AI for Empowering Learning and Teaching Funding Programme：AI Physical Education Lessons

However, while many schools are focusing on language arts, math, and STEM subjects, the digital transformation of physical education is experiencing unprecedented breakthroughs.How can eligible schools make the most of funding to introduce advanced, clinical-grade AI technology into physical education classes? The FlexMSK AI system , launched by RaphAI Health Technologies, is the ideal solution to help schools upgrade traditional physical education classes into data-driven, personalized, and highly efficient modern physical education programs.

What is FlexMSK?

For most educators, “FlexMSK” may be a new name. But in fact, it has long been recognized as an authority in the fields of healthcare, rehabilitation, and education.

FlexMSK’s proprietary AI skeletal motion tracking engine has been granted a patent in Hong Kong (Patent No.: HK30105427). It accurately captures human movement and analyzes it in real time, making it widely applicable in physical therapy and children’s physical fitness.

1. No need to wear additional hardware or expensive sensors

Traditional motion analysis systems typically require the use of wearable sensors or the installation of expensive infrared cameras on-site to function properly.FlexMSK, however, has overcome these hardware limitations. Its advanced markerless skeletal tracking technology requires only a standard smartphone, which uses its built-in camera to accurately capture 14 skeletal joint points on the human body.

2. Clinical-Grade Accuracy: From Hospital Rehabilitation to School Sports

FlexMSK’s advanced technology was first deployed in the medical rehabilitation sector and has been officially adopted by public hospitals under the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (such as North District Hospital) to accelerate patients’ post-surgical recovery. Its professional technology has also been recognized by the internationally renowned medical journal Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) , confirming its effectiveness in enhancing participants’ physical performance. Today, FlexMSK has brought medical-grade biomechanical analysis into schools, helping numerous local secondary schools achieve the MVPA60 goal and improve students’ physical fitness, and has received consistent praise.

AI Addresses Bottlenecks in Traditional Physical Education Instruction

Traditional physical education classes rely heavily on face-to-face instruction by teachers, which places various limitations on both teaching and learning:

• 1:30+ Disproportionate Teacher-to-Student Ratio: A single physical education teacher must supervise more than 30 students at once. During basic exercises (such as squats, jumping jacks, or core training), the teacher is simply unable to monitor all students’ form at the same time, which increases the risk of injury due to improper technique.

• It is difficult to improve teaching using data: Teachers lack physical fitness data and often have to rely on subjective judgments of students’ physical performance. When quantifying students’ physical activity levels (such as in conjunction with the Education Bureau’s “Physical Fitness Incentive Program” or “MVPA60”), teachers must spend a significant amount of time manually tallying data, recording results, and even manually entering data and generating reports. This additional administrative workload further burdens teachers and may even compromise the quality of instruction.

• It is difficult to track the quality of “extracurricular physical activity assignments ”: If students only have two physical education classes per week, it is truly difficult for them to improve their physical fitness. Even if students are required to practice regularly after school, only the students themselves know whether they are actually following through and performing the exercises correctly. Without objective data, these physical activity assignments effectively become meaningless.

How Does FlexMSK Use AI Technology to Enhance Sports Science?

FlexMSK addresses the challenges faced in physical education instruction on campus by leveraging five core technology modules to empower physical education teachers to improve the quality of their instruction.

1. Real-time AI Posture Recognition and Immediate Correction

When students perform physical exercises in front of their phone’s camera, FlexMSK displays virtual skeletal lines on the screen in real time and provides visual cues (color changes) and voice prompts to guide them.This real-time feedback mechanism is like equipping each student with a “personal AI PE teacher,” making independent practice safer and more effective.

2. Physical Education Lesson Plan

FlexMSK comes with a built-in library of physical exercises that comply with the Education Bureau’s recommendations (such as jump squats, sit-ups, and high knees), which teachers can use directly or add their own exercises to. Students simply need to open the FlexMSK software at home to complete their assigned physical education homework:

• Automatic Tracking and Scoring: The system counts the number of valid movements and measures the range of motion in the relevant joints, completely eliminating cheating and improper form.

• Tracking Homework Completion: Data helps students clearly understand their progress on homework, indirectly encouraging them to keep practicing to achieve better grades, while also making it easier to develop a habit of regular exercise.

3. Automatically Track Progress

FlexMSK automatically aggregates all students’ exercise data for teachers, making their results easy to see at a glance:

• Digital Assignments and Data Export: After students complete their daily physical fitness assignments, they do not need to fill out records manually. The system automatically syncs the data to the teacher’s platform and generates the necessary reports, which teachers can download with a single click.

• Teachers can also view individual students’ progress on the dashboard at any time and offer appropriate encouragement or praise to strengthen the teacher-student relationship.

4. Foster a Proactive Approach to Learning

FlexMSK features an integrated student ranking system that employs gamification to encourage active participation. Schools may also organise inter-class competitions at any time, fostering a sporting ethos through healthy competition to further enhance pupils’ physical wellbeing.

5. Improve the effectiveness of school team training

Performance in various sports depends primarily on physical fitness and proper form. With FlexMSK’s AI system, school team members’ training time is no longer limited to school hours. Coaches can create customized training plans for players and make full use of time outside of group training sessions, allowing players to independently decide to “do extra training” to improve their physical fitness and form, thereby significantly enhancing the effectiveness of school team training.

Endorsements from Education and Medical Authorities

FlexMSK’s outstanding performance has been highly praised and proven by numerous schools and medical institutions in Hong Kong:

“Our students use FlexMSK daily at home to perform five sets of physical fitness exercises recommended by the Education Bureau (such as jumping jacks). For each session, FlexMSK provides a comprehensive score based on their performance and movement accuracy.”

Mr Kok Yam-nam (Vice Principal – Tsung Tsin College)

“Our students have been enjoying their home exercise on RaphAI. It has greatly helped our students to develop a healthy lifestyle. At the same time, the platform allows our teachers to run an effective MVPA60 exercise homework program easily.”

— Mrs. Miranda Iu, St. Paul’s Convent School

“FlexMSK aligns closely with clinical needs and is easy to use, helping to enhance the flexibility of patient rehabilitation training.”

— Mr Cheung Hui (Orthopaedic Ward Manager – North District Hospital)

The four school-based benefits of implementing FlexMSK:

1. Achieve a Zero-Budget Upgrade: Schools can include all FlexMSK software licenses and accompanying tablets within the “AI for Empowering Learning and Teaching Funding Programme”, without having to draw from their own regular budget. Students also do not need to purchase additional hardware; they can simply install the software on a standard smartphone (both Android and iOS devices are supported) to get started.
   
   
2. Aligned with the Education Bureau’s Policy Directives : FlexMSK perfectly aligns with the Education Bureau’s “Active Students, Active School” policy and the MVPA60 guidelines, helping students establish regular exercise habits and contributing to the improvement of their mental health.
   
   
3. Reducing Teachers’ Workload : Features such as easy assignment of physical education homework, automatic progress tracking, and data export save the physical education department a significant amount of administrative time, allowing them to devote more energy to teaching.
   
   
4. Enhancing the School’s Image as a Leader in Digital Innovation : By introducing patented AI technology approved by the Hospital Authority, the school can demonstrate its forward-thinking approach to applying AI in physical education.

Exclusive One-Stop Service: How Can We Help Your School?

To help schools implement AI-based physical education classes more smoothly, we offer comprehensive support services:

1. 1. Quick Software Setup: Supports existing campus devices (iPads/tablets). Account activation and system configuration can be completed in as little as 24 hours, and personal accounts are created for all students.

2. 2. Teacher Training and Workshops: We provide on-site training conducted by dedicated staff to help physical education teachers quickly learn how to use the backend system and set up assignments, as well as how to select exercises from the exercise database or create custom exercise assignments.

3. 3. Ongoing Technical Support: During the initial phase of using the new software, additional support is inevitably needed. Therefore, we have set up a dedicated online technical support team to provide WhatsApp support to all participating teachers, students, and parents, responding to all inquiries in real time.

Free Trial of an AI PE Class

Want to see firsthand how FlexMSK uses clinical-grade AI technology to make physical education classes more effective? Fill out the form below today to schedule a visit from a representative to your school for a free trial of FlexMSK: