eo SwimBETTER Software Suite

The Brief was to develop a solution that could link with the award-winning eo SwimBETTER wearable device, to gain insights into a Swimmer’s technique through the analysis of force generation and hand motion, and present this back to both swimmers and coaches in an easily understandable and digestible format. The result is a cloud platform running an advanced data processing server. Swimming technique is simplified into innovative and easily digestible graphs, metrics, and video presented to users through simple browser or App based interfaces. This provides a depth of technique analysis and swim stroke improvement for Swimmers of all levels.

The design team determined that multiple software applications were needed for an optimal user experience for all users. At the core are a series of proprietary algorithms for processing and simplifying swim data into meaningful metrics. The browser and Smartphone Apps provide an easy-to-use tool for Swimmers to review swim technique at their convenience. The browser allows users to upload video and to synchronise the video directly to their swim data, providing immediately quantifiable analysis of every stroke. Together with the eo SwimBETTER wearable device, this provides the most insightful and advanced swim technique analysis and coaching system ever created.

Swimming is a complex motion and current state-of-the-art technique analysis methods are subjective and rely on expert opinion, are complex, and are simply unavailable to most swimmers. The SwimBETTER system is the only solution to perform quantitative technique analysis that is easily accessible to all swimmers. And it makes swimming more fun! SwimBETTER provides a step-change in the quantifiable analysis of the swimming stroke, will facilitate the collection of technique data that was previously not possible, will provide new insights into optimal swimming technique, and is set to change the way that we coach and train swimmers forever.

SwimBETTER Software Suite Features: •Includes software tools suited to everyone from novice to elite swimmers and coaches •Provides swim technique data metrics, infographics, and graphs, with powerful insights that are not currently available from any other product or platform •Allows swim video to be uploaded and synchronised directly to swim data, allowing swimmers and coaches to visualise and quantify the impact subtle changes to stroke technique can have on performance •Includes eo’s “Force Field” infographic that shows the direction and magnitude of a Swimmer’s force, allowing them to easily see wasted energy and optimise swim propulsion •Calculates the force per stroke, and for the first time ever, allows a swimmer to see how their force changes as they adjust their stroke rate •Visualises a swimmer’s stroke path and hand velocity, so they can see exactly how they swim and how to improve •Provides convenient data analysis from anywhere, including at the poolside immediately after a swimming lap, or from the home or office after a session •Utilises proprietary algorithms, developed based on countless hours of swim data collection, and signal processing R&D •Designed and developed with input from the best in the sport, including world-class athletes, coaches, scientists, and more