I'm away in Europe on a working vacation from August 21 to
sometime in December 2008. So I can't guarantee when (or if!)
I'll be available to set up the downloads below - it's a manual
process, not automatic.
So unless you're willing to wait for a week or two (or maybe
more!), I'd recommend holding off on ordering any downloads
until I get back.
Look and Learn From the Voice of Experience
Photo by: Me, courtesy www.gregsttpages.com
For those of you who'd rather download the seminars than wait for
DVDs to arrive, I've set up http:// and ftp:// access to the Mark
Smith Beginning and Advanced Coaching Seminars. Once I have received
your payment, I'll email you a username and password that will give
you access to download the seminars.
Since the original source files are quite large, I've made 4 versions
of the downloads at different compressions, to suit those of you
who don't have unlimited download accounts. Here are sample versions
of the same videoclip at the different compressions I've used.
Username and password to access these sample clips is gttp4
.
Mark Smith Beginning Coaching (~ 2hrs 20min footage)
Original Source Files - Full DVD quality - 720x576 pixels at
bit rate of 2072kbps. 2.4GB broken into 6 files ~ 400MB each.
720x576 pixels at 1100kpbs. 1.28GB broken into 6 files of ~
200MB each.
640x480 pixels at 550kpbs. 676MB broken into 6 files of ~ 112MB
each.
320x240 pixels at 230kpbs. 294MB broken into 6 files of ~ 50MB
each.
Mark Smith Advanced Coaching (~ 2hrs 40min footage)
Original Source Files - Full DVD quality - 720x576 pixels at
bit rate of 2072kbps. 2.4GB broken into 6 files ~ 400MB each.
720x576 pixels at 1100kpbs. 1.24GB broken into 6 files of ~
200MB each.
640x480 pixels at 550kpbs. 660MB broken into 6 files of ~ 112MB
each.
320x240 pixels at 230kpbs. 285MB broken into 6 files of ~ 50MB
each.
Important Note: The
first hour and a half of the Advanced Coaching Seminar has some
background noise of players playing in the background - the last
part is noise free. Most people have no trouble hearing Mark over
the noise, but just in case here is a sample video so you can listen
for yourself and see whether your ears are up to the job. And sorry,
I don't have the technology to remove the background noise!How to Learn
to Loop - 4MB
Purchasing and Prices
I'm selling each 2 hour seminar set for $30 Australian. Since there
is some overlap between the two seminars, I'll sell the complete
2 seminars for $40 Australian. If you just want the one set, I'd
personally recommend the Advanced Topics seminar, since the Coaching
Beginners is more of a 'how to coach new players' approach.
Both Seminars
($40 Aus)
Advanced DVDs Only
($30 Aus)
Beginner's DVDs Only
($30 Aus)
Once I have received your payment, I'll set up a Username and Password
for you, so that you can download the seminars via http:// or ftp://
- I'd recommend using ftp:// - especially on the larger files, since
it allows you to resume downloads that get interrupted. Please bear
in mind that this isn't automatic, I have to manually set it up
once I receive notification of your payment. So you may have to
wait a while if I am asleep at the time you pay!
Note: Just want to make it clear - you get the downloads instead
of the DVDs, not as well as the DVDs. That's why they are cheaper
- because I don't have to go to the trouble of making a DVD set
and sending them off via postage.
If you don't like PayPal, please email me using this
order form (just fill in your request in the Comments section
at the bottom), and I'll be in contact to sort out the details.
Or you can email me direct at greg@gregsxxpages.com (change the
xx to tt), and include "Mark Smith Coaching Videos" in
the Subject line so I know it's not more junk mail.