Instead of performing expensive and time-consuming performance tests only 2-3 times a year at specialized centres, a new system developed by the Swiss start-up Archinisis enables track and field athletes to automatically obtain detailed performance analysis for each of their training. A first customer in Sweden already relies on the system that was launched this week.
Archinisis is specialized in the development of sensor- and video-based performance analysis systems for elite athletes. All systems are easy to use and provide research centre-grade performance feedback immediately after each training without requiring any extra staff. The spin-off from EPFL, based in Fribourg at Fri-Up, has already developed a system for winter sports used for example by the French and Finnish national teams. Archinisis has now entered the summer sports market. The novel system, based on a miniature wearable sensor worn on the upper back and a cloud application, brings unprecedented insights into the everyday performance of an athlete
“With the summer Olympic games postponed, athletes are looking for new stimuli. With our experience from winter sports we were able to develop a new system in record time. We can give athletes what they need to stay on top and optimally prepare the upcoming competitions”, says Dr. Benedikt Fasel, CEO of Archinisis.
Only minutes after each training the cloud application provides information such as running cadence, step length, centre of mass speed or motion asymmetry. Coaches and athletes can see whether the movements were efficient and well executed. Training can be optimized and progress monitored closely, ensuring that the athlete will show his best performance on competition day.
Disciplines supported currently are sprint running, hurdles and long jump. Over the next weeks high jump and pole vault will be added.
For long jump, for example, the system measures how well the last step was able generate enough momentum for the longest jump possible. For each individual athlete, the optimal jump strategy can be rapidly identified and improved – the coach does not even need to be physically with the athlete for every training.
“We were surprised by the positive feedback we obtained during our tests with selected international-level athletes and coaches. They were impressed about the simplicity of the system, the level of details it provides, and how they can use it to increase their performance”, adds Benedikt.
This product will further strengthen Archinisis’ position and helps to establish the young company as a reference for innovative everyday performance analysis and tracking in elite sports.
(Press release / SK)
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