Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department launched an "online interactive sports training course" in December last year, teaching and promoting ten sports through the Zoom video software, including badminton, table tennis and tennis.
The project is expected to hold 200 classes per year, with 50 students in each class. The budgeted expenditure for the courses is 15 million yuan, and the average hourly expenditure is about 30,000 yuan in public funds.
However, the reporter personally measured it in the classroom and found that the entire course of the department was only shot from the same perspective. The same table tennis coach, one-on-one teaching outside, only costs 380 yuan per hour.
The Table Tennis Association pointed out that there was no income from online lessons of 1.5 million yuan, but that the department had hired technical support personnel, saying that it could cost a lot.
However, the coach said that there was no communication with the technical support staff. The LCSD refused to reply to the price of the coach and the production company, and refused to provide the name of the production company.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department added three new ball courses from April to June this year. The picture shows the use of Zoom video software to teach table tennis.
(Screenshot of the Zoom video of the Table Tennis Course of the LCSD)
In the first quarter of this year, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department organized a pilot project of "Internet Interactive Sports Training Courses", using the Zoom video software to teach a variety of sports in real-time online interaction. In April, three ball trainings were added, including badminton, table tennis and tennis. .
Attendance rate accounts for only 30% of the number of students admitted
After the reporter paid 20 yuan for the registration fee, he tested three sessions of table tennis as a beginner.
Before the start of the class, the coach reminded the students to turn on the camera several times in order to correct the action. However, in a class with 50 places, only 13 to 15 students were in the class, and more than half of them did not open the camera.
The class starts with a warm-up and then teaches different table tennis skills. The three classes mainly focus on gripping, ball control and footwork.
During the teaching period, when the coach demonstrates several times, he will play the clips of the Hong Kong team's table tennis players for assistance. The three-session classroom mode is the same. It is unknown whether it lacks fun or not. Some students can't help being distracted by playing filters during class.
At the end of the three classes, the trainees were not taught how to use sparring.
The general staff of table tennis thinks it is difficult to teach online
Ms. Chen, a staff member of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association, who is in charge of the courses involved, explained that it is the first time to teach table tennis online. She continued, teaching ball games through online classes is difficult. Some skills such as serving and sparring. "There are restrictions on playing table tennis at home. You have to throw waves on your own table and then play to the other side. Open wave."
At the same time, she also pointed out, "Some students only show Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang is actually not known to Mi Qu. If you don’t open the camera, you don’t know whether the action is correct or injured." She said that she had reported to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department but she didn’t. Given any instructions, the trainees would not force them if they did not open the camera.
Ms. Chen continued to disclose that when communicating with the Tennis Association, she also learned that they said that they needed more space and more equipment, and that it was difficult to play tennis at home. She reported to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department that she understood that there was a certain degree of difficulty. But still insisting on providing more sports for the general public to participate.
Course expenses 15 million yuan on average about 30,000 yuan per hour
Looking through the documents, the LCSD pointed out that the estimated expenditure for related training courses is 15 million yuan, and it plans to hold 200 courses. Based on this calculation, the average hourly course cost is 25,000 to 37,500 yuan.
One-to-one face-to-face teaching of 380 yuan by the same coach
We successfully contacted Chen Wenfeng, one of the coaches involved in the table tennis net class. He said that the one-to-one face-to-face courses outside the street only charge 380 yuan per hour.
As for how much income the professor would get from the online classes organized by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, he refused to disclose, and asked the reporter to inquire about it.
Chen Wenfeng, one of the coaches who teaches table tennis and net classes, pointed out that one-on-one courses outside the street only charge 380 yuan per hour.
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Table tennis said that the income was less than 1.5 million yuan, and the technical support charge was expensive
Ms. Chen pointed out that the association earned less than 1.5 million yuan in income from courses held from April to June, describing that "technical support can be expensive, and they have a lot of equipment and screens."
However, I further asked which production company the authorities hired to take care of the course shooting and technical support services. Ms. Chen said, "I don’t know, they will bid for the same company, but there are opportunities, but I’m not. Know someone"; Chen Wenfeng also pointed out that he didn't know the details of the production company.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department has repeatedly refused to disclose the details of the itemized expenditure, saying it will affect the tendering process
"Hong Kong 01" has repeatedly inquired with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department but refused to disclose the itemized expenses. It only responded to the plan including publicity, course design, filming and other services, and will invite tenders on the principles of fairness, impartiality and openness to hire contractors to assist in the production and The provision of services such as course shooting and broadcasting also refers to the inconvenience of revealing the winning bid price of the bidding or the third party information of the contractor because the relevant courses are still in progress, so as not to affect the bidding work for the next round of services.
Regarding the difficulties in teaching ball activities online, registration and attendance were not as expected, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department stated that "During the period from the preparation to the implementation of the online courses, the relevant sports associations did not indicate that there are difficulties in teaching ball activities" and stated that the students After completing the online course, they will be arranged to participate in field teaching to review and consolidate the skills learned in the online course.
In addition, it was pointed out that in the first phase, the first 30 online interactive courses from January to March this year, a total of 1,440 participants signed up, with an average full rate of 96% and an average attendance rate of 70%. However, as the epidemic gradually stabilized, five At the beginning of the month, various physical community recreation and sports activities were resumed one after another. Starting in June, the online "Tennis Captain" course with reduced demand will be suspended.
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