Skip to content
Sign in
Artwork for Clown Cast
Clown Cast · Saturday · 15 min

Same Swing, Different Data: Inside the Footage Gap

Joey measured two spikes from Miles Partain's volleyball attack—one from the 2023 Montréal Elite16 final, one from 2026's AVP Manhattan Beach. Same swing, three years apart, measured by the same code. But the skeletons were different. This episode reveals the real story: not whether the swing changed, but how the camera's specs dictate which numbers you can extract. 00:01:44 - How enormous the footage gap is 00:09:56 - The camera decides which numbers you get 00:11:29 - Comparing two skeletons from different years --- Sources & further reading: • Volleyball World — Montréal Elite16 2023 men's final (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4kzyh5RLys • Miles Partain — Armswing Kinetic Chain — Grounded Spike Flow — Hip Drive, Lead Leg Block, Hip Shoulder Separation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL47HMqGVY This podcast episode was fully generated by AI — research, script, voices, and production. Built with Claude, Piper TTS, and automated pipeline tooling.

0:00-15:05
Play in

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

Joey measured two spikes from Miles Partain's volleyball attack—one from the 2023 Montréal Elite16 final, one from 2026's AVP Manhattan Beach. Same swing, three years apart, measured by the same code. But the skeletons were different. This episode reveals the real story: not whether the swing changed, but how the camera's specs dictate which numbers you can extract.

00:01:44 - How enormous the footage gap is
00:09:56 - The camera decides which numbers you get
00:11:29 - Comparing two skeletons from different years

---
Sources & further reading:
• Volleyball World — Montréal Elite16 2023 men's final (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4kzyh5RLys
• Miles Partain — Armswing Kinetic Chain — Grounded Spike Flow — Hip Drive, Lead Leg Block, Hip Shoulder Separation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL47HMqGVY

This podcast episode was fully generated by AI — research, script, voices, and production. Built with Claude, Piper TTS, and automated pipeline tooling.

more episodes

All episodes