NFC wristbands to help swimmers track performance

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2022-07-04

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GUEST STROKE:Tapping wristband against a polside kiosk will direct swimmer to a lane


NFC wristbands to help swimmers track performance


Swimmers will soon be able to use NFC wristbands to set up personal training regimes and measure their performance in the pool. A pilot in five pools in Israel will use the wristbands, a mobile app and light runners along the bottom of swimming lanes connected to LCD displays on the pool wall.


Swimmers will download the app and get an NFC wristband from a participating leisure centre. They will then need to enter their swimming regime into the app, including the number of lengths they want to complete and the time they hope to do it in.


Once in the pool, the swimmer taps their wristband against a poolside kiosk which will direct them to a lane. Once in the water, the light runners will act as pacemakers.


The pilot is designed by startup Ledswim and NFC Israel, whose CEO Oren Cohen spoke to NFC World in advance of its launch in May.


'The NFC wristbands feature a regular NFC tag, the NTAG 203 chip, so that the app can just read the UID from it,' he said, 'We use the NFC UID in order to connect the swimmer to the appication.'


'So, once the swimmer gets their wristband from the country club or the fitness club, before entering the pool, they identify themselves with a tap of their wristband against the NFC- enabled pool kiosk, which is a Sony Xperia Z tablet.'


'This gives the swimmer their lane number. Once they enter the pool, they then tap their wristband against a reader at the beginning of their lane before starting their swim. The light runners along the bottom of the swimming pool lane act as the pacer, so this measures the pace and progress of the swimmer which then gets displayed on the LCD display at the end of the swimming pool lane.'


'The LCD display will show the swimmer's number of laps as well as a timer. So, it's a digital LCD led display that is connected to the swimming lane to show the information to the swimmer as they swim.'


'The app isn't available just yet,' Cohen added. 'We are starting to pilot in several pools around the country and, after that, we will go public.'

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