System and method for teaching physical skills

A system for generating a model of superior performance for teaching a student a physical skill, in which a number of elite performers who superiorly perform the physical skill are identified, the system comprising:

• (a) means for generating a plurality of video frames of a three-dimensional movement pattern for each elite performer performing the physical skill;
• (b) means for standardizing the frames of the video movement patterns such that a frame for each elite performer corresponds to an equivalent movement pattern for the other elite performers;
• (c) means for averaging the equivalent frames of movement patterns for all of the elite performers for producing an average model representative of an average movement pattern;
• (d) means for sizing each of the three-dimensional movement patterns to the average model, and for combining the movement patterns of all of the elite performers;
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• (e) means for averaging all of the movement patterns of the sizing means for producing a model incorporating the patterns of all of the elite performers.