show.

I hope this helps. It`s a great business model and I think you will be successful if you can find a model that works for you. I know every other commercial on the golf channel is for "improving your swing" so I know the market is out there!

Thank You for your response.  Your information was very insightfull and greatly appreciated.  If I have some more questions would it be alright to contact you or add you to my buddy list? Congradulations on your baby, I have one on the way. We are very excited. I may have questions on that whole experience too! LOL! 

Thanks again for the greet feed back.

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A live lesson is something that can be done.  The technology is available now that enables broadcast of webcams....even two way.

 

~Roland

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Sure, send me a message.

I`ll tell you the stories of how she dangles off the dining room chairs just to see if we`ll faint, and insists on going down really tall slides (after pushing the much bigger kids out of the way) head first. There just aren`t enough martinis in the world to make it through a playdate with my little stunt junkie. So lesson number one with your new baby: They look pretty fragile but I swear they must be made out of rubber. (Our little nutter is 16 months old now, so I know what a life-changing adventure you`re about to embark on!!)

Roland,

Is it expensive to set something like this up? After rethinking things. I have come up with a different approach to what I am going to do.  I still am very interested to find out about information about doing something like this.

At first I was considering doing every lessons live.  I still want to do this. However, maybe only once a week to every differnt time zone in the world. If you could share any info on cost, equipment needed,  fees  and so on.

I noticed that you host web sites and design websites as well. If you could let me know your costs that would be helpfull, thanks..

Thanks for your response.

Chris

 

 

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Hi,

I sent you a PM. Equipment is fairly inexpensive.  the critical part of web cam use is the lighting.  The better the lighting, the better the image.

~Roland

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Hi Chris,

I saw your post and wondered if you knew John Redd. I went to his golf school in Orlando where he teaches a zero compensating, single axis, rotary golf swing. I am a PGA Director of Instruction in the Dallas area, and the swing you describe really is the wave of the future! You can e-mail me at mtmgolfpro@msn.com 

Good luck with your project!